guitar players - how long have you been playing?

I'd have to ask the Las vegas City Council about that. I bought my first guitar for $25 at the Coronet store at Fourth and Fremont streets. I was like 12???

 

32 years there about.

 

its going to be 7 years this coming july.

 

Oh, about fifteen minutes, or 26 years, depending on the context of your question.

I started playing way back in the 20th century. December 1978 to be exact.

 

about twenty years for me as well, I took one lesson, and use that C chord to its fullest. I learned more trading riffs with the gypsies, actually.

BB King is a great influnce to have, he has the wisdom to know when not to play too much. Seeing a great player always raises a persons own ability, must be an osmosis thing!

Personally, my playing changed after getting magic beans from Jesus, which I promptly ate, and have been playing great blues with a texas sound ever since.

 

So when are we going to jam?

 

Wrong instrument.

 

Well, the thing about B.B. I just saw him two days ago and he shook my hand and was telling everyone jokes about viagra (I managed to slip into the VIP lounge at the NorVa). I was ten feet in front of him the entire time, but when he came out, people started crying, as was I. It was just the most powerful playing I've ever experienced. If he continued to play and play and play it would just be too much and it would be too rich and overpowering. As Jimmie Vaughan says, Less is more... but whatever works for you. B.B. is one of the wisest musicians I know of.

 

eh, steve smokes him

 

Have you seen either?

 

i saw bb with my uncle a long time ago, probably before you liked him, but, steve still smokes him.

 

Once you reach a certain level of competence, and your musicianship is allowed its full expression, then the question of "who is better?" gives way to "what is being communicated?"

It's all about the inspiration.

 

10 years

 

Nine Years.

 

BB has one of those vibes, indeed. I had heard BB since I was small, and saw him live one night in atlanta playing the fox when i was first playing guitar. Neither he nor his guitar need introduction.
His playing has changed alot over the years, but he uses what he has so well. Not to mention a couple nice venues that bear his name give alot of support to musicians. BB is a class act all the way.

 

i've only been playing for about 5 months now...hopefully it will get easier!!

 

Around a year...

 

Seriously?

 

Well, I first picked up the guitar around 5 years ago, but then dropped it after a couple of months, so I don't really count that... all I learned then were basic chords and such.

I started playing seriously around May of last year, so yeah, a year... and I think that I have progressed wonderfully, being able to be in a successful band (we're starting to charge around 200$ a gigg [2 hr] now.

It's all about the patience and the practice... I'm sure that George can play 100 times better than me, but I just keep on learning. I think i'm past the practicing stage, and am more into the learning of new techniques, songs, and patterns now.

Just ordered a Zoom ( I think ) GFX1 multi-effects pedal board to help me out a tad.

 

I always thought you had been playing for years.

I'm past that practicing stage too, I stopped "practicing" back in March, around 5 months or so after I started playing seriously... practicing is for teh noobs.