how old is too old ....?

[SlapbassSteve]

Age is pretty meaningless. Nobody will judge... (unless it's a Steinberger...) I've had one or two comments about my Quantum lately, but they've always shut right up once I've actually started playing. End of day like others have said you're in this to please yourself! But thunderbirds look damn cool whoever's playing them.

[Black Coffee]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' timestamp='1359539970' post='1956194']
It's obviously giving you a stiffy so you're not past it yet.

Treat yourself
[/quote]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I was thinking the same but its a lot of money to regret because people think "thats a young guys bass and you look like a guy reliving his youth".
I aint past 40 yet and my wee wife keeps sayin go for it. Feels too wrong to be right. Im for London this weekend to browse at bass gallery hopefully. Maybe do some damage to the credit rating when im there and pull the trigger on something.
It is a beauty. GAS is a curse. Bein skint is like rubbing salt in the wound.

[JTUK]

A T-Bird is a punky bass, AFAIAC...that is its only gig

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='bassman344' timestamp='1359575920' post='1956981']
I aint past 40 yet ...
[/quote]

'Kinell mate, the way you started this topic I guessed you were about the same age as me.

If you think you're past it and you're still in your 30s, what are you going to be thinking in 20 years?

Oh alright, I'll tell you.

You'll be thinking "Why should I care what youngster think? What do they know?"

[Lozz196]

I think that may be part of the problem. Once you get past 40 you tend to get rid of these thoughts. Most of my friends who are in their 40s and 50s wouldn`t worry what anyone else thinks, whereas the ones in their 20s and 30s do seem to care about other peoples impressions. So wait a few years and then buy it when you realise you just don`t care anymore

[Black Coffee]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1359584434' post='1957223']
I think that may be part of the problem. Once you get past 40 you tend to get rid of these thoughts. Most of my friends who are in their 40s and 50s wouldn`t worry what anyone else thinks, whereas the ones in their 20s and 30s do seem to care about other peoples impressions. So wait a few years and then buy it when you realise you just don`t care anymore
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That is pretty sound sensible advice. To clarify , i am 40 now. Like i said, not quite past forty yet. Maybe guilty of splittin hairs here.
Im not that bothered about what people think too often. Maybe its because ive read it somewhere before that a tbird is a tool of youth.
I know i should just please myself and that will likely be that.
London this weekend with the wife for a break. Bass shops in ireland are awfully non existent so who knows wot will happen......

[martin8708]

I'm 48 and keep going back to look at the Cardinal Red Jeff Ament Thunderbird .
If I had a spare 3 grand lurking around , it would be on its way to me now.
I believe the Lull T-birds are very light and well balanced , unlike the Gibbo counterparts .
I don't really give a sh*t about what people think , I still go skateboarding at the local skate spots because I enjoy it and have done it since I was 12 years old .

Buy the bass , wear your best rock and roll T shirt and enjoy gigging it.

[oggiesnr]

You only live once, if you do it right once is enough.

Steve

[The Dark Lord]

You shouldn't use that bass unless you are 30 years old or under.

[thodrik]

You are never too old for nice gear.

[Telebass]

At 60, I'm not too old for a see-thru Precision!





Mind you, I can barely lift it...

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='bassman344' timestamp='1359535596' post='1956126']
How old is too old ...[/quote]

I was 45 when I bought this:



Mid-life crisis? What mid-life crisis?

[risingson]

Fairly certain BRX will be along in a second to say that you're only as old as you feel, which is kind of what I think as well - even though I'm 23! If you like the bass and have got the money then get it, it's a cool looking instrument.

[BigRedX]

You're only as old as you feel. :-)

Seriously though. Stop worrying about what other people think and go and try the bass and if you like it and can afford it buy it.

What annoys me most about being told what I can and can't do at my age is that most of the people who seem to have a negative view about it are younger in years, but appear to have hit middle age mentally sometime in their late 20s. Mostly I feel sorry for them, because it's obvious that they have run out of the ability to have fun.

Edited February 1, 2013 by BigRedX

[Dingus]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1359714864' post='1959099']
You're only as old as you feel. :-)

Seriously though. Stop worrying about what other people think and go and try the bass and if you like it and can afford it buy it.

What annoys me most about being told what I can and can't do at my age is that most of the people who seem to have a negative view about it are younger in years, but appear to have hit middle age mentally sometime in their late 20s. Mostly I feel sorry for them, because it's obvious that they have run out of the ability to have fun.
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BRX , I sincerely admire your attitude and your enthusism but we all have to bow down to Old Father Time . Feeling positive about getting older is a very healthy way of looking at things , but somewhere in that you have to acknowledge that you are indeed getting older and there will be changes that come along with that . The harsh reality can sometimes be that it's not how you yourself feel about things but more how other people see you , especially younger people . There is nothing more middle aged than trying to hold on to an era of your life that is gone forever . Why do we fetish and romanticise our younger years anyway ? Is life neccesarilly any less sweet when your forty than when your twenty ? I certainly don't think so . Failing to acknowledge the changes that come with ageing is not a remedy for ageing itself . Time catches up with all of us , regardless .

Edited February 1, 2013 by Dingus

[Bill W]

Your only as old as the bass you feel

Come on now, you want to buy a new bass not run of with a younger woman
Go for it

[Dingus]

[quote name='Bill W' timestamp='1359745701' post='1959871']
Your only as old as the bass you feel

Come on now, you want to buy a new bass not run of with a younger woman
Go for it
[/quote]

Buying even a [i]very [/i]expensive bass works out[u] much[/u] cheaper than running off with a younger woman .

[Cat Burrito]

I had my age, ahem, crisis around 25 and actually gave up for a few years. I probably needed a break after 10yrs intense gigging etc. However returning to bass in my early 30s I realised I'd been silly. I turn 40 next month and feel / look / act younger than in my late 20s. We do what we do and the joy of getting older as personally speaking I couldn't care who is looking or laughing. I did have cause to note this week that most of my clothes I buy online seem to have the tag "fancy dress" or "gay interest" though. Worryingly that's just the stuff I wear out around Sainsburys!

[Dingus]

It's not that you neccesarilly have to do anything different as you get older , but nevertheless , but the significance of that behaviour and how it is perceived by others will change . Not changing in your attitudes and behaviour as you get older is quite peculiar .

Edited February 1, 2013 by Dingus

[Bill W]

But isn't music the one domain where ageism is not a problem as long as you don't try to look 18 when your 80, even if your still 18 in your head

[Dingus]

[quote name='Bill W' timestamp='1359751515' post='1959981']
But isn't music the one domain where ageism is not a problem as long as you don't try to look 18 when your 80, even if your still 18 in your head
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I certainly couldn't care less about how old a musician is . I can't help but notice though , that a great many of the more successful artists in the music industry do everything they can to maintain the fragile illusion that they are eternally in their mid to late twenties .

[Bill W]

Your spot on there, that is just so true!

[Lozz196]

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1359747715' post='1959915']
I had my age, ahem, crisis around 25 and actually gave up for a few years. I probably needed a break after 10yrs intense gigging etc. However returning to bass in my early 30s I realised I'd been silly. I turn 40 next month and feel / look / act younger than in my late 20s. We do what we do and the joy of getting older as personally speaking I couldn't care who is looking or laughing. I did have cause to note this week that most of my clothes I buy online seem to have the tag "fancy dress" or "gay interest" though. Worryingly that's just the stuff I wear out around Sainsburys!
[/quote]

I`m not surprised, after 10 years gigging with Mr Town - anyone would need a rest after that, Tim.

[MacDaddy]

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Flying V guitar not bought until [i]after [/i]my 30's.

Mid life crisis? Don't care


If we were bluse players, we wouldn't be getting any respect for at least another 30 years!

[TheGreek]

I don't understand why you need to ask the question..

You want it?? Go buy it!!