Too old for learning to play guitar?

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xenon13
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04 Sep 2011, 8:41 pm

No.



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04 Sep 2011, 8:42 pm

I was 26 when I started. 1,000 copies of my first record have been issued.



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05 Sep 2011, 9:31 am

You might be able to score a good deal on a guitar at Goodwill's online auctions or on EBay.



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26 Feb 2014, 4:55 am

You are never too old... but it probably takes more practice when you are older...

I was 38 when I first picked up the guitar and now (six years later) I can play reasonably well...

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28 Feb 2014, 11:18 am

Absolutely not. I didn't start playing until I was 14. Don't get frustrated though. It may take a several months to really feel comfortable with just your major chords.

I didn't play guitar for very long before picking up bass. I quickly realized that everybody and their mom played guitar. Bands were looking for were bass players and drummers. That was my way of trying to make friends.

And besides all that - just having a guitar in your room makes you feel pretty awesome.



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28 Feb 2014, 11:22 am

And after just seeing that this post is a few years old...do you want to give us any updates?



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01 Mar 2014, 12:30 am

If you're intrested now, go for it as soon as possible....


I have two bass guitars, don't really know how to play bass but have the hopes maybe I can learn...guess that is why I keep them around and haven't sold them....but I admit I can't seem to build up the motivation to get into it.


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01 Mar 2014, 11:14 am

Even if you are too old to play an actual guitar (and you aren't :wink: ), you can always play one of these...

http://www.inthequeue.com/guitbass/

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXFkNWuOBC0[/youtube]


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01 Mar 2014, 11:16 am

GoonSquad wrote:
Never too old!

Go buy a $100.00 fender squire and turn it into one of these...

How to make a GUITBASS<--click

You'll be playing guitar tomorrow!


..... sort of. :P


Damn, I didn't notice how old this thread was... :roll:

At least I'm consistent. :lol:


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02 Mar 2014, 12:51 am

Reindeer wrote:
lightening020 wrote:
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I am 16 and I have thought about for 4 months now if I should learn to play guitar because I really want to actually, but I still want to wait until after the new year just to be sure if it's the right thing for me.
But am I too old to begin to learn play the guitar?
I have a friend who has been playing for 3 years now maybe and it would be fun to begin playing with him sometime, even though it's only simple tunes


Sorry to say buddy but you are too old! By the age of about 15, your hands will have fully developed and produced a hormone called gemmanin, which connects the contracted finger muscles to the veins, and once this happens you won't be able to stretch your fingers out which is required to hold out chords. <source Wikipedia>

Serious don't get a squier. Get an Ibanez Gio....hands DOWN best guitar beginner or otherwise for under 150. No Joke, I have played for 12 years, and I play a Gio right now because my family has my other guitars or they need to be re-sautered. The action is very smooth, and they are very smooth. It compares to my 300$ schechter

Squier strats are very rough and not easy to learn on. Telecasters might be easier though


But I have stretched fingers since I was 14 :D
Worst case scenario get a short scale guitar if needed like a some of the 24" Fender Mustang/Jaguar I believe. Stratocasters and Telecasters are some of the lonest scale guitars available.



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02 Mar 2014, 2:55 am

You are never too old to learn new things. I picked up the bass when I was 22.