| What's your age? |
| 15-24 |
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1% |
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| 25-34 |
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3% |
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| 35-44 |
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9% |
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| 45-54 |
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14% |
[ 56 ] |
| 55-64 |
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38% |
[ 149 ] |
| 65-74 |
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24% |
[ 94 ] |
| 75-84 |
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7% |
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Topic: What's your age? |
Patrick Janka
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 1:21 pm |
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| Just taking a poll to find the average age of the board's members. I myself am 32, and it seems am in the minority in terms of age group here. Is there a trend that fewer young folk are picking up the steel? |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 2:08 pm
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| 65 yesterday! Still celebrating! |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 4:25 pm
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I'll be 66 in November.
How come there's no category for 85-100 ? |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 4:31 pm
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What do you think, Alan?   |
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Sherman Willden
From:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 4:34 pm
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And I will be 66 next August. Hey, Alan! When we both get to 100 then I'll meet you by the dock of the bay, just bring your guitar and I'll bring mine and we'll give those toddling tourists something to think about 
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Sherman L. Willden
It is easy to play the steel guitar. Playing so that the audience finds it pleasing is the difficult act. |
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Joe Smith
From:
Charlotte, NC, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 5:14 pm
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I'm 74 and still going strong. Now what were we talking about?
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<i>My playing sounds more like it did before than it does now</i> |
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Shorty Smith
From:
Columbus, Georgia, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 5:58 pm
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I turned 79 in Sept, still playing steel one to two nights a week and having lot of fun, Shorty
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 6:07 pm
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| Turned 60 early this year . Everything hurts ! |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 6:10 pm I tho't no one would ever ask...........
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I'm 75, DRATT!
Who's gonna sit on our pack-a-seat? |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 6:48 pm
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Will be 78 Nov 26th. Still pump iron 3 times a week, pack my gear, and play out occasionally. Very fortunate. Jack
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 7:49 pm
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Age ain't nothing but a number. There are some folks here in your range, but there are also some who are older who still have a youthful outlook on music and life. Count me as one, though I'm in my late 40s.
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Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links |
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Todd Brown
From:
W. Columbia , South Carolina
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 7:54 pm
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| Patrick, looks like me and you are the 1%'ers on this one! I'll be 32 in December. Been playin' steel, a little over 3 years |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 8:22 pm
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| You forgot Over 84....I'm almost there... |
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Billy Tonnesen
From:
R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 8:44 pm
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| I am 82. However was last active in 2006 due to Herniated Discs and Arthritis. The Forum is now my only connection to the Steel Guitar where I can participate in some of the History and sometimes give tips from experience over the years. |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 9:30 pm
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I'm thirty and I joined the forum in June of 2000-I was eighteen at the time. Now at thirty, I love playin' the steel guitar like I did when I was eighteen. This year on Christmas Day, it'll be my twelfth year on steel guitar.
Brett |
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 9:31 pm
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| I am 71 and just retired from a band that was playing three days per week. The new country hurts my ears. |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 1:22 am
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B-day #50 is coming up in December 28
Kind Regards, Walter
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Tonu Timm
From:
Estonia
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 1:48 am
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I'm 47, after 30 'guitar years' spent last 3 years 'on pedals'. Touring and recording already, having fun of learning smith new all the time. Thank y'all !
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GFI Ultra SD-10, BearCreek Weissenborn, Herrmann style 4 Weiss, Åberg W2 Weiss, Hermann Baritone Weiss, National Polychrome Tricone, Fender Champ Lapsteel, Epiphone Electar Century 8-string, Quiter Micropro Mach 2 HD, Nashville 112, Zirconia bars, Bob Perry picks... |
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Chuck Morel
From:
Pottersville, New York
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 2:51 am
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| Old enough to know better....young enough not to care!! |
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William Gaskin
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 4:28 am
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| I'm 28 and have been playing steel since I was 19 |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 4:43 am
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I'll be 74 in December. Still working in a band. Currently we are doing a show every Monday evening, starting the 1st we will also be doing a weekly Tuesday afternoon show and also doing other dance gigs such as a Halloween dance last night.
I did give up road jobs two years ago. I don't need that. |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 5:10 am
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I'm two weeks into my 70th year.
Still playing in a band after 53 years and doing jam sessions for seniors.
Don
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Private one on one lessons available
Member: FSGC, PSGA, TSGA
Co-founder: Florida Steel Guitar Club
"Steel guitar is like playing chess in the dark with three players". Jeff Newman quote from 1997 seminar |
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 5:48 am
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| 56 1/2. 46 years on "Spanish" guitar, about 10 months on steel. Having a great time getting my butt kicked! |
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