Hey y'all from Jackson in Louisiana! Introducing myself

Hey, JG community! My name is Jackson and I’m from Louisiana, U.S.A. I’m about to turn 15 and I am an avid guitar player, collector, and tone junkie.

I first got into guitar at age 8. My parents purchased me a cheap Kona acoustic, and I gave up after about a month due to lack of commitment, skill, and my blasted tiny hands.

Fast forward about 4 years and my grandmother gave me a beautiful Cordoba classical for Christmas. I was immediately hooked, and I dove right in. I taught myself to read music and play all of the notes in the open position from an old Hal-Leonard guitar book from Amazon. As I finished the book, however, I was disappointed to find that it only taught three chords. :frowning:

And that’s how I found JustinGuitar!

I’m currently at the end of grade three and I’m pumped to dive into the blues in grade four.

Since I found this epic site I’ve acquired a gorgeous Epiphone Acoustic, A Squire Strat that I rebuilt myself, and an awesome Ibanez RG. I love to play Rock, Blues, Country, and worship, and I look forward to learning with the JG community.

Merry Christmas y’all!!

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Welcome to the forum Jackson

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Thanks!

Fantastic. There is an amazing feeling when you take a worn down busted up instrument and turn it into a functional sounding music making badass machine. Great job. Glad to have you onboard.

:metal:

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Welcome Jackson! You’re self-taught on classical, technically adept, and 15 years old!?!? I’m impressed! I’m guessing this is advice you don’t really need, but I’ll say it anyway: be sure not to skip or rush through lessons in the early grades. There are lots of golden nuggets in those lessons. I suspect you’ll progress quickly compared to many of us (ok, compared to me!) :smiling_face: Looking forward to seeing you play.

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Welcome Jackson and a merry Christmas to you

Mick

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Hello Jackson & Welcome!!!

Here’s hoping that you have loads of fun with your guitar playing!!! :grin:
You are very lucky to be starting so young… stick with it & stay enthusiastic!!!

Good Luck!
Merry Christmas!
Tod from New Mexico

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Hello Jackson nice to meet you son I hope you have a great time it is always nice to see young picking up this great instrument cheers Hec

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Welcome to the community Jackson!

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Hi Jackson, welcome to the community.

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Hi Jackson,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun :sunglasses:

Greetings,Rogier

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Hey Jackson, G’day from down under. Great to meet you. Look forward to hearing more from you. For me it’s always been about the songs. Once I learned my first song all the way through I was motivated to keep learning more.

Thank ya thank ya! I look forward to learning in a community. :wink: