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Tellboy

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How well could you play when you were 13?
« on: July 30, 2008, 10:19:31 AM »
Wish I could have played like this when I was 13  8)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7532050.stm

Come to think of it, wish I could play like that now  :(. Guess I'll have to start practising 6 hours a day :roll:
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2008, 10:35:29 AM »
:lol:

I was trying to remember. And then I recalled that when I was 19 or so, I was fronting a band whose set-opener (written by me) had a second verse that started:

"Got my first guitar when I was fourteen
Played since everyday..."

So, umm, I believe my guitar ability at 13 was non-existent!

EDIT: Actually, "thirteen" would have been a lot easier to sing, but I was something of a literal git in those days...
« Last Edit: July 30, 2008, 10:37:50 AM by AndyR »
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 10:36:42 AM »
I couldn't play at all when I was 13.  And little has changed in the intervening 41 years, come to think of it.

I'll have to wait until later to watch the clip.
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2008, 10:47:55 AM »
Quote from: Philly Q on July 30, 2008, 10:36:42 AM
I couldn't play at all when I was 13.  And little has changed in the intervening 41 years, come to think of it.

I'll have to wait until later to watch the clip.

You seem to have aged drastically in the last week or two Phil!!
(13 + 41 = ....)
:lol:
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2008, 10:48:15 AM »
About as badly as I can now, still only know the same old chords.

Actually, I was about 16 when I took it up again and ended up giving my broken acoustic to a girl that I fancied.  She can play better than me and she gave the gauitar to her little sister...... who can also play better than me and is now a singer/song writer between the UK and US.

I suck  :D
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2008, 10:52:04 AM »
Quote from: AndyR on July 30, 2008, 10:47:55 AM
Quote from: Philly Q on July 30, 2008, 10:36:42 AM
I couldn't play at all when I was 13.  And little has changed in the intervening 41 years, come to think of it.

I'll have to wait until later to watch the clip.

You seem to have aged drastically in the last week or two Phil!!
(13 + 41 = ....)
:lol:

Aged... and developed Alzheimer's.  :oops:

Make that 31 years....
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2008, 10:56:07 AM »
Nope... 16/17 when I started and still terrible.
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2008, 11:09:59 AM »
Come on guys, you're all too modest and doing yourselves down...

(Probably makes you nicer people though... :D)

Rock n Roll's all about bravado and socks down the underpants :lol:

I'm BRILLIANT - (and I'm sticking to that until I finally get round to making some clips and posting in the Player's section, then I'll be all "sorry for the atrocious playing, dog ate my chord-book, etc" :roll:)
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2008, 11:18:14 AM »
Bah, more boring PRS-toting fretw@nkery.

*secretly jealous*
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2008, 11:23:50 AM »
A thirteen-year-old with a PRS??
dear-oh-dear...
(I'm in the same boat as Philly - have to check it out later)
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2008, 11:34:15 AM »
That's insane. His tone is shocking but he is getting a new amp lol

I didn't even start til 15/16 i don't think.
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2008, 11:39:06 AM »
IIRC I was halfway through Chapter 2 of Bert Weedon's "Play in a day" :)
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2008, 12:25:37 PM »
I was just about playing Status Quo and a few Hendrix licks at 13.

He's a great player ins't he?
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2008, 12:30:55 PM »
only started playing in my 20s(!) by the looks of it, maybe i should have started earlier
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Re: How well could you play when you were 13?
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2008, 01:12:47 PM »
I didn't start playing until I was 15.  That was when I got my Vox Clubman and Fenton Weil amp.  My mate got a Vox Clubman bass.  At thirteen I was into model railways!
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