YOB

[tom1946]

Ok so my YOB is 1946, what bass could I possibly get? Excluding Double basses.

[Bridgehouse]

You’re going to struggle... nothing that would be similar to our concept of an electric bass today..

How about a significant birthday like 18 or 21, so 1964 or 1967?

[Steve Browning]

You could get a Tutmarc for your year.

 

[HazBeen]

I’d go Kay M1 upright, or thinking outside the box have a luthier build me a bass from wood (tree, old furniture etc ) dating to that year?

[tom1946]

Interesting ideas there, I'd have to find a tree.....I think I like Bridgehouse's idea best so far.

Thanks for that.

 

[AndyTravis]

What about the year you started playing bass?

[Grangur]

5 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

You’re going to struggle... nothing that would be similar to our concept of an electric bass today..

How about a significant birthday like 18 or 21, so 1964 or 1967?

Hardwood grows so slow that a 50 year old tree wouldn't be big enough to build a bass from. Some Oak trees don't start having acorns until they're 50 years old.

Nice thought though.

[kodiakblair]

Tom you could get a replica built of the Paul Tutmarc Jnr Serenador bass. I know the fella who restored Paul Snr's Audiovox for a museum,he should still have his notes.

[NickD]

A Lute! 😊

[Paulhauser]

Or just exchange  the last two digits of your birth year (46 to 64) and you will have choices at least. Good hunting!

[DarkHeart]

Do what I did, get a custom builder to build you a bass and have the serial number as your birthdate.

[Baxlin]

14 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

You’re going to struggle... nothing that would be similar to our concept of an electric bass today..

How about a significant birthday like 18 or 21, so 1964 or 1967?

Bought my 12 string with money I was given for my 21st in 1968, I always think of it in that way, so this suggestion should work....

[Len_derby]

Hi Tom,

I somehow made it to 60 last month, and considered buying a YOB bass as a special treat. Looking around at what was available from 1958 I decided that a better option was to commission our own AndyJr1515 to build me one.

It looks like it's going to come in at about 6 and a half pounds in weight, Andy being a master at making light instruments. 

[Woodinblack]

You just know that is going to end up better than anything they made in 1958!

[Grahambythesea]

Forget about a bass, just by a classic guitar like this one, sorry it’s one year out,a ‘47 L5 for a little under £6grand on Reverb

 

[tom1946]

Some great ideas here, I love that guitar Graham.

I like the idea of having one built with my birthdate as the serial number

I started playing bass when my arthur ritis started in 2010..... that's an easy one. 

[MacDaddy]

you could try searching for a vintage guitarrón mexicano