How long have you been playing bass?

[Liam Wald]

46 years. I got my first bass in 1965 have been playing ever since.

 

[JxBass]

47 years. We need more Poll Options ...

 

[Rickengeezer]

Yep, many of us (like me) are over the maximum option, which means we can't remember how long we've been playing, anyway.....wait, what was the question?

 

[Aussie Player]

Yep, many of us (like me) are over the maximum option, which means we can't remember how long we've been playing, anyway.....wait, what was the question?

Kinda like the old question/statement:
"If you can remember the 60's, you weren't really there".

 

[Russell Bergum]

I've playing for 32 years.

 

[Dave B.]

This poll needs higher numbers! I've been doing this a long time!

Forty one years of low notes.

 

[Melik]

6 years next fall!! Started playing when I was 11 years old

 

[zachoff]

Squeaking in on the 20+ side. Turned 35 last Friday. Body's falling apart... Feeling old.

 

[ShoeManiac]

I'll be coming up on 20 years in just a few months. It's funny though, because it doesn't seem like all that much time has really passed since I first picked up the instrument.

 

[FBS1996]

47 years. We need more Poll Options ...

I made a new one
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/ho...laying-bass-updated-more-poll-options-775652/

 

[Rafael]

....I don't even remember when I started playing now....must have been around '79....so that puts me in the 30+ range....here's an old shot of me [still have the bass....]

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

4.5 years for me. I still suck.

 

[SamanthaCay]

It seems like this has always been a very popular question to ask new musicians we meet.
It also seems that this question is, for the asker to get a basic idea of how experienced you are in a sense.
I've found that I personally don't care for this method of probing ones ability, so I don't ask.

But for when I am asked, and depending on how the question is worded, I've got some well thought out sarcastic replies for when it comes up.
So to answer your question....

What do you mean years, no one can play for that long.
The most I can do is only about 5 hours at best.

Years? I don't know I lost count at around 10,000 hours.
How many years is 10,000 hours?

I was Jaco in my previous life and before that I was Jamerson, you tell me.

I just started yesterday.

I started when I was 15.
asker: so how old are you now?
Well that's not a very nice question to ask a lady.

That's about all I've got right now.

 

[BioDriver]

14 years upright, 13 bass guitar. Definitely wish I still had an upright, too.

 

[countrybass007]

Since 1963, I lost the toss, and I've been grateful ever since. "Mom, the band says I've got to play bass guitar!"

 

[SamanthaCay]

Since 1963, I lost the toss, and I've been grateful ever since. "Mom, the band says I've got to play bass guitar!"

Paul is that you?

 

[MJFernandez]

6 months in June =)

 

[kcole4001]

I started Dec.25, 1979 with a $175 used short scale plywood body POS.

 

[Bassamatic]

Well - one of the first songs I learned was "Sunshine of Your Love", and it was a current hit on the radio at the time. AM Radio

 

[stepswork4me]

21+