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[Fender1165]

Hey, not that it matters or anything but I was just wondering how old you all are and how long you've been playing guitar?

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[jake sommers]

i'm 18 and i've been playing close to 2 years(20 months i think).

[James]

I'm 16 and I've been playing for almost one year. (In about a week will be the one year anniversary since I first decided on a whim to pick up the old peice of junk in the basement and learn how to play, and also when I discarded my previous attraction to rap hip/hop which was "in style" and embraced my newfound passion for rock and roll).

[OldSkoolPunk]

17 and 2 1/2 years with my hunk of wood..

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[josh_underwood]

I Guess I'm The Youngest Im Only 13 And I've Been Playin For A Bout A Year.

[ekstasis16]

17 years young and going on 6 years with my 7 musical beauties.

[Willdridge]

15 years old and it'll be 2 years this December since I first hijacked my fathers acoustic and learn those three chords (C, G and A - wasn't even a freakin' key!!!)

[Fender1165]

I'll be 15 in September and I've been playing for 6 years.

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[BadHorsie]

I'm 19 and have been playing since I was 13.

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BadHorsie, holdin' it down like Gravity!

[milkybardave]

O kay so I'm the oldest to post yet, but I'm 28 and have been playing for around 8 months, most of which I have learned from this great site.

[Fender1165]

Only one person over 20???? LOL....

:P

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[bofatron sofasaurus]

35. playing since 1980. I was inspired by a good friend who owned a Les Paul. He worked all summer to buy it (back then a Std. cost $750 new) so I got a cheap iumport copy that required a kung fu grip to play and a solid state Ampeg amp with a 8" speaker which, no joke, lasted about 40 min. after I got it home. We cranked out Neil Young tunes for a long time until his fater, a freaked out fundamentalist on a crusade against Satan, smashed his LP to pieces on the side of their brick house. Ouch.

It's been a long strage trip. ;-)
http://guitarsoc.homestead.com http://shredlikehell.com

[jake sommers]

kung fu grip, lol that's hilarous...kung fu grip

[magnus]

Fender1165, are you from V B? I was there the summer of 99. That town sucked!

[John O'Carroll]

I'm 45, playing since 1973 (yeah, those numbers are right).

[Fender1165]

LOL magnus... Yes. I'm in Virginia Beach. And yes... the town does suck. Don't blame me, its not my fault http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/smile.gif

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[Fender1165]

What brought you here in 99?

[magnus]

Holiday. We( my family) spent some time in NYC, that was pretty cool, and then we flew to VB. There was, though, some musicians that played on the atlantic? boulevard. They seemed bored ( the played irish music) but they were good.

[magnus]

oh, I'm 19 years old and I've played the guitar for the last 5 years.

[Fender1165]

I figured I'd revive this topic for the people who didnt respond. ::hint hint::

http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/smile.gif

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[Jon68]

I'm 47 and have been playing since 1959. My older brothers were taking guitar lessons (Ventures, etc.) and I bugged them until they showed me how to play what they learned. I have played off and on for all those years, but about 5 years ago I started playing regularly again.

[loner92]

I'm 17 and have been playing for 2 years now. Never took lessons, I just used books & stuff and spent (still do) several hours a day playing. I'm actually left handed, but I play guitar right handed. I've always wondered if this would affect my playing since guitar takes both hands to play, does aybody know?

[This message has been edited by loner92 (edited 09-09-2000).]

[Bluzmn]

I am 41 and have been playing for about 4 years. Played keyboards in bands from the time I was 12 until I was about 25, then did sound and lights for a few years and now I am finally doing what I wanted to do all along!

[Fender1165]

Aha! so there are some people here that aren't teenagers http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/smile.gif

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[Raskolnikov]

Hey, I'm 20 and I've been playing bass for about 7 year, and guitar for 5 or 6.

[Guitarsmurf]

I just arrived,here ,but i am 36 and have played 16 years now.

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[Rat520]

Hi there,
I'm 15 and have been playing for about three and a half years.

[terry]

Hey Fender 1165, do you know a band in V B called Southern Blend?

[Fender1165]

I'm not familar with that name, no. sorry.

[Cavefish X]

I'm 30 and been playing since 1980. Greatest influences: Vinnie Moore, Al Dimeola, Yngwie, Pat Metheny, and EVH to name a few..Graduate of Music Tech. (the Twin Cities equivalent to GIT)

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If you dont fight when you cant win, you'll never lose.

[Fender1165]

who's Vinnie Moore?

[Jon Broderick]

I am 34 and have been playing since I was 8.
I had a kung fu grip guitar too.

[BlackDawg]

Well this is my first post. Anyways...
Im 21 and started to play a bit at 18 but just now actually "playing". I have no theory knowledge and im not that good. I can play songs of tab websites but I actually want to learn "how to play" as in theory. Any suggestions so im not stuck playing AC/DC tabs for the rest of my life.

Thanks

[some_guy]

I'm 16 and ive been playing for 2 years. Jon, by kung fu grip guitar, you don't mean the steve vai model do you?

[jake sommers]

that's a monkey grip

[trendkillah]

Just turned 19, been playing since i'm 12.

[some_guy]

whazza kung-fu grip guitar then? (i knew it was monkey grip, just thought you had a different name for it)

[Jon Broderick]

i dunno. somebody on the first page of this thread said he had a kung fu grip guitar. i think he meant one where the action is really bad and you have to grip it real hard.

[BarryS]

I just turned 20 and I've been playing since fall of '99.

[jake sommers]

it could also mean a guitar with a thick ass neck.

[Fender1165]

haha...