What gear makes you look old?

[jive1]

To me, a Peavey T-40 makes you look old even if you are young. The weight of the bass will make any youngster slouch like a crippled old man in a matter of time.

Coily telephone cables tell me that you haven't gigged in the last couple of decades.

Not necessarily musical gear, but some gear that makes you look old.
- The flashlight that you use on a lit stage.
- A stool. (Unless it's a coffee house)
- Lyrics and music written in BIG PRINT
- Ben gay, aspirin, No-Doz, Ex-Lax, or your pharmaceutical of choice on stage. Viagra in your pocket, just in case.
- A magnifying glass by the set list.
- A floating compass on the dash of your gig-mobile.
- Coffee on stage instead of a beer.
- Your middle aged kid who still lives in your basement as your roadie.
- The clothes you wore when they were in style are back in style, but not when you're wearing it.
- The "little black book" with contact info of doctors and pharmacists.
- The metal detector you bring to your beach gigs.
- An accordion

 

[gruda]

how bout the 69 p bass your dad bought u brand new on your 16 birthday is a vintage?

 

[Surly]

To me, a Peavey T-40 makes you look old even if you are young. The weight of the bass will make any youngster slouch like a crippled old man in a matter of time.

Coily telephone cables tell me that you haven't gigged in the last couple of decades.

Not necessarily musical gear, but some gear that makes you look old.
- The flashlight that you use on a lit stage.
- A stool. (Unless it's a coffee house)
- Lyrics and music written in BIG PRINT
- Ben gay, aspirin, No-Doz, Ex-Lax, or your pharmaceutical of choice on stage. Viagra in your pocket, just in case.
- A magnifying glass by the set list.
- A floating compass on the dash of your gig-mobile.
- Coffee on stage instead of a beer.
- Your middle aged kid who still lives in your basement as your roadie.
- The clothes you wore when they were in style are back in style, but not when you're wearing it.
- The "little black book" with contact info of doctors and pharmacists.
- The metal detector you bring to your beach gigs.
- An accordion

Too funny.

I jam with a 17 year old who uses a coily telephone cable, though.

 

[Jim Campbell]

Speaking of gear making you look old, nothing screams old school like a blue revolver with wood grips.

i would call that understated elegance.....saves on brass too

 

[Thorsoundcore]

this is one funny f****** thread!!! and pklima,man screw what ever they are saying about your tuner.whatever works the best for you is all that should matter.

 

[lbwdog]

he,he,he!
Back in '85, I was playing my regular club gig, and trying out a new, red, G&L bass. At intermission, the guitarist's girlfriend, who was eighteen at the time, says;

" Hey E., you ought to keep that red bass"

"Oh yeah", I replied, "Does it sound good ?"

"I don't know about that", she says,"But it makes you look younger!"

 

[GlennW]

i would call that understated elegance.....saves on brass too

Same here, it's my favorite combination. But these days most stuff is SS or alloy with soft grips.

 

[pklima]

this is one funny f****** thread!!! and pklima,man screw what ever they are saying about your tuner.whatever works the best for you is all that should matter.

Heh, I don't actually care, I just think it's funny that multiple people have commented on how old my tuner looks, while my DB is over 50 years old but doesn't draw those kind of comments because those things are expected to be old.

 

[MegaSwing]

I am with you there in a big way. I actually dozed off for a second in the third set a couple of years ago.

This is bad.

 

[morebass!]

Coiled or straight. If you get tangeled up in you cord and fall into your mic stand you look old. Not that anything like that has happened to me....

 

[Tommygunn]

I think playing Gibson basses makes you look old.

Yes in the early 90's mike dirnt looked so old!


I'd say wierd hair and a vintage p

 

[Stumbo]

smiling

Especially bad when your teeth/gums are:
1) missing
2) stained
3) yellow
4) dull
5) full of rotting food
6) crooked
7) red & receding gums
8) look too big for your mouth (see #7)
9) putting out an odor that could kill a buffalo at 20 paces

Other stuff:

Wearing glasses that don't have anti-reflective coating so that every time light hits them, you think the Millennium Falcon has landed. OR when you get your picture taken, it looks like lightning is shooting out of your eyes.

 

[Blown Cone]

I think we can all agree that what makes you look old is having gear that actually works. You guessed it. I'm bitter...
Also vintage sports jerseys (especially if you're Canadian, vintage hockey jerseys) are dead giveaways.

General poor etiquette: thanking Steven Tyler for the bandanna around the microphone stand, also having a bandanna around the microphone stand.

But seriously, forget about it. Just have some fun. "I'm gonna do what I wanna do and I'm gonna get paid!" [/tomwaitsquote]

 

[J-Razz]

I'd say the leather pants with the 30-pound beergut is a dead give-away.

 

[DoggBisket]

I'd say the leather pants with the 30-pound beergut is a dead give-away.

+1 on the leather pants and beer gut.

 

[Eric Scholz]

Honestly the only time i think "That guy is old" is if he's dressed like a slob and over 30. I'm not saying that a 35 year old should dress like a 20 year old, but if you're playing a gig you should look like you give a ****. You know?

 

[DoggBisket]

How bout the guy who wears his Tshirt untucked and his gut sticks out from underneath the shirt.

 

[Basshappi]

Uh-oh....

Beard - check
Fedora - check (Daily attire, not on stage though)
Hawaiian Shirt - check
Pleated Dockers - check
Bi-focals - check
P-bass/Jazz bass - check
Peavey MkIV - check (bought it new)
Cloth-wrapped cord -check (always hated 'telephone' cords)
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Revolver - check

Guess I better look into gettin that AARP membership pretty soon.

 

[anthowl]

alembic basses, old style fender fridges.

 

[bassforce]

Pbass with Markbass / Genz Benz rig consisting 1x10, 2x10 or 1x12. Makes you ancient.