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									When did you start? - Guitar Players Discussion				            </title>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2004 15:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Started late July this year, having just turned 26. -TPO.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Started late July this year, having just turned 26. <br><br>-TPO.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>thepoliteone</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/when-did-you-start/paged/3/#post-75099</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I started last year at age 43.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I started last year at age 43.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Slydog</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/when-did-you-start/paged/3/#post-75069</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2004 08:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I took lessons for six months or so when I was 12.  I was still playing stuff like Camptown Races, when a good friend of mine also started playing and in a couple weeks he was playing Status...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I took lessons for six months or so when I was 12.  I was still playing stuff like Camptown Races, when a good friend of mine also started playing and in a couple weeks he was playing Status Quo and Hendrix songs (I'm sure it wasn't that good but compared to what I could do...).  I figured I was meant to be a listener and not a player so I quit and didn't pick it up again until a year ago. (30 years later). Though I was many times tempted to try again over the intervening years I never had the time.  What really kicked me into it was seeing my seven year old son's incredible love for music and knowing that before long he'd be playing so I figured the time was right to try again.  I've learned way more than I thought I would have in one year, though of course I still stink.  But I think in a couple years I might be OK.  I can't imagine ever NOT playing now.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>spacedog03</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/when-did-you-start/paged/3/#post-75058</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2004 03:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It funny, I started playing proabaly 10 months ago and in that time I&#039;ve become better the people I know who&#039;ve been playing for 5 years. But guitars the best thing that ever happend to me, ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It funny, I started playing proabaly 10 months ago and in that time I've become better the people I know who've been playing for 5 years. But guitars the best thing that ever happend to me, before that I had to much free time an actaully saved my money, now me and my band rock out an I have no money, and you can guess where all my money goes to  :wink:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>SteveoBoutToRock</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/when-did-you-start/paged/2/#post-74952</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 06:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[music has been a part of my life since i first learned ot play some piano from my grandma which i eventually quit and picked up a guitar at around age 14.  Now 16, i have had a great time le...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[music has been a part of my life since i first learned ot play some piano from my grandma which i eventually quit and picked up a guitar at around age 14.  Now 16, i have had a great time learning and am continuing to learn as much as i can.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Idiot85204</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/when-did-you-start/paged/2/#post-74945</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 06:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[im 16 also ive been playing since i was twelve so that makes it 4 yrs]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[im 16 also ive been playing since i was twelve so that makes it 4 yrs]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Death_To_Theory</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 05:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I am 16 now and i have no idea when i started.  Like when I was 11 or 12.  It was a while ago, thats about all i know.  I started getting serious about it 1 year into it, so when i was 12 or...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I am 16 now and i have no idea when i started.  Like when I was 11 or 12.  It was a while ago, thats about all i know.  I started getting serious about it 1 year into it, so when i was 12 or 13.  I am now very serious about playing (though i still do it mainly for enjoyment and the therapeutic properties).]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>TaylorR</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 04:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s just what you make of it yourselfNot entirely. I believe there are some basic ability differences as in most everything else. But it does depend a lot on how much time and energy you pu...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's just what you make of it yourselfNot entirely. I believe there are some basic ability differences as in most everything else. But it does depend a lot on how much time and energy you put into it, and how much you like it.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Ricochet</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 03:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I started playing when I became 19, I&#039;m still 19.  So, I play for 9 months.  I don&#039;t it makes any difference when you start, it&#039;s you own attitude, your passion and the way you learn (and wa...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I started playing when I became 19, I'm still 19.  So, I play for 9 months.  I don't it makes any difference when you start, it's you own attitude, your passion and the way you learn (and want to learn)<br><br>I know guitarists who play since the were 14 ( 17 now), they can't play very well.  The play because there parents pay lessons and they want to be stars...  :roll: <br><br>I also know people who play 6 months and there very good in my opinion.  It's just what you make of it yourself]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Oliver</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: When did you start?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 02:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I actually first began playing when I was 13.  I played for about 10 or 11 years before it became necessary to pawn my guitar in order to eat.  I didn&#039;t pick one up again for over 20 years. ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I actually first began playing when I was 13.  I played for about 10 or 11 years before it became necessary to pawn my guitar in order to eat.  I didn't pick one up again for over 20 years.  My older sister passed away and left me her classical.  That was nearly 3 years ago.  So, I've either been playing 13-14 years or just less than 3, depending upon your perspective.  (Personally, I think I'm back to about where I was in the fifth year or so.  I've still got a way to go before I get back to where I was before my guitar went away.)]]></content:encoded>
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