Older Bass Player Needs New Bass Recommendation

[mrjim123]

I just bought a G&L Tribute L-2000 three days ago. I love it - good playability and it's a real tone monster. No telling yet how I'll hold up wielding it for 4 hours.

I played in front of people for the first time in 29 years last night. It was a blues jam, two gits, drummer, harp player - I'd never even met these guys before I stepped on stage. I was the only bass player there, so I got to play for about 2 hours. We clicked, for the most part, the crowd was cheering so we must have been doing something right. It's great to be back.

I'm still looking for a full time band. I can't believe I set it all aside for so many years. Hey, maybe we should start a 50+ bass player's club. Anyone club have experience here?

 

[sedan_dad]

We could call it "OFF".
Old Freakers Fourm.
I like it, and I'm qualified.


"Are you off?" ---- is the motto.

 

[mongo2]

I'm 54 and still giggin'. I like the lightest fender bass that i can get, (due to a bad back), but i also think they have the best tone. the trick is to have it very light but also very stiff.
i've been building basses for 35 years ( was a consultant to Leo Fender in the late '70's early 80's), and I designed the BC Rich Mockingbird (when I was young) in December of 1975.

here's a pic of a '55 P bass clone that i built for myself. swamp ash, nitro mary kay finish, a reshaped and relacquered Fender maple neck and it weighs only 7 lbs 1 oz.. it looks like kind of a "plain jane" in this photo, but not in real life and it is a real tone monster!

Very nice.

Here's my DIY featherweights...

SCPB style (just under 6 lbs):

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J style (6.25 lbs):

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