Bass older than you?

[Axtman]

How many of you regularly play a bass that is older than you?

 

[Alexander]

My number one and two are both older than me. And I’m old.

 

[SAlcott]

My upright is from around 1890; my Serek is much younger.

 

[Trevorus]

70’s Rickenbacker, a bit older than me.

 

[Chaser1]

Just posted my NBD but my new main is 20 days older than I am based on the date written on the neck.

 

[Killing Floor]

All mine are younger. Ageism.

 

[r_bnks]

11 of my basses are older than me out of the 14 I have.

 

[vindibona1]

Nothing's older than me (at least what I own). The older musical instrument I have is a 1969 Getzen Eterna trumpet. That's followed up by a '72 Martin D35 and a '73 Bach 37 trumpet.

 

[2saddleslab]

8 years, 5 months, & 29 days older than me.

 

[GIBrat51]

How many of you regularly play a bass that is older than you?

Well, fact is... unless it was a custom-made Tutmarc - or a custom made upright? Unless it was made in 1950 - or earlier? There are no basses older than me to play; left handed ones, anyway... The oldest electric bass I've seen that I could buy and play, was a custom made (as all lefty basses were at the time) 1951 Fender P-Bass. All original, with case and all the case candy? The opening bid price was more than I paid for my current house. And, it was sold within a week...
So, much as I would like to have a birth year bass - or one even older? For me, that ain't gonna happen...

 

[Swerve]

I generally prefer younger but not too young. That way they have some experience but also aren’t too worn out. It really depends on the bass though.

 

[Hurricane Jimmie]

So Anyway, since Leo introduced his first electric bass in my birth year (and I was born in January), I doubt that I'll ever play an electric bass older than I am. But I have played a couple of late-50's Precisions.

 

[gln1955]

I can't afford a bass older than me.

Actually I probably could, but have no interest in spending my money that way.

 

[KevInDaBassment]

I had a Japanese Ibanez (from the Fujigen factory) that was older than me, but it never got to be my main axe.

Can't say I really have a "main" bass, but my "Gig details unknown" bass would be my modded Ibanez SRX3EX, which I believe is from around 2006-ish. May not sound the best, but it can definitely get the job done in almost any genre.

 

[Ostie]

I and the P bass are about the same age. The P bass is iconic and ubiquitous. I am not.

 

[logdrum]

One upright is older than Juan Vicente Pérez Mora

 

[bassbrad]

Considering being born in 1959 that limits the options and affordability. My #1 bass is from 1982 and I do own a bass from the mid 60's a Harmony H22B. My upright bass was 100 years older than I but that bass is long gone.

 

[smtp4me]

Nope. All my basses are younger than me. I would need a bass made before 1965 to hit that mark. And I can't afford one of those.

 

[Aussie Player]

Never happen without a decent lotto win.
Have never even seen a bass older than me.

 

[Sam Evans]

My oldest bass is almost exactly as old as I am. It's not my main bass, though.