To have a God, you have to have worshippers...
And you'll have seen the stats that Urban/Dance now is by far the majority of music sales with guitar-based rock a minority.
Coupled with this is the up-coming nuclear winter of America discovering dance music and the DJ scene in a big 'Ibiza' type-way - like our economy, the bass (&guitar) industry is driven from America and this (player as opposed to DJ-based music) will erode rapidly...
Expect niche bass builders to go out of business and the big names to trade more on relic/artist models to an aging market.
Bass Player will wind up too. (Will anyone notice?)
Bass will continue to get less mainstream, i.e. in the top-40, and will only really exist at shrinking trade fairs, bass meets and on the 'net.
The gig scene will move more towards hotels and holiday camps offering 'Heavy Rock' getaways and retro weekends.
And the new gods - where they do pop up, will go straight to YouTube with no income stream.
Let's meet at a hotel in Lytham St Anne's with our boutique basses to have one more round of 'Hot Water' in 2017. Look North may cover it.