So here I am after an 18 year break from guitar due to a neck injury, all good now.
I started posting on instagram so will stick with that for now. I will try and post once a week so I can see how I am doing and possibly get some feedback.
Here is my first video on 1 Nov 2024
WYWH, 1st attempt
Here the second Wish You Were Here on 17 November,
I have been working hard with JustinGuitar lessons and using some other practice tools, this is a video of me trying to get to grips with Pull offs, a tricky technique for sure.
Sounding great Adrian! Some nice dynamics there. Justin has some helpful videos on this song. The video where he teaches the intro riff really helped me get the timing and strumming pattern down for this song. Congratulations on your decision to get back into playing. Glad your neck is better!
I only listened to the 2nd WWH post because Insta wasnāt loading well. This message board has a few quirks that Iām still getting used to myself. When posting YouTube videos, you can get them to directly parse in the forum by pasting the link and hitting enter. (Sometimes it takes a few minutes.) If you use the āinsert linkā function, people have to click off the site to view the video. I donāt think the above is true for Instagram though, unfortunately.
Good to meet you, and Happy Playing!
Great idea Adrian to document your progress like this! Iām sure youāll be able to look back & see a ton of improvement over time! Good luck with your musical Journey!
Tod
Thanks for the kind comments, Iām a bit OCD so needs improving on in my mind. Iāve started looking at the other two solos so can the do the whole WYWH.
My guitar adventures have continued, I have been doing lots of practice, a mix of strumming, my selected song practice, blues, solos and riffs. I have been practicing using Justinguitars and a couple of other apps for variety. Things are slowly improving, strumming has improved, but need more consistency and control.
I picked up this near mint Ibanez electro Acoustic (EW20BGE-NT) today, it was a great price but I had to do a 200 mile round trip to get it, but its worth it. Sounds great, and getting used to it. I got it so I can play some different styles and I am getting into finger picking, I need more practice and I need to focus on a more even sound when chord strumming.
Here is a video of my 1st attempt at some finger-picking on it.
or on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD7QyWGvi5l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I havenāt posted for a few weeks, Iāve been practicing quite a lot. I started āSamba Pa Tiā - Santana a few weeks ago and think I have it nearly cracked. āWish you Were Hereā - Pink Floyd and āAmerican Girlā - Tom Petty are still work in progress but getting there. I am also working on āPurple Hazeā - Jimi Hendrix, which I love, but the final solo is proving to be hard to get right. Hope you enjoy this one. 
Any thoughts of feed back would be welcome. 
