Bass older than you?

[KohanMike]

The closest I could come is about seven years ago a thread came up asking who owns a bass built in the year of their birth. I looked up what was available in 1949, the only one was an AudioVox that was the first true fretted electric solid body bass created in 1936 by Paul Tutmarc, the 736. Very rare and if one could be found, very expensive. So I decided to have one of my solid body Hadean bass ukes modified by Eric's Guitar and painted by Pat Wilkins to look like the 736. It came out great, but I let it go last year with 30 other of my bass ukes/mini bass guitars, replaced by 14 recently. So now all my basses are way newer.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

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

My pre-CBS Fender Jazz Bass is MUCH older than I am. I play it out on local gigs whenever possible. I would not take it on the road.

 

[JimB52]

The Fender bass that's older than me has a different headstock and pickups

 

[fretlessman71]

I own two basses that I am certain are older than me - a Danelectro 3412 shorthorn, and a Univox Beatle Bass copy - and another 2 dozen that aren't. My "A Bass" is an Ibanez EHB, and I have corns on my feet that are older than him (His name is "Louie", after Louis XVI).

 

[dvdtlsn]

65 J (the one in my profile pic) is one year older than me. Bought it in 1982 for $375. Play it once in a while now.

 

[ADHD librarian]

I treat my bass like Leo DiCaprio treats his girls,
trade them in for a new one when they hit 25!

(this is a lie, my oldest bass is in its 30s. Which is still younger than me.)

 

[Zooberwerx]

I can't afford a bass older than I (am).

Riis....closet grammarian

 

[Mastermold]

My pre-CBS Fender Jazz Bass is MUCH older than I am. I play it out on local gigs whenever possible. I would not take it on the road.

I don't personally know anyone who tours with expensive vintage gear, but saw a video with Billy Gibbons' guitar tech claiming he once toured with several '59 Les Pauls, about a million dollars' worth at the time.

 

[MegaSwing]

Don’t know anybody with a bass that old. Definitely wouldn’t be mine.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

My oldest bass ( 1961 Epiphone Newport) is 2 years younger than me.
But my "main" bass ( 1978 Fender P ) is 19 years younger ...

 

[J Wilson]

I turn 69 in March. Not a lot of choices in my age range, maybe an OG Precision, but that would be about it.

 

[pb9717]

My oldest bass was born in 1970….I am just a little older……just a little

But my main bass is only 8 years old……my Sadowsky Modern.

 

[Pauly 4001]

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

I was about to say pretty much the same thing. Born in 1958 and my oldest would be from the early 60s

 

[Bflat]

born in 1954, pick one:

 

[james condino]

For upright players, 100 years old is just getting started!

 

[hieronymous]

I was born in 1970, and am fortunate to have several basses from around that time, though only one bass older than me - a '68. My current "main bass" is a 1993 Rickenbacker - still kinda old?

 

[Carl Hillman]

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

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

My main 4 string EB is 16 years younger. My UB is 30 years older.

 

[Kubicki Fan]

See my avatar. 1937.

Good year!

 

[sheesh]

I wish I had bought some of the basses that were in the shops when I was a teenager.

 

[sheesh]

born in 1954, pick one:

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