Recent content by Grandad Paul

Sir, I would love a number in your "old bassist" group please. I am 63, and most of my friends thinks I am nuts. In fact my wife thinks I have lost the plot totally. I hope this qualifies me. Grandad Paul Mediocre bass #596

Adam Bomb, thank you kind sir. Grandad Paul Proud to be #596

I'll take a number please. Did'nt know there were so many of us. Just love this forum. Grandad Paul. In love with my Fender Jazz.

I am 63 and just starting out doing the "gig" thing. Please dont tell me you have to retire. I thought that was someting you did at work when you did'nt enjoy it anymore. Grandad Paul.

Number please. Grandad Paul. Just a bass player happy to wake up each morning.

Hi Tom, We are all in our 60's and we will be playing everything from Rock'n'Roll to 60's music and singalong stuff in small venues, so obviously I am not looking to fill a stadium with sound. I would like the clarity to be good though, and none of us have huge ego's where we are trying to...

Once again gentlemen, thank you very much for your advice. I would buy from the U.K. for exactly the reasons you state. That is why I said in an earlier reply that some of the equipment may not be available in the U.K. My friend has an Ampeg 115 HP and he thinks it is amazing. I am going to...

Gentlemen, Thank you very much for the information. Between you I think you have given me an answer to everything I need to know. Unfortunately a lot of the information may not be relevant to the U.K.market. I am not 100% sure about that, but I am going to go to a good music shop and see...

Just in the process of looking for a combo amp. My budget will be about £350. Looking at the forum it seems that this can be a bit of a nightmare scenario for someone who really has not got a clue about these things. O.K. I know that everyone has a different opinion, and that some will have...

Coming from the wrong side of 60 years old, I know exactly where you are coming from. The world does seem to have more than its fair share of morons. I bet my parents thought the same when I was a kid, when Elvis first appeared on the scene. When I came home from seeing the Beatles my Dad...

Never too old "young man". I can say that as a 63 year old because most people who play are younger than me. This forum is what bass players need. I may be thousands of miles away from most of you, but we are all brothers with a bass strapped to us. I have progressed so much in 12 months by...

My guitar techer told me about it. Yet another brilliant piece of information ha has passed my way. Grandad Paul.

Today I learnt something. Never ask a question. I love the "banter" by the way. By the way "banter" may just be an exclusively English word for taking the p**s. Grandad Paul.

You and me both Floyd. I am 63 and I am loving every minute of trying to master this "growler" that has taken over my life. I have a Fender Jazz, that I am secretly in love with. Enjoy your self. Paul.

My name is Paul Miller and I am 63 years of age. I live in Ilkeston, Derbyshire which is in the U.K. I played a Hofner Bass in the 1960's, along with most of the people of my age group. I was never really that good at playing, but I tried. I sold the bass when I got married and had a family...