Here's a topic...

[Peteyboy]

Maybe within 5 years I could learn a practical skill that could earn me money. Hard to imagine what THAT would be like.

 

[Allegrus]

I'm a scrub and I love it ... don't care about how good I am or how I sound to others.

 

[SparkyLB]

That's right up there somewhere between giving your left hand to be ambidextrous; or asking a drop-dead gorgeous woman to become celibate. So, no disrespect, but, NO, here's NOT a topic. I am 5 times the bassist I once was. Oh yeah? Let's see some chops. . . .. show you in 5 years.

 

[Pops OB]

I didn't think it needed clarification but this is a hypothetical situation and an abstract concept. I am in no way implying that it's possible to improve by not playing for 5 years. A few of you seemed bewildered by the scenario and thought this was a real life suggestion. It's a "what if" fantasy.
The vast majority got it. Kudos.

Lol! My fantasy is that I will be alive in five years!

 

[LBS-bass]

No, because I'm already older than dirt, and even if I have five more years, being old has taught me that's a sucker's bet.

 

[LBS-bass]

Also, I think you could practice for five years and become twice as good as you were while also getting to play every day, so what would be the point of this?

 

[DJ Bebop]

No, because I'm already older than dirt, and even if I have five more years, being old has taught me that's a sucker's bet.

 

[Flamingo21]

Update: I just got twice as good by playing a bass I haven't touched in 5 years.

That bass took the challenge. See? It works!

 

[5StringBlues]

Hey! If you were a hot dog…and you were starving, would you eat yourself?



I know I would! First, I’d smother myself with brown mustard and relish. I’d be so delicious!



Would you eat the moon if it were made of spare ribs?

 

[mongo2]

That bass took the challenge. See? It works!

So by that logic if I played a bass I haven't used in 10 years I'd get four times better.

Imagine if I played a bass I never played before...INFINITE BASS ABILITY!!!

 

[Claymore]

So by that logic if I played a bass I haven't used in 10 years I'd get four times better.

Imagine if I played a bass I never played before...INFINITE BASS ABILITY!!!

Please keep us updated!

 

[Bassic_desires]

So by that logic if I played a bass I haven't used in 10 years I'd get four times better.

Imagine if I played a bass I never played before...INFINITE BASS ABILITY!!!

I didn't play bass for 63 years and not doing so hasn't helped me at all

 

[ElectroVibe]

Only "twice" as good? No thanks.