How old

[b_carville]

1965-66.
Some player's think stuff like this is cool & they will get mojo & hip cred playing one.
It's not and you won't!

 

[Low Commotion]

I choose the second OK. I would guess that this was made in the mid 60's. This would make a nice wall hanging in your garage or tool shed.

 

[bumperbass]

52.7 years old

I was gonna say 51.8, but I think it's too close to call!

 

[Nev375]

I'm not high enough for this poopie poll.

And what does Oklahoma have to do with anything?

 

[MichelD]

Bass guitar and case

Want a two pickup model for $200 CDN?

 

[saabfender]

I’d like to see a poll option of “Not OK.”

 

[mikewalker]

Bass guitar and case

Want a two pickup model for $200 CDN?

that one has "Sears Catalog" written all over it...

 

[bobyoung53]

Well the second OK is winning, I'm really surprised as I thought the first OK was more appropriate for this type of bass, i guess you never know. I may have to change my vote since I did vote for the wrong OK.

 

[JGbassman]

I assumed you were talking about the towel.

 

[40Hz]

I’d rock it for a set. We are not afraid!

Give me 5 minutes with it and a decent amp to plug into and I’ll bet I can even make it sound good.

 

[Nofrets2]

The bass lends itself well with the other appointments in that environment.

Ok, I'd say about mid 60's. Might fetch $100 - $125 is my guess.

 

[dan1952]

I’d rock it for a set. We are not afraid!

Give me 5 minutes with it and a decent amp to plug into and I’ll bet I can even make it sound good.

Okay, so you're a great player...

 

[40Hz]

Okay, so you're a great player...

Thx, but not me. I’m just somebody who’s been playing awhile. And I’ll bet that at least half the members here at TB could do the same.

I sometimes think we bass players don’t give ourselves anywhere near the credit we should. It’s kinda like fretless. I was trying a fretless in GC one time and this guy says how he wished he could play fretless. I asked him if he was a bass player. He said he’d been playing for about five years. So I handed him the bass and said: look, you pretty much already know where the notes are - you can do this. And he did. Sure, his intonation needed work. But it was definitely well in the ballpark. And you could at easily recognize the riffs he was playing.

He and his GF (who was watching from the sidelines) were both amazed. I wasn’t. I’ve seen this before. People are perfectly capable of achieving their dream - but it’s like they’re waiting for permission or something. So my take on this is don’t wait for somebody else to give you permission. Give yourself permission. Somebody hands you a piece of junk, just smile. Then proceed to lay down a groove with it that’ll bring the magic and the mojo.

We’re bass players. We can do this.

We are not afraid.

(Or so I think anyway. )

 

[Mustang Surly]

Back about 1967, I had a St. George that was a dead ringer for this one:

I instinctively knew at the time that more switches, pickups and levers automatically make you a better player...

 

[Mustang Surly]

The headstock logo (sticker) was a real pip and, at the time, appealed strongly to my innate sense of inflated self worth and aristocratic arrogance. Plus, the very shape of the headstock, itself, screamed "diseased badger pancreas"! The stout string-retaining bar above the nut was obviously a dire necessity, given the desperate angles at which the strings exit on their way to the tuner posts. They were clearly trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to escape from the clutches of this guitar:

 

[Thornton Davis]

I am really torn between OK vs OK in the poll, I am afraid to choose because I don't want to be known as "that guy" that put the final nail in the coffin to seal the upset or victory.

I'm going with this train of thought too.

TD

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

I'm going with this train of thought too.

TD

Together we cant win or lose

 

[Thornton Davis]

Together we cant win or lose

EXACTLY!!!

TD

 

[dan1952]

Thx, but not me. I’m just somebody who’s been playing awhile. And I’ll bet that at least half the members here at TB could do the same.

I sometimes think we bass players don’t give ourselves anywhere near the credit we should. It’s kinda like fretless. I was trying a fretless in GC one time and this guy says how he wished he could play fretless. I asked him if he was a bass player. He said he’d been playing for about five years. So I handed him the bass and said: look, you pretty much already know where the notes are - you can do this. And he did. Sure, his intonation needed work. But it was definitely well in the ballpark. And you could at easily recognize the riffs he was playing.

He and his GF (who was watching from the sidelines) were both amazed. I wasn’t. I’ve seen this before. People are perfectly capable of achieving their dream - but it’s like they’re waiting for permission or something. So my take on this is don’t wait for somebody else to give you permission. Give yourself permission. Somebody hands you a piece of junk, just smile. Then proceed to lay down a groove with it that’ll bring the magic and the mojo.

We’re bass players. We can do this.

We are not afraid.

(Or so I think anyway. )

Thx, but not me. I’m just somebody who’s been playing awhile. And I’ll bet that at least half the members here at TB could do the same.

I sometimes think we bass players don’t give ourselves anywhere near the credit we should. It’s kinda like fretless. I was trying a fretless in GC one time and this guy says how he wished he could play fretless. I asked him if he was a bass player. He said he’d been playing for about five years. So I handed him the bass and said: look, you pretty much already know where the notes are - you can do this. And he did. Sure, his intonation needed work. But it was definitely well in the ballpark. And you could at easily recognize the riffs he was playing.

He and his GF (who was watching from the sidelines) were both amazed. I wasn’t. I’ve seen this before. People are perfectly capable of achieving their dream - but it’s like they’re waiting for permission or something. So my take on this is don’t wait for somebody else to give you permission. Give yourself permission. Somebody hands you a piece of junk, just smile. Then proceed to lay down a groove with it that’ll bring the magic and the mojo.

We’re bass players. We can do this.

We are not afraid.

(Or so I think anyway. )

Oh, I know that. We've all been stuck making a terrible bass or amp (or both) work to get through a gig. Like you I'm sure, I love a challenge! That St George bass will play low notes just like a Warwick, a Sadowsky, or (insert endorsement plug here), a Supro Huntington will. The St George is still a piece of junk.

 

[40Hz]

The St George is still a piece of junk.

Depends in your criteria I suppose. One person’s junk is another’s jewel.

In my case I’m tone driven. I can even tolerate a less than ideal feel or playing experience if it gets the sound I’m after. Looks to me are a plus, but not a requirement.

So to me, “junk” is if it sounds bad and can’t be made to sound good no matter what.

I try not to walk in with any preconditions about what I’ll try. I think people who go through life insisting on having just the right woods, and strings, and setup, and neck profile, and yadda-yadda are ultimately doing themselves a disservice as musicians. But maybe that’s just me.

However, when it comes to “junk,” I say: Just hand it to me and give me a few minutes. I’ll tell you what I think about it after that. Not before.

YMMV.