haha, yeah I had to do the whole piano thing before any other instrument too. But the problem is, I can't read notes, which made things hard!! I can play by ear a little, but that could only take me so far... Good luck to your daughter!! This world needs more girl guitarists!!!

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Hi all. My name is Nathan im 29 and im from the UK. I live with my girlfriend and we have a 2 year old son, who loves my guitars!
I stated playing the guitar at about 16 and started with a Squier strat starter package. This guitar is now resprayed in British racing green with 1960's neck and middle pickups and a cool rail in the bridge, all seymour duncan. I also have a 2000 American Standard Strat in teal green metallic. I play through a Marshall AVT50 amp. I try to play most styles but like rock, blues and brit pop stuff most.

Nathan

My name is Alan Fox. I am 51 years young, and started learning the guitar at the age of 10 years. I don't feel that I've learned everything about the guitar, even though they are inducting myself and the other guitarist in my band (Donnie Pendleton) into the Texas Guitarists Hall Of Fame. I own two strats a tele, a Guild D-35, and a Moonstone.
Donnie and I both play mainly our custom shop strats, and we just bought matching Blond Fender Super Sonic's with the 4x12 cab. to get a matching twin guitar sound. We are very excited about our new CD to be released, "Ju Ju Ear Rub" (rock/blues) www.alanfox.com

I also am the head of Microbiology at ETMC Hosp.
I too wish to be a full time musician, but I have habits to feed.
(gear, food, drink, gear, and gear)

I love rubbing elbows with the other fender folks out there.
enough about me, let me read about someone else.

Alan

my name is paul gratz is my middle ,chef for 35yrs resturant owner ,padi dive master ,black belt akido hombu dojo tokoyo,instructor for culinary arts pima college,gun collector,ice carver,jazz enthusiast.played sax in teens could`nt get over lester young gave up on music to acheve lifes dreams did so and now im trying to play lester yong solos on my strat.married 23yrs same lady 4 dogs took up guitar about 2 yrs ago and will probable be my last of lifes pursuits i dont need to make money from music it is a quest of love imay never be great but i will be as good as dedicated practice and personal will power will allow it is my pleasure to take part in this forum and take insight and knowledge from all the talented and experienced musician who post here it makes my path more enjoyable god bless and happy holidays to you all

U do Akido! OSM!!! I want to start that sometime, but for now it's just Tae Kwon Do. But I really like it...

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studied with mitsugi soatome and hiroshi ikeda shihans (schools of ushieba) soatome seinsa was uchi desi for hombu dojo under the founder also trained under john stevens seinsa took 6 yrs of trainig to get black belt and trained another 4 the martial arts is a dicipline on witch to model how you approch lifes challenges practice hard and use your skills to do good

I thought I had already replied to this, but I don't see where I did.

My name is John, and I'm 46. I am an I.S. Director for a performance automotive company (speed/race parts). I have been married for almost 25 years to a wonderful girl, and have 3 kids (23, 20, and 10). I recently started playing again to help my youngest with guitar lessons.

I am primarily a bass player, and have been playing for 31 years. I still have my first bass, a 1966 Jazz. I have played with a bunch of different bands, styles, and artists. I've never played with anyone famous, but many I have played with have done so (1 degree of separation, I guess).

I play bass, both stand-up and electric, guitar, trumpet, trombone, baritone horn, some sax, and percussion.

Hello everyone. I'm a 44 year old Canadian. I bought a 69 Jazz Bass in 1987 and put it in the closet for 20 years. I'm a total newbie so I'll probably ask many questions that will test your patience. My apologies in advance.

Hi, I'm Laura, I'm 16 (17 in 9 days ), I live in Bristol in the south-west of England. I am currently studying Biology, Chemistry, Sociology and Psychology full time at City of Bristol College. I've been playing for 2 years and got a new Fender Highway One Precision for christmas.

Hi all,,, my name is Rick,,, I'm retired,,,
was an Ironworker... I'm 64...

Just starting to learn to play,,, I've had
two lessons so far...

Gear,,,
MIM Tele 3 tone burst...
Gretsch 5120 Orange Stain...
Fender SCXD...
Fender FM 212R...
Fender 15G...

As you can see I have a tendency to jump
in with both feet when I get interested in
something...

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Rasputan

hey people my greg and im a 13 year old guitarist
my fav. model is the srv model
ive been playin about six months now
i mostly play blues or r&b

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Hi!Well my real name is Teofil Steel(well in romanian it is totally else spelled) Nichita.I'm only 14 year old, started guitar at 13.My dad used to play in a band as a bassist and maybe that's where from I have this passion of playing instruments.As my id says I LOVE Led Zeppelin and all it's contribution to today's rock.Recentlly bought myself a Squier Affinty Strat with a Fender Frontman 15G Amp.Love to play fast, hard and dirty.Take care and see you on Fender's Forum.

Hi everyone

I'm Alex(hence the username ). I'm 19, been playing guitar for about 4-5 years. My father used to drum in a band, and my mother plays classical guitar, and I suppose I have musical influence from both.

I started on an Encore Strat copy starter pack, and have slowly moved up to a Fender HSS strat. I also play Ovation acoustic guitars(currently own 2) And I still have my original Classical guitar and Encore Strat copy.

As for musical taste, my favorite band is Rush, and that is mainly what I play. I also like Marillion, Pendragon, Whitesnake, Blind Guardian, Def Leppard and Steve Vai

Great to see new folks still checking in and introducing themselves.

Welcome and have a great '08.

X

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