Welcome David. There are quite a few Davids here, including me. I’ve got a few years on you and I’ve made some great progress in the last few years with Justin’s courses. It appears that you are, too. My vote is stick with the learning and the dreaming. It’s fun and satisfying to be able to do something that you couldn’t do a month ago. And then all of sudden you’re guitar is singing.
Dave
David, your a young ‘un compared to some of us! I’m 70 and there are one or more older than me here still learning, it’s an endless path, there’s no endpoint to learning guitar, there’s always something more you can find do have a go at!
What model of the Burns do you have? Many years ago I had a Trisonic, then later on I had a Black bison - both were great guitars!
The thing to do is stick to the course and learn plenty of songs, the lead parts will follow after you’ve learned to play rhythm properly, it’s the most important foundation for playing lead guitar.
Take it steady and thoroughly and have fun and join in with the community to get support and encouragement.
Hi Dave and welcome
Well after a few bump starts sounds like you have a plan. As for Lead or Rhythm ? Well if you have not got a knowledge, understanding and feel for rhythm, there’s a very good chance your Lead will suck. All good lead players got their foundation skills by learning Rhythm. So start there and the lead will come. And you are still young enough to get to a great level.
Cheers
Toby
Welcome to the Community, David. All I can say is yes, yes, yes.
You’re in the right place, you posted right, and you’ve plenty time to learn to play some lead.
Just stick with the lessons, modules, and by the time you reach the end of Grade 2 you will have played a simple lead.
Take it slow and steady, enjoy every step.
Welcome to the forums. The 60 changes a minute for A E and D is exactly how I started, then on to my first song, a simplified version of Blowin in the Wind that was in Justin’s first songbook originally. And that was just the start I needed. I started at the age of 53 and 10 years later it’s been a marvelous journey and worth every bit of effort it took. Hang in there, it just keeps getting better from here.
Thanks all for your support and advice. I heard that guitar forums are good for inspiration and motivation. I can already see that’s true.
Darrel, my guitar is a Club Series.
Don’t be ashamed of your guitar Paula. My first guitar was an acoustic. I paid some bloke in the pub £5 for it. I was robbed! It was horrible. But it got me started and if I hadn’t bought that I would never have bought the Burns and I would never have had the dream and I would have ended up playing dominoes!
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Hi Dave, you’ve somehow staggered and stumbled your way into a great group of people here - most of us are actually named Dave or David. Even the ones who have the misfortune of not being named Dave secretly wish that they were Daves too. Aside from so many Daves and wannabe Daves, everyone here is generous with praise, advice, and offering support for each other. Looking forward to sharing the guitar journey with ya!
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I did a quick Google image search and Burns Club series pics look pretty cool. So how about a pic of yours, David?
with one or two exceptions, Dave. I do love to be an exception 
If the buttons are working you should be able to see my guitar. Someone told me that it’s like what Hank Marvin played in The Shadows but I don’t think it is. There’s a model called the Marvin.
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What, because you are a “David” and not a “Dave?” It doesn’t work that way, buddy! Dave or David, you are part of The Club and you can’t get away from it! 
Ok, I see what you did there - you have applied the Dave Gorman rule, haven’t you? Well played, now that I understand it!
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You have sent me down a wormhole!
Hello and welcome David. 
Keep pushing along, you’ll get there and it is certainly worth it.
Hello @BurnsRhythm welcome to the Community.
Cheers 
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Hi @Richard_close2u Thanks for the welcome. I’ve been here a couple of weeks and the forum is a real eye opener for a techno illiterate like me. I’m starting to get the hang of it.
Someone changed my title. I get why they did it. It’s ok but I always sign David now that I’m all grown up! And the first “but” makes me sound more illiterate than I am.
Any chance of changing it again?
Thanks
David
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All done for you David
Hello David welcome to the Tribe! Play on brother!
Hi @Richard_close2u It looks better now. Thank you. Keep up the sterling work.
Cheers
Hi SgtColon It looks like your reply has been sat here for a few days. Sorry, I missed it. Thanks for the welcome and the push.
Hi Schmidtrock Thanks to you too.
Hi David, one thing that is no mystery is that this is the most helpful, positive, and supportive Community of friends you’ll ever find to enjoy your learning adventure with the guitar! Glad you are here, looking forward to perhaps seeing you post a video or two of yourself at #all-about-your-music:audio-video-of-you-playing or here Beginner's safe space.
Hi again @Dave911 I’m slowly solving the mysteries, slowly finding my way around the Community and the feedback has been, as you say, helpful, friendly and positive. The Community is huge and I will have only seen a fraction of it I don’t want it to distract me though so I’ll just look at it bit by bit. I think Justin’s comments in his Newsletter about technology controlling our lives are very true.
Justin comes across as a good bloke, a friendly bloke and I can imagine his manner spreading across this Community.
I’m glad I’m here, it’s doing me good
Catch you again.
David