How long does it take you to warm up to play?

[Krigloch the Furious]

it takes me like fucking 10 minutes before I can play my guitar up to par. right when I grab it I might as well be playing left handed.

 

[Fenrir13]

it depends, sometimes. I usually try to warm up each and every time I play, it's better for the hands I find, especially since i am still in 'nerve recovery mode' i want to cherish my recovery as much as i can. However, sometimes i get a riff or something in my head and i just pick it up. I can usually just pick up and play, but i don't like to do it like that. Sometimes i need 5-10 mins to warm up, sometimes i can do it instantly, but i try to warm up for about 20 before i play.

 

[-Gavin-]

It depends...


If i just wanna jam shit like Sixpounder, angels dont kill and blind guardian... its easy to play right off.


If i;m doing stuff like sonata arctica/Faster CoB/yngwie i take about 5-10mins to getup to speed.

 

[Serge...]

Usually just a couple minutes, unless my hands are cold or something like that.

 

[Tut Ankh Amon]

my big problem is my left hand
it's a lazy fucker

sometimes it takes up to 15 minutes to get it up (it would probably take less if the left hand wasn't so "idle" in most drum parts)

but if i just had some 500ml of coke, then it takes 5 minutes or less