hitchy64 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Hello to all of you, i'm Ian from Crewe in Cheshire and i'v been playing for a year and a half now. I have been wanting to get a bass for the last 20 years, but my love of motorbikes has always got in the way. Anyway, i promised the wife we would have the back garden professionaly landscaped, so the bike has gone and i kept some dosh back for me I did have a starter pack off ebay, you know, bass,amp,lead,etc. not bad for the money. I now have a Mexican Fender delux Jazz Bass and Ashdown electric blue 180, 1x15 combo. I have been having lessons for a while now and would love to get in a band, but fear i may have left it too late, i'm 44 now. Anyway, enough rambling, i hope to get some tips off you guys on here . Cheers Hitchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) Hey Hitchy, welcome, nice gear too - Ashdown and a Jazz - you can't go far wrong with that. You're never too old to rock & roll though mush, why not try one of the band members wanted websites such as [url="http://www.formingbands.co.uk/site/index.php"]Forming Bands[/url] and I'm sure others will tell you better ones. Good idea on the lessons too, I had my first after 25 years playing last week and I'm (only ) 38! Edited August 20, 2008 by johnnylager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkThrust Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 (edited) Welcome to BC. [quote name='hitchy64' post='266321' date='Aug 20 2008, 02:38 PM']I have been having lessons for a while now and would love to get in a band, but fear i may have left it too late, i'm 44 now. Anyway, enough rambling, i hope to get some tips off you guys on here . Cheers Hitchy[/quote] Maybe for some originals bands, the ones still daydreaming about TOTP anyway, can be be incredibly ageist, but for covers and functions bands age is mostly irrelevant. Get with some guys around your age who just want to jam. They may be crap, they may be not, you never know who is gonna contact you if you put an ad in the right place. Edited August 21, 2008 by AndyMartin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitchy64 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 Cheers for the advice guys, forming bands is a good site, a few from my area on there. I will have to go to the Limelight on Tuesday nights ( jamm night) and see what its like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaver Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hello hitchy. You'll get all the tips you need here. Don't ignore the elderly threads, they are a goldmine of good stuff. I wouldn't worry about age, I returned to the fold after a 22 year absence at the age of 45 (I still think I'm 23 though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Definitely never too old to start playing with other people (oo er missus!) - have a scout around your local music shops & rehearsal studios & see if there's other like minded people out there. Loads of web based resources for finding other musicians locally - might be a little daunting at first but worth the effort & you may just find you're better than the people with 'experience' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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