Bass older than you?

[Koog]

There is no electric bass that is older than me. Not one. I date back to 1948. Ha!

Koog

 

[Old Blastard]

I'm a 1958 model. A bass that age would be a classic.

proof that some things are classic and some things are just old

 

[Schizo Sapiens]

I used to have 1984 Ibanez Roadstar (RB 650). I was born in 1985. It was my main/only bass for two years. Then I wanted 5 string, and I couldn't afford two basses so I sold it. Cool bass, sometimes I miss it. My two current basses are made in 2006 and mid 90s.

 

[micguy]

I could afford a bass as old as I am, but the prices for such things are very high, and based on their nostalgia value - I like really good musical instruments, so my basses are much younger than me.

 

[GretschWretch]

See my avatar. 1937.

 

[ravelax]

I have two basses older than me, but neither of them I would call my main bass. My current no 1 is still a baby, made in january 2022!

 

[Shepsdad]

My oldest bass is 6 years old. I do, however, have a 1965 Fender Mustang geetar that is 7 months older than me.

 

[Pings Bass]

My main bass is a '38 Kay, one year older than my parents.

 

[boylebass]

My number one is a Juzek from 1930. The piano in my studio is a Steinway from 1926. My tuba is a Conn CC (ex- Sam Green, premiered ‘fanfare for the common man’ in 1942) from the 1920’s. They are all older than me.

 

[ebo]

I have a 1965 Gibson EBO in the closet. Close, but no cigar. I prefer newer anyway. I’ll relic my own basses, thank you.

 

[Jefus]

The reality is I only have one bass that is older than my first bass, which I got when I was 13. What can I say, I'm a big fan of the modern sound.

 

[edwinhurwitz]

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

My main bass is younger than me but only by 6 years (it's a '67). I bet it's older than a lot of folks here. I do have a '56 Gibson ES140T that's the oldest instrument I have but I don't gig on guitar much. I would if I did.

 

[Mastermold]

I was born in 1968, and my basses include a 1957, 1959, 1964 (2 of them), and 1967.

 

[thunesBARROW]

I have two birth year basses (and a Strat), but none older. I once had a late 50s or early 60s Guild archtop guitar. The oldest instrument I currently own is a 60s Conn tenor sax.

Lately my main bass is a 2019 Jazz, so I voted carrots.

 

[thmsjordan]

If upright basses count then I have one from 1864 which beats me by 96 years.

Electrically speaking, I have owned basses as old as 1969 but currently my oldest is a DIY Warmoth from 2008. My Precision Pro II 5 is a 2021 and the Jazz AM Dlx 5 is from 2012. I need 5'ers for the type of work I do. Odd that there is so much adoration of older basses but the basses I have now are two of the best I have ever owned. Ah, well.... maybe I just played the wrong old basses.

 

[39-Bassist]

I wish my bass was older than me...

 

[mcrawfordmusic]

My main bass is from '65 and I was born in 1991. There's 26 years between us...it's old enough to be my dad

 

[GretschWretch]

I have two birth year basses (and a Strat), but none older. I once had a late 50s or early 60s Guild archtop guitar. The oldest instrument I currently own is a 60s Conn tenor sax.

Lately my main bass is a 2019 Jazz, so I voted carrots.

Okay; if we are throwing down with wind instruments then, I've got 1922 and 1923 Holton euphoniums, plus a near-unicorn status 1929-1934 transition-era Boosey/Hawkes euphonium.

No criticism of the poster to whom I reply.

 

[tb-player]

I have a couple of newborns and some toddlers.

 

[Gervais Cote]

8 years, 5 months, & 29 days older than me.
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A very nice piece of history ! Lucky you.