Curtis P Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 I started playing a Commodore acoustic when i was 11, but i only plucked at the strings and pressed frets, at about the age of 13 i learned the F chord (first one, haha) and then at 14 my friend taught me King Of The Hill and i was hooked, i practiced it till i got it down pat, he taught me how to tune it and after I got tuning right he gave me 2 websites for tabs and i just went nuts!! Now, i can play alot of stuff by ear (just learned, haha) and i have wrote 3 songs, which all are decent, but sound the same..... kinda Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 started when i was 13, but was going on 14 in about 2 weeks, i am now 15... My birthday is in November so that means i've been playing about 1 year and a few months. Just recently i've been getting into learning scales and keys, and soon music (not just tab). i'm really good at learnin songs by ear, and playing along well, but when i try to play along using tab it never sounds right. I'd say I'm in the top 10 or 15 of about 100-150 in my school. So i'm in the top 10% basically. next year I'm playing bass for my schools "music express" (show choir [singing+dancing] with a live band). Starting a metallica-ish band soon.. -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKGBass Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 started playing in 7th grade (5 years ago) when the band teacher asked me to play bass in the jazz band. Always wanted to play guitar, so i figured bass was just a stepping stone to guitar so i went in...little did i know how much i'd love bass. I learned the entirety of nimrod by Green Day within the first 6 hours of owning my first bass (a hamer slammer) now i don't play as much as i used to, but i still write a lot of music. I have over 100 orignal songs finished or in the works... here's a little ditty i pulled out last year if anyone is interested Its this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 technically i didint get my own guitar till age 13.. like 15 years ago now, but i was pluckin them since age three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 ...and then at 14 my friend taught me King Of The Hill and i was hooked... he he. That was written and performed by The Refreshments...one of my favorite bands, now called Roger clyne and the peacemakers, tho Roger is the only original member. Check 'em out And BTW started at 11...smoking, drinking pot, guitar....18 I quit everything but guitar. Now 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 And BTW started at 11...smoking, drinking pot, guitar....18 I quit everything but guitar. Now 21. Drinking pot? I guess it's not as bad as shooting grass . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiled Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 I started when I was 10, on a enourmous-necked acoustic guitar that had strings 1/2" (ok, maybe a little less...) above the fretboard (it was a Takamine Jasmine). A year later I got my first electric(Epi LP SpecialII), and a year after that I started playing lead in my contemporary church's band. After doing that for a few months I upgraded all of my gear, and now I play too much I think, but I love it. And now (after almost 6 years of playing) whenever I pick my Jasmine I wonder how I made myself stick with it in the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 there is no such thing as too much playing I play everyday for at least 3 hours, after school, after dinner, after work, when i am bored, when i aint on PG Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 ive been playin for 5 years im 20 now so that would mean i started out at 15 i guess not really sure, fuzzy memory hard to remember the details, ne ways i think i suck sum people say im good at school (college) but then again all those people play is pop punk and alternative stuff and i play like metal and classical, gotta love the classical im just startin to learn scales and stuff i taught myself how to play at first and now im ready to learn the technical stuff i definetly dont play as much as i want to tho MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectgongshow Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I was 7 was better than most 3-5 year players when I had three months experience. Stopped playing two or three times for 3 years cuase bored. Played in +15 bands. am 27 now. Play 0.5-20 hours a week depending on boredom. Got too much crap to do with the kid and old mustang(other kid) Yeah whoo-hooo rock on!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughthammer Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 i began playing arcoustic guitar when i was 11, but it got serious when i was 13. when i was 14 i got my first electric. now i'm 17 and i have taken lessons for a year now (before i taught myself[or at least i tried to]) and now i'm on the best way to become a good shredder, well many practice left for me.... there is no such thing as too much playing agreed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FajiiNako Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 I started arond 12 or 14... i donno. It was in 1998. That's good enough for me ^.^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 I admit it, I was an old fart when I started. 41 yo. I tried a few times when I was younger, but I never played more than a few weeks. Now I play 'em and I build 'em. Life is good. Guitar Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 I first picked up a guitar in earnest when I was 15, I'm now 45. Been thru too many guitars to count and the learning experience has been a long, rocky series of plateaus. Its something we can all expect. Q: Am I good? A: Would you like it if I was? All of those stagnation periods resulted in trying something new to keep the interest alive. So I'm considered a jack of all trades, master of none. A friend actually told me that I have "deep pockets". I guess he was referring to versatility. Every little bit counts, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 it was last year i guess when i was fourteen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsherman2006 Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 I'm 15, started 2 years ago, and I still suck, but I'm starting to see some improvement. maybe someday in the distant future I'll be half-decent!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 I was seventeen when I started - first with my mom's crappy acoustic, then a friend gave me a State of the Art Strat ripoff. I'm 22 now, and I still suck. What's up with that? same story here, bummer eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 I started when I was 10, on a enourmous-necked acoustic guitar that had strings 1/2" (ok, maybe a little less...) above the fretboard (it was a Takamine Jasmine). A year later I got my first electric(Epi LP SpecialII), and a year after that I started playing lead in my contemporary church's band. After doing that for a few months I upgraded all of my gear, and now I play too much I think, but I love it. And now (after almost 6 years of playing) whenever I pick my Jasmine I wonder how I made myself stick with it in the beginning. me too... i play my old acoustic with super high strings once in a while and i'm amazed that i actually stuck with it for awhile... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Mailloux Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Started payig acoustic when I was 13, at 14 I got my first electric, a 1974 Gibson SG I paid 450$ canadian for. I sold it back the year after that for the same price to finance myself a 30watt marshall amp to play with a cheap ass LP copy I got free. Stopped playing guitar at 18. Restarted playing for about a year when I was 26 and picked-up my first bass then. Started playing bass actively last year and taking lessons, i'm now 33 years old and I wish I still had That SG!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 hmm 13 i think, lol 8 years of playing... slow learner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbo Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 i was definately 17 years 1 month and 2 days old. funny how i remember when i bought my guitar, but not when i first asked out... UGH. wheres my refresher course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 exactly 13 (got my geetar on my bday) so that be a year and a month ago, btw i broke that guitar the headstock snapped (it was a classical) i just found the headstock fixing tutorial and im gonna try to get around to it over the summer (19 days of school left YEEHAW and then its highschool ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzy_elephant Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 im yet to learn guitar (i know about 3 chords..... including bar chords ) however, bass - 14 Saxes - 13 Clarinet - 7 Piano - 4 next on the list >> guitar (just as soon as i've built one) note: double bass coming soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themikestro Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Got a Yamaha Pacifica 112 on my sixteenth birthday, great guitar it was to, I've been playing now for seven years and owned probably 12 guitars and basses and you know what? I'm rubbish! I haven't got any better in years! Now I spend more time tweaking and making guitars than playing them! Dumbass me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 started playing bass when I was 7, guitar when I was 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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