Dave here from the south east.
Just won a fender standard tele, so starting out my guitar journey at 65 
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Welcome to the community. I started at 67; the year after I retired (from my second career) I decided to fill my afternoons learning what I had wanted to learn since my teenage years. Nine years later I’m still here. Have fun!
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Hi Dave,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun 
That could be a life-changing prize…congratulations 
Greetings.Rogier
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Hi Dave great to meet you and what a lucky man, im just about to buy one, anyway enjoy your journey and this is a great place to start cheers Hec
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Hi Dave, welcome to the Community, a great place to start your journey, enjoy the ride.
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Hello Dave, congratulations and wishing you joy on your journey. 
Can you share a pic of guitar?
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That is a Fantastic Win! Congrats!
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Welcome to the community. That’s a gorgeous guitar and one of my favourite colours, especially with the rosewood fretboard. A nice way to start your guitar journey.
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Hello Dave & Welcome!
Wow! What a cool contest win!!! 
Congratulations!!!
I normally advise new to guitar people to go buy a stand or a wall hanger… see you are ahead of me there!!! I use the few minutes while the coffee’s brewing to play while everyone else is still sleeping… those few minutes add up, believe me!!!
Also, follow Justin’s curriculum step-by-step & you will be playing songs in no time!!!
Good luck with your Journey!!!
Tod from New Mexico USA
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Hello Dave and welcome to the community! What a good contest win! We all our wishing you a good time here.
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wow I’m drooling I have a white squire tele but nothing like that enjoy
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Hi Dave, welcome to the community. That is a nice guitar that you have won. Have fun following Justin’s lessons from the beginning and learning to play songs with this guitar.
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Love the love here guys. Looking forward to learning. Already had a go at dance the night away and blowing smoke. Sounded ok is lol rhythm is way off
Regards
Dave
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Hello Dave
A warm welcome to the community and congrats to your beautiful new tele 
That’s an amazing win 
Have lots of fun on your musical journey and in the forum
Greetings from Germany 
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Hello Dave.
Welcome to JustinGuitar and this fantastic community. There a whole host of golden oldies over in the dog house.
Please take your time to look around and get to know the wider space. View by Categories.
We are a supportive and encouraging group of students and guitarists from across the world. Essentially, we are all here for music and to improve as players. We truly are a ‘community’. Members help and support one another and a friendly, positive attitude underpins this. We hope that all - young or old, experienced or new players - adopt and foster the pay-it-forward ethos that Justin personifies and embedded all those years ago when he started the website and forum.
Also, please make sure to read the Community Etiquette announcement for some important information and guidance.
If you want to record yourself to show your progress and / or seek feedback there is our ever popular Community Recordings section.
Behind the scenes there is a small and dedicated team who work to make the JustinGuitar experience as good as it can be. Check out the Onboarding sessions provided by Fanny.
Justin also has a small group of Approved Teachers he recommends for people wanting 1-to-1 lessons to supplement his courses - of which I am privileged to be one.
We also host regular (virtual) JustinGuitar Community Open Mic events for community members.
That is plenty to be going on with. It is a vast community space so if you need help as you find your way around just ask.
Cheers. Richard
| Approved Teacher & Official Guide / Moderator |
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Hey Dave!
Jealous on the guitar, I would like one of those myself, congratulations!
Welcome in and glad you are here! Wishing nothing but the best and happy 2026!
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A warm welcome to our Community Dave, I wish you a lot of fun with your new guitar!
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