Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 My first job was when I was still at highshool in year 10 ... I worked at a guitar shop in a large country town dressing frets and learning to do set-ups & repairs on guitars. I really dug it, especially cleaning fret boards - it was like serious occupational therapy --- I just went through this last night cleaning down the fretboard of my bass ... I get right into it. I have often wondered what it might be like to do a luthiers course - I think I might like that allot. You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members outofmoney Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 first job at the Apple Store while in grad school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members InterpolJaguar Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Does a paper route count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 3 weeks as a window cleaner, age 16 used the money to buy a guitar one year later, I worked 4 weeks in a coalmine, and I bought an amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duderanimous Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Umpiring little league baseball games when I was 15. I was getting paid cash 8 bucks a game which was pretty cool back in 1983... and doing about 10 games a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members digital Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 age 15 i worked at a farm... cleaning vegetables, placing small plants in the ground, etc.. i did this for a month and a half... 10 hours a day.... got paid badly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJLantz444 Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Teaching Violin Lessons Inputting notes for my parents to engrave on Finale Upcoming paid gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mumford Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 I had a paper route when I was about 11, then worked at a gas station when I was 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members itstartsstoppin Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 at 15 laying hardwood floors, then i worked at universal studios when i was 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inscho Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 clerical work(basically just filing papers) at 13 chick-fil-a at 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratStevo Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 I worked at SeaTac Airport servicing freight trucks....did you know that a Ford C600 has 28 grease fittings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheAtomicJeff Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Excluding two paper routes, I spent a summer washing dishes at Howard Johnsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted July 2, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Originally posted by StratStevo I worked at SeaTac Airport servicing freight trucks....did you know that a Ford C600 has 28 grease fittings? {censored} man ... so you had to climb under with a grease gun and do 28 nipples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 worked in an office of the courthouse, sorting some tax bills and stamping the post, from the money i bought my first mountain bike a later summer job (can't remember which one) gave me the ability to buy my first real guitar, a washburn d-10 accoustic, i still have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeamoDave Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 I was 15 and I got a job as a dishwasher at an Italian restaurant. 3 buddies of mine also worked there. We had a blast. I was always asking the manager to schedule me more hours. After about a month, he finally gave me more hours. Then I asked for time off to go to my sisters house in Las Vegas. The manager said "Take all the time you need, you're fired." So began my career of tormenting management types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Headlow Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 I worked in my uncles butchers shop when I was 14. 1 hour after school and all day on Saturday. I got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Boss Man Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 I worked in a grocery store as a CSA (Customer Service Attendent), or as we called it a Cart Shoving Asshole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 doing odd jobs at my father's printing press sales/installation/repair company. it was a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 My first paying job was working during the summer picking crops on a farm for the owners large roadside stand. I was 12 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KRAA!! Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Lifeguard (at a pool, not the beach) when I was 15. THAT'S an easy job. In 8 years of lifeguarding (on and off) I only had to make one save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BmoreTele Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Age 12 - I was a page in the library. I always thought that sounded like being a fench fry at McDonald's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jay3265E Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Landscaping graveyards Believe it or not, it wasn't as bad as it sounds. Being outside, not working when it rains and flying solo for most of the day was kind of nice. The walking behind a mower part sucked though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coach Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Clerk and a private dry cleaners where a bunch of rich yuppies chose to make their regular cleaners. $7 and hour and 4 hours a night alone with a girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whowasthursday Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Playing paid gigs with my brother (guitar and violin duo), starting at around age 13. Now THAT was good money. Weddings, private parties... not rock n' roll, but it was good income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peterregiel Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Worked repairing guitars and electronics and selling guitar supplies, for $1 an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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