I went to a local BBQ joint near me with live music every night. Heard a
great 3-piece blues band. What stuck out with me was the bass player -
he had an old fender bass, but the head looked different, and it had 1
pickup.

I chatted up the bass player during the break - he was playing a 1957
Fender P bass. He bought it in 1972, hadn't done a thing to it. Sounded
pretty good for being an almost 70 year old bass. Looking online, it's
similar to the beat-up bass Sting played in The Police.

He told me his upright bass was almost 200 years old!



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Re: Old Bass
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Mar 01 2026 09:48 am

I chatted up the bass player during the break - he was playing a 1957 Fender P bass. He bought it in 1972, hadn't done a thing to it. Sounded pretty good for being an almost 70 year old bass. Looking online, it's similar to the beat-up bass Sting played in The Police.

Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass probably isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P

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Re: Old Bass
By: esc to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Mar 01 2026 12:18 pm

Re: Old Bass
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Mar 01 2026 09:48 am

I chatted up the bass player during the break - he was playing a ES> 1957 ES> PF> Fender P bass. He bought it in 1972, hadn't done a ES> thing to it.
Sounded pretty good for being an almost 70 year old bass. Looking online, it's similar to the beat-up bass Sting played in The Police. ES> PF> ES>

Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass probably isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P

dunno, most of poindexter's stories end up like this:
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MRO wrote to esc <=-

Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass probably isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P

dunno, most of poindexter's stories end up like this:

Your attitude makes me thing you don't get out enough and, you know,
like, *talk* to people?



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Re: Re: Old Bass
By: poindexter FORTRAN to MRO on Mon Mar 02 2026 10:35 am

MRO wrote to esc <=-

Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass probably PO> ES> isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P PO>

dunno, most of poindexter's stories end up like this:

Your attitude makes me thing you don't get out enough and, you know,
like, *talk* to people?

I get out every day.

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MRO wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Re: Re: Old Bass
By: poindexter FORTRAN to MRO on Mon Mar 02 2026 10:35 am

Wow, that thing must be worth a fortune. I guess playing bass

probably

isn't this dude's day job if he can afford to hold on to that :P PO>

dunno, most of poindexter's stories end up like this:

Your attitude makes me thing you don't get out enough and, you know,
like, *talk* to people?

I get out every day.

He didn't mean leaving yer Mom's basement.




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