1978, senior in HS. Bought an amp and borrowed a bass for a couple of years until I could afford one.
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What year did you start playing bass?
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1978. I should be way better than I am. I didn't play for some of the years in-between.
Started out playing 5-string banjo when I was about 8 or so. Got a chance to mess around with my Grandpa’s mid 60s Italian made Vox violin bass when I was a teenager, but didn’t get serious until about 1999 when I purchased a Squire Affinity P-bass starter pack that came with a little 15 watt amp. I must’ve been about 20 or 21 at the time. First song I learned was either Crazy Train or More Than a Feeling; I cannot remember for sure, it was a whirlwind time back then.
It would have been about 1972 and I was 14 at the time.
2000. I was 12. I had a Satellite Jazz copy which was a lot better than it had any right to be. I believe they were an FCN product.
1978, at age 20, but...I took 2000 through 2010 off (wrist issues), and at the age of 52, i restarted - pretty much from scratch. Now, 11 years later (closing in on 12), I'm playing better than ever, and playing bigger gigs than ever before. It's never too late (unless they're nailing the lid shut).
1977 at the ripe old age of 13. Fender Musicmaster short scale. God I wish I had kept that bass...
In 1980, I was 26, but had been playing guitar since I was around 13. In 1980 I bought a used Aria jazz and got with three different groups of musicians and soon started playing in little bars and improved greatly over the years. I am gigging in Englewood, FL right now and have shows Saturday and Sunday in our hometown of Sebring.
1989 ish in junior high. I got asked to play in a band by two others, I think mostly because I looked punk rock. 
I was supposed to sing, but they guy that was supposed to play bass flaked.
I was supposed to sing, but they guy that was supposed to play bass flaked.
1999. 11 years old. It was a Washburn AB-10 belonging to my friend’s dad that got me hooked.
1978. I was 16 and my Dad co-signed a loan for me at the local music store for a brand new Fender Musicmaster and a Yamaha 115 amp that was something like 30 watts. Paid off the loan and got my first new Rickenbacker two years later.
Started on a stick bass in 2013 at age 68. Got a real upright in 2014. I keep going to Bluegrass jams, with a guitar. Too many guitars and banjos, but no basses. Now I get invited to many jams.
