• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

What gear makes you look old?

#301
Probably the worst IMO is old guys trying to look like young guys. I'm in a band with a buch of guys that all first played together in 1977 as sophomores in high school. It's funny to look at pictures from over the years - hair, spandex, gear - and imagine trying to do that now. It definitely wouldn't work!

That said, you can look your age and still be cool. Agree with the hawaiian shirts, mullets, dockers, sandals, etc. Some things may not be avoidable, but are definitely uncool: clip on sunglasses, reading glasses, elbow/wrist wraps, extra wide straps...

What works - jeans (black or blue, not too tight or loose), long sleeve shirts with sleeves rolled up over a tee shirt (not white).

Mainly, look comfortable in your own skin, however wrinkled or stretched. Own the stage, play great and have fun!
 
#302
Being old makes you look old!

promo1small.jpg


Having hair helps tho...
 
#311
LeeP said:
Is there any gear that say, Keith Richards could use to make him look younger?
Click to expand...


A bucket of spackle?


Matt


btw- the only thing that I thinks just screams old ( and I am old btw) is a chair ... really might as well have a freakin' walker on stage!
Oh yeah, the "strapsoshortmybassisupundermychin "thing looks old too.

Matt
 
#313
pklima said:
I know vintage instruments and amps can be cool, but what equipment just makes you look like an old guy?

I've got a Boss chromatic tuner which has an actual physical needle, not an LCD display. Some people have freaked out when they saw it, including a 30-year-old at last night's gig, because it apparently looks extremely ancient to them. This worries me. I play music largely to keep young women from thinking I'm old and boring, so this is a very important question, almost as important as what to do with my hair. Should I leave this tuner at home and bring a cheap new one to gigs instead?
Click to expand...


hey, can we see a picture of this thing?



really , I might have owned one myself!

another old guy...big al
 
#317
caeman said:
Gray hair.
Click to expand...

LOL
Grey hair is a sign you been there so you don't need the T-shirt.
If you ain't going grey you dead!
Died Grey hair is what you're looking for to make you look old. Cause that's a sign that denial has taken hold and you've realized you've missed the boat called 'your youth' doing some dumb day job instead of living your life.

1) I'd think old is wearing your bass so low it hurts your knees or so high just so you can see the fret board.
2) Old is when you can't count the number of bands you've been in playing the same lame dumb songs on all the fingers and all your toes.
3) Old is when the band you're in insists on rehearsing Mustang Sally.
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back