Are Acoustic Players An Older Lot.

[dennq]

Are acoustic players an older bunch or are they young and full of ambition. Well we shall see...

[jeremy3220]

are you asking us to vote for our age. or vote as the question reads("What is the average age of an acoustic guitar player?")? :blink:  

[dennq]

I guess I have made it a two way street. What I was  meaning  to say is... as I age I am using my electric guitars less and my acoustics more.  Am I the norm.  

[jeremy3220]

if you want the poll to mean anything we need to know what we are voting for. you could have a bunch of 16 year olds voting for 65+, and whats that gonna tell you.? nothing.

Any way I think most serious acoustic players are older.Serious in the sense of  wasting our time on forums discussing tonewoods and bridge pins, or in other words Obsessed! although I am in the 17-29 range.
I bet if you were to poll U.S. and Canada you'd find that most people who play an acoustic guitar are under 25, which is why I made the destinction of serious players(players with sticktoittivness).

[Dan1954]

I'm 50

[bhika]

41 and starting to feel it.   :blink:  

[BW dreaming]

It seems to me that there are a lot of acoustic guitar players in high school and college.  Then they graduate and life catches up with them.  If they were never really that good or never had a great time doing it, they'll fill up space with other things and the guitar playing fades away.  I know that's what happened to my dad.

[jimmyd]

I'm old but I'm bald.

[wyodeb]

42. Not bald. :lol:

Deb

[Fredmando]

47 and still have the hair, but I can't play guitar!  :o My best friend is bald and plays a nasty lead and 12 string guitar. Is there a trade off I don't know about?
Where do I get in line if there is? I don't want to go on torturing my wife and dogs!

[hcole]

I'll be 25 in two weeks

[brimc76]

I'll be 53 in 2 months.

[jimi thing]

:huh:  recently turned thhhhh irrrtttt.....awe um 29 again! wooo hoo!

i still can't say that darn word....

i would agree with what has been said, i began playing in highschool, than didn't play while at college, then picked it up again, found other interests, and picked it up again 6 years ago.

kit

[sublro]

Im not sure what the percentage of guitarists younger than 25 that play acoustic is, but I think it's a no-brainer that the older an active guitar player is, the more likely they are to have an acoustic in their hands.

Pretty simple -

acoustics are quieter (in terms of the spectrum of music that is typically played on them), and are viable solo instruments (which electrics, at least solid body, are not - Tuck Andross and Stanley Jordan notwithstanding  :) ).

These characteristics match well with the realities of typical post-single existence.

[kwakatak]

I'm 35 and have pretty much been playing acoustic since I started - except the wild days of my teens and early 20s when I got one of those pointy super Strat thingies!  

[tiffer]

Ok, so far looks like I may be the oldest here at present, 58 in two months.  Can't play worth a damn, still learning...but hey got all my hair. Maybe that counts for somthing :lol:

[Randy_R]

Did someone just ask what my average age was?  <_<  

[mazareth]

Just turned 42 on 4/16. I've almost always had an electric around, but I play almost exclusively acoustic. I first learned to play sometime around 1985, with probably 10 years of actual playing time. I've probably advanced more as a player since setting the D-03R in September, than in all the years prior.

Regular gigs and open mics are a powerful motivator to learn new songs and improve my technique. Generally my fellow musicians are only one who notice... :P

Mark

[Denis]

38, playing since I got my first guitar for Christmas in 1980, owned one electric for about 2-3 months and have had about 12 or so acoustics.  Too much hassle with electrics for me.  Plus you can't go sit under a tree or by a lake and watch the girls walk by with an electric.

[dennq]

I guess I should answer my own poll. I'm 44 now and have been playin' since I was 10.