Am i very old???

I wonder if people have this same discussion about Knitting, or stamp collecting? I think any thing you enjoy doing, you wish you would have started earlier, a friend of mine once told me he was 39 when he got married, and if he knew then what he knows now, he would have waited at least 10 more years!

Originally posted by pstring
I wonder if people have this same discussion about Knitting, or stamp collecting?...

I think this age question is important to people like me who're starting out and have ideas about making a career out of it but have been regularly seeing 6 month olds(:D)playing on MTV....
It's kinda depressing you know.
But not enough to be a deterent,fortunately.

im 15, n i started at around 11...dayum, im feelin really young round everyone here, lol...but i dont think your too old, pretty young actually.

As Satchel Paige said, "If you didn't know how old you was, how old would you be?" When I bought my first guitar three years ago at age 55 my instructor said, "Why does an old guy with arthirtic fingers want to play guitar?" Because I've always wanted to and it may be the last thing I do before I die. My yougest son, 27 at the time, had a college "surf" band (actually got paid for playing sometimes) said give it at least three years before I give up. Still learning, acquiring guitars and other instruments. Actually helping arthritis (but not my knees). My wife says I have to learn to play one thing before I can buy another. Never too old.

Originally posted by GeeScott
When I bought my first guitar three years ago at age 55 ...My wife says I have to learn to play one thing before I can buy another. Never too old.

Firstly good for you,mate!
Keep on keepin on..

Secondly..Women :rolleyes: ! Tell the missus she can't buy any more cups, plates,domestic appliances etc until she's used them all up..live dangerously :)

Cheers.

It'll be too late when you'll be dead. Have the more fun you can get from life till then.
It's also difficult if you have no hand, even if your feet could probably do the job, if you want to.

HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!You're not too old! You're never too old too start anything new, especially in art/music. Don't let someone else's notion of what "too old" is, dictate what you want to do!

Well until know i have seen so many posts from you..and thank you all of you...At some replies i saw:IF YOU WANT TO BE A GREAT GUITARIST YOU ARE TOO OLD BUT IF YOU PLAY FOR FUN YOU ARE NOT...My favorite guitarists are :Randy Roads..Cris Oliva...Dave Murrey...And every 80's guitarist....I don't know their names...But i'm talking abou groups like Europe..Cinderella..Tesla..e.t.c.Well here is my total question...Am i very old to play some day like these guitarists???I remind you that i used to play classical guitar for 6 years and now for about one year i play only electric...And i study 2-4 hours a day...So tell me your opinion about....

Originally posted by sadromanticghost
Well until know i have seen so many posts from you..and thank you all of you...At some replies i saw:IF YOU WANT TO BE A GREAT GUITARIST YOU ARE TOO OLD BUT IF YOU PLAY FOR FUN YOU ARE NOT...

I'm a new member here and I've got to tell all of you, I'm really having a great time visiting this site(also learning a little too). As far as the age thing goes, I'm no spring chicken. I'm 44 and I've been playing since I was 13. I,ve been playing professionally since I was 16. I've been in 12 different bands. I even played a stand up Bass in a Rockabilly band for 3 years. The thing that I've noticed about my music career is that it goes through stages. When I first started to play I'd reach a certain plateau and then level off. I still do that. I'll reach a certain skill level and sort of hover there for a while. Then, just when I think I can't learn any more, I'll discover something new and get excited about playing all over. The point I'm trying to make is, you are never too old to learn new stuff. Don't let my age decive you, I can bend metal with the best of them, I'm no slouch. I'm a sucsessfull professional guitar player. It took years of hard work and sacrifice to get where I am. Speed is cool but there's no substitute for experience. To all you young players out there, remember this, "The young horse may be fast, but the old horse knows what's goin on"! So get out there and break some strings on stage!
P.S. Am I the only one here that does this for a living? I'd be interested in hearing from you. Thanks for the opertunity to voice my views.

Age is only number without meaning. If you practice everyday practice the right excercises, you can become a very good guitar player in 3-4 years time...and i mean VERY good.

Originally posted by kimbob
...P.S. Am I the only one here that does this for a living? I'd be interested in hearing from you. Thanks for the oportunity to voice my views.

skee1 is gigging regularly in the US, and lalimacefolle is a pro in Marseilles, France. There are others who post ocaisionally.

Sadro,you worrying about becomong good enought o do this,like professionally or for a living,right?
Well,I'm like that too.But I'm told it's part of the process.Everyone who earns from this goes through that doubt phase.It's a natural thing,just don't let it distract you.And again don't try to ignore it.
You'd think from the way I talk I'm this genious!!!!!!
If you only knew!?
But then again maybe I'm not that badly off you know.
I'm a physics undergrad.