Welcome on board! And…that guitar is a beauty! I don’t have an electric guitar.
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Thanks for the welcome Sylvia! I agree with you completely! I’ve also always added one P to the 3P Rule: Persistence! See you around the community too!!
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Yes they can 
I’m Dean, about to hit 64 and started playing almost two years ago to the day. I bought a Yamaha acoustic and focused on it the first year, then bought a Squire Telecaster Thinline this time last year. It’s been all the things I’m sure everyone else has experienced: fun, frustrating, rewarding, frustrating, enjoyable, frustrating…I really wish I’d picked this up many years ago, but I know I didn’t have the time or patience.
I’ve used JG along with a teacher who comes 2 to 3 times a month to learn and progress. I’m looking forward to getting a bit more engaged here and participating in some of the Open Mic events at some point.
Cheers!
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Hi Dean, nice to have you here in this community. Seems to be the “classical” story a lot of people around here have gone through. Enjoy playing and the steady progress you’ll make.
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Hello Dean and welcome to the community. 
Ahhh, frustration, yes, yes it is but like you say, so rewarding too.
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I am another old dog trying to learn new tricks and from what I see so far this is then place to be. I have learned at 76 years old its not too late to learn,I have been trying for a few years now and have learned its a life journey not a race. Good luck to all us old dogs
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That’s great, welcome on board! I’m a late starter too, well, I tried as a teen and again in my 40s but got nowhere and quickly gave up both times. Almost 6 months in this time and I have 8 chords and a couple of strumming patterns which seems amazing after my previous attempts. Thanks to Justin and maybe a little more patience in my 60s. I’ve just retired from work and everybody asks “what are you going to do?”. My reply - play my guitar 
Good luck on your guitar journey, I hope you have fun
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I am having so much fun and so glad I found this group.Thanks for the warm welcome
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Hello and welcome to the community Marion.
That’s right, never to old to learn. If the passion is there, then so is the will. Have fun.
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Morning all.
John here from Essex, UK.
45 years young and I LOVE music. But I have ZERO knowledge or experience with any instruments or anything other than listening to music. Can’t sing or dance either! 
I’ve always been jealous of people that can make any type of music but I’m also aware that I can’t because I’ve never tried.
So on Monday a friend of mine (who I know as a painter artist and was doing a gallery of his work) turns out plays and teaches guitar and has released a couple of tracks and he inspired me to give guitar a go.
Now I am in the process of changing my life (long story short, 2 years ago I suddenly found myself a single parent of a 11 and 14 year olds and after a year of soul searching I decided it was an opportunity to make personal changes and growth) so I couldn’t think of a good reason to not give it a go.
Yesterday I found a guy 15 minutes away from me who was selling a basic acoustic guitar, stand and carry bag for £20… This is now sitting in my living room. Also found in the guitar bag was what turned out to be a digital tuner and some metal squeezy contraption thingy 
I found this place and the youtube channel and I’ve been working through the vids and learning about stuff that I didn’t even know existed!
Honestly, this is absolutely mind blowing and I’m really excited to learn and practice. My knowledge is so low, I still don’t understand what notes the strings are and I don’t know what any of the terminology means so I was wondering if there is a glossary or something like that here for the words for the different parts of guitars and to explain what the different words mean like octave and timing and… stuff…
Thanks to everyone involved here!
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Hello John and welcome to the community.
Learning guitar will change your life and you’ll wonder why it took you so long to do it. Take it slow and follow Justin’s course and you’ll be amazed at how soon you’ll be able to strum out a basic tune and what a great feeling that is.
Give this a go, the first two courses are free and will help you gain some understanding of basic theory. Practical, Fast & Fun Music Theory | JustinGuitar.com Enjoy your journey.
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Hello all!
I am Derek from Massachusetts, USA.
Currently, I am 50 years old but did pick up an electric guitar setup about 30 years ago. I started lessons with a well-known teacher in my area and then life decided I didn’t have time. Long story short, it’s 30 years later and I have just recently (2 days ago) got myself another guitar. This time, an acoustic (Yamaha FG830) version. I figured I have a lot more time now and I like a little punishment with my rewards. 
I do not have much experience outside of what I’d already forgot about learning on the electric years ago. I did a lot of searching and reading looking into acoustics and revisiting chords and whatnot. I am amazingly excited about picking this up again. I have always loved the sound of guitar and especially when played by someone who clearly loves it.
In my searches, Justin Guitar came up as a HIGHLY recommended site time and again for learning. So I lurked for a couple of days, checked into the material, looked for “the catch” [happily, there isn’t one] and today I joined. I am glad I did. Straight away I learned a better way to hold the guitar and actually learned to properly tune my guitar. It no longer sounds sour. 
I am eager to get deeper into these lessons and to eventually actually play my first song.
Thank you, Justin Guitar. It’s amazing what you have built here from the lesson plans, to the great website design and even the generous community willing to share their insights, successes, setbacks and everything in between.
I look forward to getting more involved and maybe, one day, even posting my own recordings of my own progress.
Cheers!
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Hello and welcome to the community Derek.
There is plenty to learn here and I hope you enjoy your journey.
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Welcome Derek, good choice to go with JG, have a lot of fun and enjoy!
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Hi John, welcome.
Maybe you can start here if you haven’t so already.
Justin also offers an app for the beginner lessons that it may be helpful. I do not use it but others do. Still if using the app it may be worthy to take a peek in the website at the lesson you are working on and a lot of other resources there.
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Hey John and Derek
I just started playing in February definitely you found the right place to to learn and I would highly recommend the Beginner app. Especially for the karaoke if you wanna learn songs you can slow down the tempo which I found great Like Justin says learn things slow and correct. I also have the TimeTrainer app. I highly recommend that as well using the training random bar brakes really help me improve my timing. Still struggling with the strumming so I’m working through the strumming course.
If I knew how I post link to these apps I would.
Cheers and happy playing.
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Welcome John!
I imagine that will be a capo: https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/what-guitar-accessories-do-you-need-b0-040
If you are trying to work out what to look at first, then this may help you: https://www.justinguitar.com/site-map-and-lesson-structure
Enjoy the journey 
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Hi mate, you were write, it was a capo. It’ll probably be dusty and rusty by the time I get round to needing it 
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Thanks for the recommendations, Jason!
I will have to look into the apps mentioned. They sound like just what I need right now. Though I am currently on a 24 hour finger break. Heh, the pain is the pain! Not horrible, it’s calmed down but giving some time for healing and refreshing.
Cheers!
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Ah yes, the first few weeks of guitar can get quite uncomfortable. It’s not only about toughening up your fingers, as at the beginning it’s common for people to apply a death-grip when fretting. It’s worth spending a little time just playing with finger pressure on the fretboard to work out just how little you can use and still get a clean sound.
In the long run, a lighter grip will make it much easier for your fingers to ‘flow’ over the fretboard.
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