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Old 02-26-2010, 05:58 PM
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just wondering how long some of you guys have been playing bass, ive been playing for just over 2 years (still consider myself a newbie)
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:00 PM
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You are a noob. That's okay - we were all noobs at one time or another.

I've been playing since 1976... so that is 34 years. Yikes... Lord I'm old!
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:03 PM
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4 years now.. Wow time goes fast!
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:04 PM
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33 years. I'm still a noob.
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5 years and Ima big time noob.

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Old 02-26-2010, 06:07 PM
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7 years. Long time, sorta. Still a noob, too.
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:10 PM
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15 months. Calendar says I'll be 67 next month. Feels good to be a noob.
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:10 PM
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31 years. still learning some things...........
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:13 PM
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31.658 years. Still have fun with it and learn new things.
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:14 PM
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I've been playing for 34 years. One of these days I'll get good enough with 4 strings that I can graduate to 5.
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:15 PM
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Ive been playing since I was 18, now Im 40...UGH
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:36 PM
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Thirty seven years.
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:50 PM
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Old 02-26-2010, 07:06 PM
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It's been about 7 years now.
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Old 02-26-2010, 07:07 PM
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Old 02-26-2010, 07:11 PM
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Old 02-26-2010, 07:12 PM
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Just over 20 years, and nowhere close to as good a player as I should be with that amount of time under my belt...
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Old 02-26-2010, 07:16 PM
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Old 02-26-2010, 07:16 PM
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Learned sax in '76 and picked up bass the year after. So that's 33 years there about.
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