I took up electric bass in early '87, started upright about six months later, went to college as a music major for bass (classical and jazz). Ended up going in a different direction but still played on and off in rock and jazz groups until a few years ago. I consider myself mainly a keys player these days, but I'm still probably a better bassist than I am a keys player.
It's interesting to hang here and all piano / keys related internet spaces and hear complaints about bassists, and then go to TalkBass, etc., and hear them complain about keys players. . It always surprises me the strange conflicts about "range" that come up, considering most folks in both groups listen to plenty of music with both keys and bass, often with arrangements that involve overlapping ranges to very good effect. Of course, it's all about arrangements, mixing, etc., especially EQing.
Can't we all just get along?!