How old was everyone when they really started play guitar

I'm sad to say I messed around with the guitar for far to long, like 6 years, before I really got serious. I got serious about 8 months ago and I'm 25 now and have made great progress I feel. I wish I'd taken it more seriously in high school and college... man could I have put hours into it instead of just sitting around talking. Oh well, better now (late?) than never hey?

This progress is partly Kris's fault... he got me hooked on regular practice.

What to choose for your x minutes of scales and technique...

Hi there,

Background:
I've been doing what Kris said about practicing in that I take x mintues (20 - 30 minutes if I have an hour or so) and I do my scales and technique stuff (different patterns in scales so I just don't play the scales up and down all night.).

I have a document on the PC that lists all the little patterns I've found (lots from Kirs, thanks man) and others that I've made myself. I also write down the highest speed on my metronome that I could play that pattern cleanly.

My question is: When I do my x minutes per day, should I stick to doing the same ones like going from pattern 1 to 6 every day or should I maybe pick a new few every day and add them to the list? Should I even keep a list or just grab a random pattern and use that for the day and work up good speed that way....

I guess I'm just not sure the best way to get faster and know the fretboard better. My thinking is that if I pick different patterns every day (from different scales and boxes), I'll expose myself to more of the fretboard. Or do you get faster just playing the same pattern and burning that into your brain for say a week at a time and then move on?

I'm just confused because I have so many patterns and I'm not sure what to do with them... just pick random?

Maybe a better question: Do you get faster playing the same patterns over and over or can you get fast playing many different patterns and that will just move up your over-all speed?

Sorry for all the words hahaha, I tend to over-analyze things.... I'm such a nerd.

Thank you for not having 1.27 million smilies on here.

I have to say that, a person just needs a few so THANK YOU for just having the basic ones.

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Just sayin hi

Hey everyone,

Rick here from Regina, Canada. I'm looking forward to learning some great things here and I know it'll happen. I've learned quite a bit from the UG vids Kris has been doing.

See you guys around.