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Location: Reno, NV | Let's find out! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | More than 25 years, but only about 2 years of semi regular playing. I wonder if the total playing time would be less than a week. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Since 1965. |
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Location: Orange County, California | I starting counting "Ovation years" when I got my 1763, not when I first tinkered on someone else's Applause (my earliest memory of roundbacked guitars).
I started counting "playing years" when I first leaned some chords. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Since Christmas morning, 1960. |
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Location: East Tennessee | In the majority on both questions.
You'd think I'd be better than I am. :( |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I had a Matrix (my first real acoustic) when I was about 15 (destroyed in a hideous church accident) and I've had the Preacher since I was about 17.
If I had known JohnnyCash back then, I may have been able to save the Matrix! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | And like Mark - except for the late teen years, I've only really been playing since last summer. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Gospel Guitar Guy:
In the majority on both questions.
You'd think I'd be better than I am. :( Same here... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I quit playing for a year once when I stopped playing fulltime to work in the family grocery biz. Most miserable year of my life, and I didn't even understand why at the time.
But, like many, for all that time on the water I should be better than a 2 trick pony....
(to say nothing of mangling metaphors!) |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Started playing guitar and Ovations in 1978. |
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Location: Tennessee | Since a Monday morning in February 1964. The guitar was bigger than me though. |
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Location: NJ | . . . and it was probably the shortest your hair has ever been since . . . |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Started in 1974; started with Gertrude in 1979 (she was Jack's, so I married into the "family.") You'd think for the length of time I've been at it I'd be a whole lot better than I am--but I guess it's folks like me that make some of the rest of you look so good! :D
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| Interesting, the poll results show a considerable gap between 5 years...and 11 years. Personally, I've been at it since 1971.. |
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| Given the average age from the other poll there should be a 40plus years category. In 3 weeks I've been playing for 43 years.
Does this put me and bobbo in the lead? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | or at least first in line for next available room at Sunset Acres... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | 1972 or 73 for me. First Ovation was in 77. |
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| In which case you are 10 years off the pace. Kindly refrain from comment until you've been playing a little longer. |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | Started playing guitar in 19 and 69. Got my first Ovation in 1971, and my newest one last July. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by schroeder:
In which case you are 10 years off the pace. Kindly refrain from comment until you've been playing a little longer. Whose pace are you talking about? Just because you've been at it longer, doesn't mean you're getting there any sooner. I do agree that I have been incorrectly assuming that I am one of the old farts, but I've now learned that I have a few more years before I can justify being a grumpy old fart like some of you. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I've now learned that I have a few more years before I can justify being a grumpy old fart like some of you. Be nice. Or at least be accurate. Schroeder's not grumpy. |
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Location: south east Michigan | zzzzzing!!!!!
Except for a entry level Tesio electric for the first couple years, it's been Ovation all the way for me. Probably to a fault to some extent. |
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Location: NJ | Teisco.
(I had one of their basses). |
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How long have you been playing Ovations..and guitar? ..(poll)
