I have tried Classical and Flamenco guitar for years. But I always wanted to learn strumming as well as I love Rock music. I discovered Justin whose performance I found amazing. Unfortunately I can never decide between the different guitar styles and want to much.
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Welcome to the forum Herbert
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Welcome to the community Herbert! Unless you are looking to be a performer, I don’t know that you have to decide. I mostly play acoustic both fingerstyle for myself and rhythm to play songs with my wife who is learning bass. I have an classical guitar that a friend gave me that I pick up from time to time. I have been learning blues on an electric with Justin and a couple of resonators that I play a bit of slide guitar. I enjoy them all for different reasons and bounce between them as my inspiration changes. Enjoy the ride!
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Willkommen, Herbert!
I take Justins’s lessons and then take “holidays” every now and then in styles I just feel like visiting, and come back to continue the course then…
Hello Herbert, welcome to the community forum. It is possible to play everything in the beginning lessons with a classical or flamenco guitar and strum with a finger or finger and thumb for some strums. See the lesson in Module 0: How to Strum Without a Pick. Then later when you get an acoustic or electric guitar you can play through the lessons again using a pick.
Welcome to the Community, Herbert.
Welcome Herbert! Many of us suffer from the too-many-things-to-choose-from challenge. One way to manage that, at least at the beginning, is to follow Justin’s beginner course from the first lesson. Even if you know the material, Justin will introduce information that is new to you. Most of us also identify bad habits we’ve developed, and use this opportunity to correct them. And following the lessons keeps you focused! Hope to see you around the Community.
Hi Herbert,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun 
Greetings,Rogier
Griaß di Herbert und herzlich willkommen!
Nice to meet another Bavarian here, I live pretty close to Munich (down south).
Wish you lots of fun with Justin’s courses. When you are interested in strumming, maybe try out Justin’s set of 3 Strumming courses https://www.justinguitar.com/store/strumming-sos
Hello Herbert and welcome to JG community. 
I am not sure about your skill, but if you follow from Grade 1 and level up… Justin will give you taste of strumming, fingerstyle, powerchords etc. So maybe going through base can show you the way.
It is all good advice Herbert fill your boots do a bit of everything I did and I loved it Cheers Hec
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Hello Herbert
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Hiya Herbert and welcome to the Community. Lots of good folk here to help you out if you ever need advice, just holler. Have fun and enjoy the ride.