I started at 67. Here I am, eight years later, still at it. I’m no virtuoso, but I play well enough to keep myself amused for a couple of hours every afternoon, which is all I was really looking for.
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Yeah that’s pretty much my aim. The thought of playing in front of any sort of audience fills me with dread, but if I can learn enough to amuse myself I’ll be more than happy.
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At my age, I’ve decided that playing guitar is a good alternative to taking Prevagen 
Memorizing songs and lyrics beats playing games on the iPad. The guitar works all portions of your brain very well.
I started earlier than you (at age 55, and retired at 59), and like you, I find great enjoyment in being able to play a piece. My sole audience is one of my cats, who insists on being in the room with me. My wife, however, takes no interest whatsoever in my playing. It would be nice to be complimented on my playing for once, but oh well… That’s why I have you guys! This community is awesome!
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Glad I’m not alone in this. My wife has never commented on my playing, one way or the other, in the eight years I’ve been doing it. I assume she’s operating on the “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all” principle. If I mention that I’m learning a new song, the response is “hm.”
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Hi Hec, yes as in electrician and looking forward to my retirement although I have about 8 years left to go 
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Well I have given the trade up now and taken on a new trade Glyn being blues guitar so I’m sure as our trades suggest we will stick in and get it done my friends 
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I’m sure we’ll give it our best shot
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Hello everyone! I didn’t see this thread when I posted earlier this evening concerned that I was one of the few aged 60 and over just starting out to learn how to play a guitar. I’m 68 and have progressed to knowing the first three chords that Justin teaches. It is nice to know that I am learning with a lot of others in my age bracket. I don’t feel so lonely now. Nice to have a group of Seniors to ask questions to. Thanks to @Richard_close2u for creating this thread and to @markr31 for pointing it out to me. I’ll take a long read through this thread tomorrow afternoon.
Cheers! Pastor Dave (Wheelin_Rev)
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Hi Dave, @Wheelin_Rev
I saw your post ,And in that light, don’t forget also to ask " us "young people things (because of memory problems that come with age as you posted )
You could never have expected this from so many “old Dogs” who now start after the age of 60… 
To be honest, neither do I till I saw this topic and when I talk about this topic to older friends, family members or acquaintances, there are few who believe it that so many starting so late in life…
I wish you a lot of fun here and at home with your guitar 
Greetings,Rogier
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Another silver haired late to the party player! I started back with guitar aged 62, having played classical guitar in my twenties. There’s a lot of us around, I’ve been learning with Justin Guitar for a while now, as well as Fender Play and The National Guitar Academy and it appears a high proportion of students are well into their golden years. It’s great to still be learning new skills rather than pulling on the slippers
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@bpnzk74 Brian
@SparkyGlyn Glyn
@Scoooter Scott
@Scottp63 Scott
@micknew Mick
@Denise9 Denise
Hello WOOF WOOF and welcome to the kennel.
You’ll all find a blanket, an old slipper and a bag of treats to help you focus and motivated to keep on learning those new tricks!
Can I point you in the direction of the live Vintage Clubs https://www.justinguitar.com/clubs (and the others of course). You may find some good stuff in there.
@Scottp63 re your question:
I’m curious how much practice should go with each lesson before you move on to the next.
I have written this in other topics with similar questions.
Beginner Grade 1 has 75 lessons plus essential consolidation. Each lesson requires at least one day of practice time but by the end of Grade 1, in Modules 5, 6 and 7, I would say that to do the learning justice and really get solid in the basics, each lesson should respectfully be given several days or a week or more, each of the seven modules probably starting at one week for module 1 up to several weeks for module 7. I would even (albeit exaggeratedly to make a point) go so far as to suggest treating each module number as a guide to the weeks required.
Modules 1 to 7 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28 weeks. That is more than six months just there.
The cumulative totals are on the high side. But I would rather encourage that over the opposite of not taking enough time.
Richard
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Hi Dave Hec here at 65 coming up so not far behind I think in fact I know you will love it here there are some good cool dudes hanging about who are always keen to help so don’t be shy mate cheers HEC
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Checking in. I started two years ago at age 60. I think I went through Grade 1 and 2 a little too fast. So, as I got into grade three I slowed down and went back and re-did many modules. I currently have all of the open cords fingered good to very good and can progress in Key at 80bpm to 100 depending on the chords. I also have the standard F shape bar fairly well and can move it up and down the neck. At the end of grade two, I realized I could not play through five songs from memory. Then my brother in law showed up with his taylor and said lets Jam, give me some pentatonic scale stuff in the key of E. I know the scale, but never practiced moving the shapes to different Keys. So, I paused and I am consolidating. I am fairly confident I can open the Justin App on my phone and go through my play list of about 20 (grade 1,2,3) rock & roll songs and play most of them “kinda well” and some actually good. I also ventured into some Jazz. The fingerings are a really cool challenge. In particular, chord melody sounds really nice and is fun. All this to say, thank you Justin. Loved your left hand series also, went through the whole thing. I am enjoying this journey. I use to worry about what grade level I was at. I think I have progressed enough now that I am just having fun. It was fun before, but a bit of a downer when you cant make it through a song. On the second trip through grade 1 & 2 more of Justins advice about having a hand full of songs ready to go, sunk in.
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Also, it was super fun and encouraging getting back into the 1 min chord change app. I used it extensively for about a year or a little less. The past month I have went back and discovered a few 3 chord sets I can cleanly play at 100 bpm and app shows where I struggled at 40 to 60bpm.
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What a lovely sentence to read Ken.
Woof!
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Yes i agree nice little read Ken and I’m pleased to meet you cheers HEC
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Hi Dave (@Wheelin_Rev)! Nice to read you ! I love you share your experience like you do. I did begin to learn guitar with Justin in my mid sixties and love it. The two principal things I would share is 1) man it’s slower than in the twenties… and 2) watch out for the injuries (tendonitis … ). But this being said, I love the experience and I love the experience doing it with Justin. Man he knows his job! Have a nice day my friend and see you some time on the Web
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I don’t think Justin was even alive in the mid-60s. 
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He MUST have been… so much of the music he loves is from then, right? 
Tod
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