Speaking of drum lines and marching bands:
Lots of youse guys poke fun at Tommy Lee but he really does have incredible skill. He spent quite a bit of time in Drum Corps. His personal problems aside, he really is a profound drummer.

Which corp? He seems like he would have played for the Bridgemen!!! Anyone remember them? My fav next to the Cadets line.

I don't remember which corp, Mike. I saw a biography not long ago and they mentioned his experience.

mmmmmmmmmmm.............Ampeg SVT..................... Just out of curiosity how much? I used to have one, and just about gave it away with a blown transformer. I've got an old Bassman 10 now. Not very loud, but it just doesn't get any warmer than that.


And Oh Yeah, Jump into the lessons! If you don't like it, you can always say you tried it. It doesn't matter if you get good at it, it just matters if you enjoy it. All of the musicians here will agree that music is a great way to get "lost" for a few hours, and forget everything.

SVT? My back says "no." ;)

Tommy Lee would have more of a Velvet Knight kinda guy...

IM6Y it's just the cab. I use the head with my smaller rig. It's a 70's, 4 ohm cab in pretty good shape. Tolex is a bit shredded on the back from dragging it up and down stages but it's a workhorse. Speakers are perfect, and I have tried to break it (900 watts) Best cab ever in my book. I, like nostatic, am just too damn old to be draggin' it up and down stages anymore. This thing with rattle your nuts.

$500.00 come and get it.

Taking up guitar in the later stages of life? Buy my old Marshall "practice amp". Your wife wont mind - I'm sure. 10 days to go.

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Great for hunch backs and old fogeys alike! Guaranteed to rattle false teeth right out of the glass on the bedside table.

Resurrecting an old thread... Since my kids are taking piano lessons, instead of just sitting around for half an hour, I signed up for drum lessons. Wish me luck.

Maybe someday I will rock it like this grandma: http://youtu.be/NRhoHN8x_00

Cool!

Excellent! One of the best things(for me) was to set up my kit in the garage a couple of years ago.

Drums have always been a part of my life. Learned early, band member in HS. I never was very good but I could keep a beat for any song.

I took drum lessons for 10 years when I was a kid. I'm now 42 and just started teaching myself the guitar. :D

When you stop trying to learn new things, you start dying.

I have been playing drums for over 30 years. Still play about 3-5 times a week. My son is learning now too which makes it more fun. He is a better guitar player than I am and he is 12... Oh well!

Go for it, you never know where it could go. I started guitar lessons 2 winters ago at age 46 and unfortunately had to cut last winter short. Taking a little at a time, made me realize exactly how hard it is and has slowly has increased my dedication. I've committed myself to a full year of lessons with no break and will be selling off all of my cars. It's becoming my only hobby short of exercising. I have along way to go, but want to get there.

A friend of mine who's around 60 just started to take electric guitar lessons.

Go for it!!!

I've been playing keyboards for years (incl. piano lessons as a kid - grudgingly, in between football, hockey & just fooling around) but I got bored some years back and didn't play seriously for awhile - since my last bar/club band, for which I did mostly lights & sound and only played k/b on a few songs each set.

But just a few years ago I got rid of all the dusty electronic stuff and went back to piano again, this time to learn jazz piano. A "cast iron b*tch" as they used to say, because I have to think differently while I'm playing, and I'll never be very good, but man has it been worthwhile. I now "get it" and can appreciate artists like Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk in ways I never did.

No matter what you play (even drums [grin, wink]), playing makes you hear and appreciate music in a different and better way.

I sincerely suggest group lessons for the drums. Learn to read music....at least the rhythms and count. There are some good basic books out there. I took a couple of great beginning drum classes at L. A. city college and they were awesome. Its amazing how much you can learn on a practice pad without disturbing the whole neighborhood. Have fun.

Dan

I started studying cello at 61. But I learned to read music as a boy.

I play guitar and piano, so can read music. I am not at that level though where you can give me a new piece and I can play it. I probably play piano at the second grade level. I just play at church, so enough to accompany a choir.

As for guitar, just chords, no lead solos.

It's more for fun for me rather than playing pro, even with the drums.