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McKush · 02-20-2016, 04:19 PM

Yeah but like many people i started too late, age 44. Seven years later i still suck. Starting young is the key. People start late and can become quite excellent but its harder for most of us. Needless i love it. My motto is, if ya cant play good, you can at least play good guitars..... jamming on electric with good musicians is a freaking blast. used to jam every thurs night with a 18yr old kid who was a good guitarist and a guy in his early 20s who is a great drummer in the drummers garage out in the boonies. We would tear it up. Great times.

chronosync · 02-20-2016, 05:19 PM

That sounds great. Dont matter how old you are. If you got music you got music. Ya starting young helps alot im sure, but thats just a mentality. Its never too late to learn a new lick to beat to death!

rykus · 02-20-2016, 05:26 PM

Left hand is your mind and skill, which can be impressive and helps to develope ... But the right hand is your soul, and if you can overcome the self conscience part were your brain try's to trick you into focusing on that left and being all piddly and quiet with you soul.... Learn to hammer that shit out and doesn't really matter as much bout the boring side,lol

Ya I enjoy that shit, my type of meditation!

McKush · 02-20-2016, 05:46 PM

getting boned up beforehand helps too, brother!

AvidLerner · 02-20-2016, 11:44 PM

thanks folks. I ove it all. Left hand right hand never too old, never too young. get boned up. all helps. I practice average 4 hours a day. I am retired so I have plenty of time when folks aren't around. Sometimes I like to play the acoustic because of the sound. When I want to practice BB or Clapton I use the fender it likes to get bended up. nice light strings. It also has a JB-mini humbucker for the bridge that goes Hendrix real easy, and a DZ Satin neck. when I want to go smooth I grab the Les Paul with a pair of JB Humbuckers on it for some real nice smooth sound. I also make my own stomp boxes and have an overdrive for my Clapton effects. I also built a mini amp for headphones with a 2.5 w amp for driving a speaker with a 9v battery. Just having fun being me. I have background in electronics, electrical engineering, and electrical contractor work.

_tessarecting · 02-20-2016, 11:46 PM

When I was 13 I wanted to spike my hair with wax like the cooldudes from good charlotte. I asked my dad. He said Son I'll let you do that if you play guitar an hour every day which I've done for the past 15 years. One of my favorite things to do. I was a sound engineer before deciding to be a grower.

BlackBuds · 02-20-2016, 11:51 PM

Ive been playing for over 30 years and in that time Ive missed maybe 2 weeks to a month total. It was an obsession at an early age and Ive been in bands since I was 16. I was obsessed with Hendrix, Rhoads, Schenker and so many more. It has cost me a lot of money and a few girlfriends but I wouldnt change a thing. At my age I still dream of it all the time. I am lucky to have opened for some great bands. Some of my friends that I used to share a stage with have gone to do really big things.Sleep, Neurosis..Matt Pike. Blessed

Music is the Best - Frank Zappa

rykus · 02-21-2016, 06:01 PM

Mr. Pike is a big influence of mine! Kalas is my favourite though!

I started growing because I loved it, but also because I wanted to play guitar all day,lol

Well at least one of the things worked out for me, lol, and I still get to jam with some pretty talented people n lend them gear for recording.... Def have nicer gear being a grower first.lol

Got to get in to some cool gigs over the years too, brought some good smoke for lotsa touring folk, pretty funny when ya get to watch them play after you smoke some real kills! Some magic with those touring dudes, they play a lot!

BlackBuds · 02-23-2016, 03:00 AM

Pike wouldnt smoke my weed...lol said he'd forget the lyrics.
I took it as a compliment...

AvidLerner · 02-23-2016, 10:18 AM

I am working towards playing all day long. that is my goal. I am learning some BB King right now. No One loves be but my moma, and she might be jivinv too and Don't answer the door. I love them both. Sometimes I will just start playing there and start improvising from there. I guess playing guitar and growing weed have a common trait plenty of time to improve. Most of my friends are musicians. my fiance plays flute. I learned sax and drums in my youth with my kids. Now I am doing for myself, first time. I have plenty of time to practice, all day. I am retired and have the time.

I want you guys expreiences before I die. LOL

02-20-2016, 04:19 PM	#11
McKush Éirinn go Brách Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the backwoods, by the rivers of my memory Posts: 2,049	Yeah but like many people i started too late, age 44. Seven years later i still suck. Starting young is the key. People start late and can become quite excellent but its harder for most of us. Needless i love it. My motto is, if ya cant play good, you can at least play good guitars..... jamming on electric with good musicians is a freaking blast. used to jam every thurs night with a 18yr old kid who was a good guitarist and a guy in his early 20s who is a great drummer in the drummers garage out in the boonies. We would tear it up. Great times. __________________ H. B. McKush Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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02-20-2016, 05:19 PM	#12
chronosync unknown clone Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,819	That sounds great. Dont matter how old you are. If you got music you got music. Ya starting young helps alot im sure, but thats just a mentality. Its never too late to learn a new lick to beat to death!
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02-20-2016, 05:26 PM	#13
rykus Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Under lights Posts: 842	Left hand is your mind and skill, which can be impressive and helps to develope ... But the right hand is your soul, and if you can overcome the self conscience part were your brain try's to trick you into focusing on that left and being all piddly and quiet with you soul.... Learn to hammer that shit out and doesn't really matter as much bout the boring side,lol Ya I enjoy that shit, my type of meditation!
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02-20-2016, 05:46 PM	#14
McKush Éirinn go Brách Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the backwoods, by the rivers of my memory Posts: 2,049	getting boned up beforehand helps too, brother! __________________ H. B. McKush Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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02-20-2016, 11:44 PM	#15
AvidLerner Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Universe Posts: 447	thanks folks. I ove it all. Left hand right hand never too old, never too young. get boned up. all helps. I practice average 4 hours a day. I am retired so I have plenty of time when folks aren't around. Sometimes I like to play the acoustic because of the sound. When I want to practice BB or Clapton I use the fender it likes to get bended up. nice light strings. It also has a JB-mini humbucker for the bridge that goes Hendrix real easy, and a DZ Satin neck. when I want to go smooth I grab the Les Paul with a pair of JB Humbuckers on it for some real nice smooth sound. I also make my own stomp boxes and have an overdrive for my Clapton effects. I also built a mini amp for headphones with a 2.5 w amp for driving a speaker with a 9v battery. Just having fun being me. I have background in electronics, electrical engineering, and electrical contractor work. __________________ I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.
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02-20-2016, 11:46 PM	#16
_tessarecting ஓ Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 3,852	When I was 13 I wanted to spike my hair with wax like the cooldudes from good charlotte. I asked my dad. He said Son I'll let you do that if you play guitar an hour every day which I've done for the past 15 years. One of my favorite things to do. I was a sound engineer before deciding to be a grower. __________________
	Quote 4 members found this post helpful.

02-20-2016, 11:51 PM	#17
BlackBuds Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 287	Ive been playing for over 30 years and in that time Ive missed maybe 2 weeks to a month total. It was an obsession at an early age and Ive been in bands since I was 16. I was obsessed with Hendrix, Rhoads, Schenker and so many more. It has cost me a lot of money and a few girlfriends but I wouldnt change a thing. At my age I still dream of it all the time. I am lucky to have opened for some great bands. Some of my friends that I used to share a stage with have gone to do really big things.Sleep, Neurosis..Matt Pike. Blessed Music is the Best - Frank Zappa __________________
	Quote 6 members found this post helpful.

02-21-2016, 06:01 PM	#18
rykus Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Under lights Posts: 842	Mr. Pike is a big influence of mine! Kalas is my favourite though! I started growing because I loved it, but also because I wanted to play guitar all day,lol Well at least one of the things worked out for me, lol, and I still get to jam with some pretty talented people n lend them gear for recording.... Def have nicer gear being a grower first.lol Got to get in to some cool gigs over the years too, brought some good smoke for lotsa touring folk, pretty funny when ya get to watch them play after you smoke some real kills! Some magic with those touring dudes, they play a lot!
	Quote 2 members found this post helpful.

02-23-2016, 03:00 AM	#19
BlackBuds Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 287	Pike wouldnt smoke my weed...lol said he'd forget the lyrics. I took it as a compliment... __________________
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02-23-2016, 10:18 AM	#20
AvidLerner Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Universe Posts: 447	I am working towards playing all day long. that is my goal. I am learning some BB King right now. No One loves be but my moma, and she might be jivinv too and Don't answer the door. I love them both. Sometimes I will just start playing there and start improvising from there. I guess playing guitar and growing weed have a common trait plenty of time to improve. Most of my friends are musicians. my fiance plays flute. I learned sax and drums in my youth with my kids. Now I am doing for myself, first time. I have plenty of time to practice, all day. I am retired and have the time. I want you guys expreiences before I die. LOL __________________ I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.
	Quote 1 members found this post helpful.