Do your kids play bass?

[silvertone]

My son grew up seeing me on stage, at festivals, weddings and other events and he noticed that on occasion I'd get free meals, drinks, kindness that wasn't offered to the general public.

I always make a joke about it, but it's true - the way I made my kid a musician was, I told him directly: "Don't touch my f'n guitars."

When he was a 8 or 9 he could already rock out.

My son is now 19 and we have recently started playing in a band together.
(performing Grateful Dead Music - it's called "Ted & Company.")
We have our first gig at the end of March.

I started this thread cause my FB feed fed me a memory of my kid doing his best McCartney impression...

Do you play music with your kid(s)?

 

[twinjet]

Getting there.

 

[Paulabass]

No kids.
Yesterday at the jam, a kid band played three Iggy Pop songs, and they were amazing. Guitar 11, bass 13, and drummer 12. After the band went home, their drummer stayed and played the last hour. I queued him thru a bunch of classic rock written well before he was born, and he did a bang-up job. I was so impressed.

 

[Biggbass]

My son started playing bass when he was in the 9th grade so I gave him an 86 Schector P bass and a Polytone amp that I had at the time. That was many years ago....
For his 40th birthday last year I gave him a Fender 62 RI Jazz bass.

 

[Paulabass]

Getting there.
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I see you are teaching him/her how to adjust a vintage style truss rod. That is a skill they will keep for life.

 

[twinjet]

I see you are teaching him/her how to adjust a vintage style truss rod. That is a skill they will keep for life.

Oh, she got that down a month ago. We're doing pickup winding tomorrow!

 

[bobomatic]

Not-so-MiniMatic on stage with Paul Green Rock Academy....

 

[MonetBass]

Our son has had drum and piano lessons, but he didn't stick with them. I taught him some guitar and music theory, but he lost interest. Now he wants to get back into piano, which is cool. He has the fingers for it.

 

[Mktrat]

She has the bug...and she isn't shy about "borrowing" my basses.
I can say, she is VERY careful with my stuff.
Her brother? Yeah, he isn't interested.

 

[Tony G]

My son started this year.: NBD (for my 9yo son! w/pics): Douglas Violin Fretless

 

[Txnrcr]

Yep, plays bass and sings lead vocals.
17 yrs old now, been at it for about 5 years now.

 

[Skeezix]

Yeah, my son borrowed my five string a few years ago.
Don't think that I'm getting it back any time soon.

 

[shawshank72]

I have 6, nobody is a per say bassist but my one son can play bass decently.
Everyone is musically inclined though.
We play music a lot together.

 

[Farseer]

Yep, my son has been playing guitar since he was 6. He is now 16. He is the lead in our blues band.

 

[BassUrges]

Guitar, piano, cello, and drums. We play together for practice (thumb position on DB with the cello, for instance), aren’t quite ready for prime time.

 

[DirtDog]

Cool stories!

Not here - I’ve got a teenager that has dabbled in a few string instruments, has retired from playing piano but is a pretty good vocalist - like playing around with my PA and vocal FX. I’m hoping for the day when she comes down to the studio and asks me to show her some stuff....

 

[the_home]

My older son (27) plays bass recreationally, his younger brother plays guitar and has recorded with his singer/songwriter girlfriend. I made a point to have an assortment of instruments, including keys and even drums(!) available for noodling throughout their childhoods.

 

[gitfiddl]

My youngest son, Hunter Robinson, is quite the bassist and guitarist. He went on the road with my older son Ben for a couple years as his bassist, and used to double with our band P-51. And actually, Ben filled in more on bass more than a couple of times with the Trop-Rock band I used to play with. Hunter's waiting on us to put together another band. Ben is currently playing guitar with Preacher Stone. That's Hunter in this video playing one of my old Foundations.

 

[Salmon1]

Dang Txnrcr....she's got Cousin It on guitar!

No kids of my own, but spent four years making your kids miserable in wilderness therapy programs. Hike 'em till they cry!

 

[AdamR]

My son plays drums, My daughter play piano and violin and sings.