RANDOM Q: How old is everybody and how many years have they played?

[MajinMojo]

Pretty simple, how old is everybody here? How long have you been playing guitar? What else is in your life for you besides a guitar?

I am 16 years old and have been playing for around 2 years or so. Obviosuly i goto school so I gatta worry about that a little bit and my parents are bitches. I am pretty much on probation for my grades at school so I have nothing else to do but sit around playing guitar and surfing the net. Thats how I found this place...I am curious to see the average age and guitar playing years of everybody else here.

[Shreddy Kruger]

Im 17, i've been playing for roughly 6.5 years. though for about a year i took a leave of absence and didnt play but maybe once a month, personal reasons.

I love movies, making them when possible. Hanging with friends, etc. My grades are ok, i have a 3.0 at a private school.

[johnny5]

i'm 15 been playing for like 4.5 yrs work on some yngwie stuff too grades are good, i'm in love with my beautiful girlfriend irene and thats all i do play guitar and hang with my chick. the 2 main thing that are very important in my life :-)

[James]

I'm 17 and have been playing for about a year and half. Lately my life has been comprised soley of music and my girlfriend. I like reading too though, and writing as well.

[Bardsley]

I'm 18 and have been playing for about three years. I am at university now, and whenever I am not working or going out I am playing guitar. I have decided that girls are too distracting for my guitar playing, and so I am planning to swear off them soon. Hehehe, or not. Maybe I should give up study instead, that would save some time....

[Lordathestrings]

I'm 48; I've been playing for 33 years; and I'm re-discovering the joy. :D I spend a half-hour a week trading licks with an instructor who is half my age, and has twice my technical skill.

Its a weird experience to hear the stuff I was learning to play from the radio, as I was growing up, being described in such a reverential way.

Speaking of radio... yes, most of the stuff on the air these days blows. And that includes the 'Classic Rock' stations too. How many times can you hear 'Walk This Way' before you wanna climb the nearest tower?

:D Get out and catch some live music. :D The good stuff is out there, where the 'Music Biz' A&R types fear to go.

[Raskolnikov]

I've been playing bass for 7 (or was it 8?) years. Guitar for one less. I'm 21, workin' for a living, trying to pay some dues. I too despise the radio and have a theory that most program directors have distinct ideas about what music people like, and they're DEAD WRONG. Anyway, back to making some flyers.

[Joseph]

Hey guys, I'm twenty something, and ive been playing guitar for as long as I can remember, but I would have to say that I started on panio before I even touched a guitar. And I'm greatful for the knowledge that I recieved, because it has really helped me excell much faster on guitar in becoming more confident over the past few years.

With playing music, well my goals would have to be to always try new things, and never lose that original fire that has been burning inside of me from day one. The thing with the guitar is that you're never finished learning, there are endless possibilities. I think this is one of the reasons I was attracted to this instrument in the first place, that and Jimmy Page...

-Joseph

[Christoph]

Originally posted by Lordathestrings
.... and now a word from the crypt...

Lol dude, you're not quite in the crypt yet.

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I'm 22, and have been playing guitar for around 4 years. I started learning piano last month.

[Martin Spaans]

I'm 40 years old and playing guitar for 20 years.
The last years I play in a band therefore children and work (irregular times)made that impossible.
Now Í'm learning much and play about 2-3 hours aday.
Besides guitarplaying I like fishing and running.

[Zeppelin]

i'll turn 17 on sunday the next week, i'm playing for about 3 years .. will be 3 years exactly in august this year...
i spend about 8 hours each day in school, and i'll have to go to the army when i'll be 18 so i dont know how will i continue with the guitar...

[John O'Carroll]

Let me dust myself off ..... I'm 46, been playing 27 years. Married, without children. Mostly into blues and classic rock. My band is me (lead), rhythym guitar/lead singer, drums, bass/lead singer and 2 chick singers who add various percussion effects (working on one lady to play keys and her violin). The 4 musicians have been together for years; added the babes about 18 mos ago and reinvigorated ourselves. We now jam/gig more than we ever did.
The only shredding I do is the cheese and lettuce for tacos.

[MaxMcD]

Im 14 and iv been playin for about 3 years.
i agree with lordofthestrings that everything on the radio blows.


"A molitov coctail in the hand is worth two in the bush"
-Max McDougall

[raymond james]

I'm thirty something. I've been playing guitar for over fifthteen years. I've played in two touring bands, playing four to six nights a week for three years, then got off the road for a while working as a hired gun, writing for other bands and laying down tracks for area studio's. I now am a guest guitarist for a few local blues bands on the weekends, and work with younger musicians just getting started. I have also played bass professionally for a few years, touring and recording for local bands. I have played everthing from metallica to hot tuna and enjoyed every minute. I'm now seeking to form my own group and hit the road locally and put out a few CD's. I still play on the average of three to six hours a day. Be thankful for the gift of music it can bless you with a truly unique life experience.(share it with your kids.)

[PeptoB]

I just turned 22 in march and I'm still staying alive in school. I'm in university and major in biochemistry.(believe it or not, I like the stuff I'm doing, science :eek: )
I learned my first three chords G,C and D when I was thirteen and then I stopped playing all together for about five years. I picked up the guitar again when I was a senior in high school and it's been a blast and my passion ever since. I just started taking guitar lessons from this month and am enjoying every minute of the session.

[Don White]

I'm 47 and have been playing for about 37 years . I have a rock band playing chick cover tune club gigs , and a side band doing mostly original material. I'm really into atmospheric improvised soloing , and tone , tone , and tone . I have 2 strats , both refitted with Duncan rails in the bridge position thru a Fender Super . Effects are reduced to a ts9 tube screamer and a Morley wah , although I think I have at least one of every pedal ever made . Happy playing to all .

[Christoph]

Dude, you've been playing longer than I've been alive!

[raymond james]

WOW, I never thought of that. More than a life time of wisdom.

[Lordathestrings]

... hence my reference to the crypt... :D

[Fenderblues]

I'm 36 and have been playing guitar since I was 9. Obviously music is my main interest and it is spread eaqually with my love for Karate, I tach martial arts and self defence classes, I have been training for 15 years.

Yes music on the radio today is tripe. But one of the most refreshing things I find is that younger players are out there. We have for a time I feel been under threat from these so called bands/groups that don't use guitars in their music. The guitar speaks louder than words, it has a lot more to say and is far more interesting than many.

[spyke]

i'm 17, i played bass for 4 years and i've played guitar for about 2. i own a fender p-bass special and a washburn wg208.

[Elmo45]

I'm 36 and I've only been playing for five years.
I gotta lot of catching up to do!

[Bryan Casel]

hey Im 14 years old and Ive been playing guitar for about 8 years.
Ive played alot of latin soft rock with my classical guitar and I play alot of hard core punk and rock and I play a little blues.
I also like the outdoors and I love to hunt and fish but I am obsessed with playing guitar( it my life).
I own a ventura classical ocoustic, a Ibanez performance ocoustic, and a danelectro baritone guitar which is the ugliest mother in the planet (which is also why Im lookin to but a new electric guitar).

[billcrawford]

I'm 48, started playing 35 years ago. Saw Rory Gallagher play Birmingham Town Hall in '67, started playing semi-pro at 15 in '68, shared various bills with Rory, Free, Nazareth, East of Eden, Groundhogs,Earth (later Sabbath), Band Of Joy (Plant), and many, many seriously good local West Midlands bands in the UK. Retired in '72 due to woman trouble. Left hander, played custom Danelectro Longhorn with single humbucker (long gone) and Les Paul (still have) through pair Park 150w heads into Orange 4x12's. Now have l/h Ibanez custom 540 as well as Laney/ Vox combos, and thinking of working again, found Tascam 4 track ideal in sharpening old skills!
Any UK members remember Mother's Club in Eardington, Birmingham, or the Chequers in Cutnall Green? Got plastered there with John Bonham in '67!

[Starman]

I'm 41 and have been playing for about sevev years. I ply every day and whilst I may not be the rock god that I want to be it gives me great pleasure. I would like to play in a band sometime.
I played one gig with my mates band it was such a blast. Hang in there and keep playing don't worry too much about your grades just do your best.

[space ace]

I'm 16 and I've been playing for 4.5 years.

I love rock and roll almost as much as a hot woman on a cold day.

[Josh Tatum]

Im 17 been playing for 2 years.