Hi, after 30 years I felt I needed to rediscover my love for the guitar. I became quite proficient in the early 90s, (and very proficient at Guitar Hero in the mid 00’s!) despite not really having any musical talent. It’s a massive learning curve again and re-learning the skills at an older age is proving challenging!
I have watched lots of Justin’s song videos, along with many others, but I definitely get more from his and the amount of content available on JustinGuitar is amazing. Nothing like this was available when I first learnt!
Sometimes it’s all a bit overwhelming but I am enjoying playing again and I am finding that a mixture of structured lessons and learning favourite songs provides a good balance. I am currently using Youcisian (on the basis it’s a bit GuitarHero like!) but I think I will probably chuck my plectrums into the JustinGuitar basket moving forward.
If only I had continued playing for the last 30 years…
I’m sure you’re going to be very happy with Justin Guitar… so much information & things to learn!!! Even for those who play before coming here, it’s recommended to start at the very beginning & at least skim through all the lessons. There’s a lot of “nuggets” in there & also you may find some bad habits that you might want to get rid of/relearn!
Good luck with your return to guitar!!!
Hello Andrew.
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I personally think you can’t go wrong chucking all your plectrums into the JustinGuitar basket and I agree with Tod @CATMAN62 I found starting right from the beginning with the first lessons to be so beneficial
Yep. I’ve looked at other online guitar instructors, and often found myself saying “wait, wait, what did you just do? How did you do that?” That has never happened with Justin. He always makes everything clear.
Hi Andrew, welcome to the community forum. You can’t do anything about the 30 years that you didn’t play guitar, but you can learn a lot in the next 30 years.
