Nothing like showing up fashionably late (almost post 2500).
I started my music adventure on piano when I was 8. From 10-12, I studied with the soloist for the St. Louis Philharmonic. Two hours every Saturday morning, the first hour doing theory on paper at her kitchen table, the second hour at the keyboard of her Steinway concert grand. At 14, I learned the bass clarinet. At 16, I joined a band playing bass and keys on a Farfisa Mini. For a song to get on our setlist, girls had to dance to it. If they didn’t, bye bye! Then came the Army, university and a career that involved stupid amounts of international travel. I was “retired” by Motorola at 53. I think I was the first exec offered a package when the original Moto dissolved into pieces in 2004. I never went back to work. I “retired” my wife at 60, and finally had the freedom and money to pick up the bass and keys again. I bought a MIM Fender repro of the '63 Jazz (my first bass, bought used). I then proceeded to fall on ice while walking my dogs and blew out my left shoulder. When it finally healed enough to start playing again, the reach to the first fret was a little uncomfortable, so I bought a 2013 Gibson SG. I now have more than two racks of shorties. Love them! Photos here: Show Us Your Basses (Part 2) - #3513 by TheMaartian