Hi - Elise a newbie here from Scotland UK

[sclay]

Welcome to the community Elise.
You’re in front already .

Stick close to Justin’s lessons, join in, and reach out here any time. All the best.

Cheers, Shane

[LunaRocket]

Welcome, Elise. plenty of us here who started late in life. It’s a great place, have fun!

[Avalon426]

Hi Elise
Nice to meet you and welcome!
It’s never too late! And finding JustinGuitar right from the start is a bonus!
This community is very helpful and supportive too

[Libitina]

Welcome to the group Elise, mid 50’s is the average for leaning Guitar

R.

[tony]

@Moonshine

At 54 I received my first ever guitar for Christmas

Merry Xmas! I started playing nearly 12 years ago when I was your age, so glad I stuck with it, the rewards are so very worth it. It’s just fantastic to be able to play music completely on my own. You’ll get there. Look forward to hearing more from you.

[roger_holland]

Hi Elise,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun learning playing and reading
And

@Moonshine

so feeling a bit late in joining the journey.

You are still a green leaf among this group of people

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[TheMadman_tobyjenner]

Welcome to the forum Elsie, never too old to start and never too to rock n roll.

[MacOneill]

welcome

[Dman74]

Welcome to the community!

Never too late to start a journey that can make you feel sooo good when doing so. Best thing ever!!

Rock on!
Darren

[philanker]

Welcome Moonshine, enjoy your journey. I started at the age of 65 and have just finished Beginner Grade 1.
Along with the existing advice I suggest you check out the Nitsuj practice sessions. It is Justin teaching himself to play left handed, so in effect he is also a beginner. Watching his practice videos in conjunction with my stage of practice I found to be very helpful and a good way to judge and measure progress.

[Notter]

Welcome Elise, great to meet you!

@Moonshine

loving it

This is all that you need to keep hold of, you’re in great company here with that sentiment!

[theoldman66]

Welcome Elise!

[TheCluelessLuthier]

Welcome Elise! I received my first guitar for Christmas at 60, so it is never too late.

[Elixir1253]

Welcome “sister moonshine”, plenty resource in this community to help you on your way.
It’s never too late to start, but nearly always too soon to stop.
Whatever guitar you received, and if not already done, it’s worth having the set-up checked by someone who really knows the workings of a guitar. YouTube can help you check stuff, but the “doing” needs some expertise.
Even the biggest “names” in the market can churn out potential kindling.
Looking forward to hearing you play sometime, when you’re ready.
Have fun

[Moonshine]

Thank you so much for your welcome and advice, I’m really enjoying it all so far

[Moonshine]

Thank you

[Moonshine]

Aw that’s great to hear, gives me a bit more confidence

[Moonshine]

Thank you, the encouragement so far just in the welcomes is amazing

[Moonshine]

Thank you and thanks for the advice I will check that out

[Moonshine]

Thank you I’m not good at all, but just feel so relaxed when I pick my guitar up