Do it. And start an 80's metal cover band, so you have a place to really play it well. Some of my friends did it, got wigs and clothes and pointy guitars. Although, they're all in their 20s....
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I'M 42-DO I HAVE A RIGHT??
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One more thing, if you want, you can pass it off as a sound financial decision rather than mid-life crisis. All you have to do is buy used. Nothing destroys the resale value of a bass more than 80's style headstocks, paint-jobs, and body styles.
I have a theory that every degree that the strings angle up or down after the nut due to the headstock design is another 1.5% off the resale value.
If you can handle visuals like a double pointed headstock, and a leaping tiger graphic on a neon background, You can get a top of the line instrument with great build quality and components for pennies on the dollar.
Just trying to help!
I have a theory that every degree that the strings angle up or down after the nut due to the headstock design is another 1.5% off the resale value.
If you can handle visuals like a double pointed headstock, and a leaping tiger graphic on a neon background, You can get a top of the line instrument with great build quality and components for pennies on the dollar.
Just trying to help!
Quadzilla
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It's your money, dude. Go for it if that's what you want. No promises it won't cost you some gigs, but if you can play the h**l out of it, who knows? I kinda like the idea of doing the 80s hair band tribute. There's a band like that around here and last I heard they were doing pretty well and having a lot of fun with it.
There's also this new bass out, called the Big Al...
Disclosure: I'm 43.
There's also this new bass out, called the Big Al...
Disclosure: I'm 43.
I'm 50, been playing less than 3 years and did my first gig (unpaid) this past June. I play with a bunch of weekend warriors who bill themselves as The Toe Jams. We have a blast and, at times, even sound fairly decent.
If it's a mid-life crisis thing nobody's told me. The point is, who gives a **** as long as your having fun.
If it's a mid-life crisis thing nobody's told me. The point is, who gives a **** as long as your having fun.
Hey, Mr Midlife Crisis: a pointy headstock Charvel is cheaper than a Maserati, & a lot less trouble than a 22 year old girlfriend. Go for it...enjoy!!!
Just remember, those things only sound good if you're wearing spandex and playing through a glow-in-the-dark Trace Elliot head and cab!
I'm 44, and I lived through it, too.
If you want a pointy bass I say go for it. I'm 43 and have a T-bird and a Mouradian which I love. However DO NOT ROCK THE SKULLET
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hahah pointy basses for middle aged people?
well I have had pointy basses for 20 years, and still love the compliments I get on them. NEVER have I been told "uh, hey dude your 50, why don't you own a normal bass like a conservative Fender that most older people use" <<< maybe because I don't want to be stereotyped into an "old-man Fender JazzBass"
if looks are more important than play-ability, I would have stopped playing pointy 80's bass when I turned 30, which was 20 years ago.
Would I play the pointies at church gigs?...no
Do I play them EVERYWHERE else?....yes.
out of my 15 basses, 11 of them are still 80's pointies.
I even have a pointy TBIRD
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well I have had pointy basses for 20 years, and still love the compliments I get on them. NEVER have I been told "uh, hey dude your 50, why don't you own a normal bass like a conservative Fender that most older people use" <<< maybe because I don't want to be stereotyped into an "old-man Fender JazzBass"
if looks are more important than play-ability, I would have stopped playing pointy 80's bass when I turned 30, which was 20 years ago.
Would I play the pointies at church gigs?...no
Do I play them EVERYWHERE else?....yes.
out of my 15 basses, 11 of them are still 80's pointies.
I even have a pointy TBIRD
.
Ummm... all things being equal, I'd go with the 22 year old girlfriend and put up with the trouble
But that's just me.
Ummm... all things being equal, I'd go with the 22 year old girlfriend and put up with the trouble
But that's just me.
I'll take her mother!
Either that, or learn to make it sound great in all genres. I'd love to see some middle aged cat like yourself play something like this at a motown/funk show. But, if your plans lead you to playing mediocre stereotypical 80's hair stuff with it, you'll just be another one of those guys doing the bass equivalent of retelling the same old high school football stories as if they were yesterday and you were still in shape...
