"When I was 17.."

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:31 am

Nate, Happy Birthday mate. You're living proof that life gets better for each generation. You've already got your first Rickenbacker haven't you? I could only borrow an older friend's bass when I was your age. I didn't get my own 4001 until I was nearly 40...but hey, I've now made up for lost time!

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:53 am

Nate, probably shouldn't have posted that!

How can I put it , the physical rite of passage...?

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:08 am

darren, what year is that first pic? i LOVE the old kiss stuff on the walls! judging by the posters, i will guess 78.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:16 am

I'm in the middle...more like 19...wish I still had all that hair.

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:56 am

This was me at 18... excuse the sucking a lemon face!

This was my 2nd Rick...

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:13 am

I got my first 4001 when I was 13. It was a used MG, and I traded and old jazz bass copy in for it. I paid like $300 for it.I sold it when I was 22 and now I wish I had kept it. It was a fantastic bass.

72rick · Post by **72rick** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:32 am

I'm pretty sure I was still 18 in this pic. My second Bass was my 72'4001.

I was 20 when I got my 72' 4001

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:58 am

HEY NATE!! HAPPY 17th!!!! Too cool....17 Huh? I didn't get my first Ric until I was 33, and that was 11 years ago! You've had a great start!

Hey Garret!

My first bass was a GIBSON G-3 THE EXACT SAME COLOR.........in .............. I forgot, 1977? When I still had brain cells, well more than I have now anyway......I miss that bass.....I played through an old KUSTOM 200W Tube head with 2 15" on the bottom....I wish I still had both of them.....

On another note: WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE FAT BASS PLAYERS? EVERY picture I've seen is of SKINNY PEOPLE?!?! I feel so alone

Guess its time to drop the LBS......Oh well, the Mrs. will be happy about that!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:09 am

"You're living proof that life gets better for each generation. You've already got your first Rickenbacker haven't you? I could only borrow an older friend's bass when I was your age."

Yeah, I had to wait until I was 22 to buy myself a 4001. At 17 I could only dream of having one.

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:09 am

Should I not mention that I was born in 1977?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:11 am

"life gets better for each generation"

well I got my first Ric for $150 in 1973 ... http://www.3dentourage.com/425/68-ric-2.htm ... try getting a deal like that now ...

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:11 am

I lucked into mine. A friend let me pay him in installments for my first Rick, which was boosted from my house... through the wonders of homeowner's insurance I got the one in the pic above.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:43 am

Huh... i was born in 1978, Bob... and i'm gettin' my first Ric in some months...
Well, okay, nevermind - Mousie was born in 1997... and she's getting her first Ric in some months, too...

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:56 am

It'll be some months until Gabby (2002) gets hers... but she does already have a Rogue Violin Bass...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:02 am

Okay, Bob... you win!