darling67 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I started when I was around 11 years old. I took a "break" shortly thereafter, when I found that I wasn't learning to play from music books—I thought I had to if I ever wanted to be any good. But I soon came back to it—couldn't keep the desire to play down for long, and embarked on my self-taught path. I am now closing-in fast on 50 years old. So, we can call it 39 years of playing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 God damn you guys are OLD!! They should rename this to the Gibson Geriatric Home I resemble that remark... nyuck, nyuck, nyuck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darling67 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 God damn you guys are OLD!! They should rename this to the Gibson Geriatric Lounge! Those aren't Gibsons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeybo89 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Been going 15 years since i was 13....probably stopped progressing at 16. But still love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 "Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Sir Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Ron Wood and Dame Elton John seen performing '(I Can't Get) Satisfaction' at the Women's Institute (Rochdale Branch) earlier this year." ..although Mr. Jagger did add that he DID have some satisfaction fairly recently thankyouverymuchforasking. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Is this what the female band in Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love video looks like today??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Thank you for RUINING MY EVENING, Dennis!!!!!! When that video came out I was at an impressionable age. And I have to admit it; I was Impressed..... Good old Terence Donovan. Well Played, Sir. Pip. EDIT.... I Don't believe these girls will ever age. Like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and Cliff Richard I'd say (at considerable personal risk of being held, quite correctly, to be in very poor taste) "Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 44 years, IF you count the 30 year hiatus, in between! CB Kind of this. I started at 15, just turned 70, BUT over the course of that 50+ years were times I wouldn't even own a guitar for a couple of years at a time, let alone play, so all told I'd say about 30 years. Really got serious about ten years ago and dug into some theory. Boy, what a little knowledge will do for you LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 38 years of bliss with my "six-string wife" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Half the guys in here just thought.... "I'd hit that!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Half the guys in here just thought.... "I'd hit that!" Only half? LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 EDIT.... I Don't believe these girls will ever age. Like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and Cliff Richard I'd say (at considerable personal risk of being held, quite correctly, to be in very poor taste) "Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE To my dying day this will always be one of my favorite videos. Palmer just exuded class and the girls, well, just watch the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brc Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Started in1956-1957 so somewhere around 60-61 years While all the other kids were watching , Superman. , Rin-Tin-Tin, Soupy Sales, I was plugging away with my Les Paul jr. That's one guitar I wish I still had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 45 years. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderchild Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 God damn you guys are OLD!! They should rename this to the Gibson Geriatric Lounge! I need the visor !! and 45 yrs. TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Been teaching myself for three years but it sounds more like three hours unfortunately. Stick with it. You'll get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrains72 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 28 years...wow...time flies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 From the way I play, not long enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StRanger7032 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 28 years, with a long time in the middle where I wasn't playing much or learning anything new. I started playing seriously again 3 years ago, and now I seem to be getting arthritis in my fingers. FML! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I started playing seriously again 3 years ago, and now I seem to be getting arthritis in my fingers. FML! I sure hope you aren't. I got my left index finger X-rayed yesterday cos it's been giving me concern for about 3 months - worrying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Almost 48 years. To the day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Probably 47 years off and on, mostly off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Been teaching myself for three years but it sounds more like three hours unfortunately. Pretty much the same for me, but I love trying and learning new things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Started in 1982........took a break for a few years in the early 2000's, and then back at it. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 About 19 years total. I started at 13 and if I wouldn't have stopped like I did it would almost be 50. Gosh, that makes me feel old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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