Hi Stephen @Bluesdude
Now is always the best time
Most people vind more time later than 30/40 … now your brain is more relaxed
Hi Jeneé , @JeneeM
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun
It is a lot to find here ,but just like eating a bicycle ( yes there was somebody ), just one very small bite at a time and off you go…
Hi Withold @witkatz
So so young
I am 4 years here (playing 4,5 years many many and many hours ) and almost "finished"Blim
Hi Withold @witkatz from yet another German, down in the south (Bavaria), but not as south as Andrea (I’m located in Nuremberg)
Like you, I lived in NRW for a while, near the dutch border.
I’m not that creative today, so I’m wishing you the same as Andrea!
I wish you all the best of times in your guitar journeys!!! This is a great learning experience & also a very kind & generous Community! Lots of helpful people around, so if you have problems or questions, post them here & somebody can probably help!!!
Caught up with this thread after a long time - it’s great to see so many new old dogs! Enjoy the ride, it will be challenging at times, but also very rewarding. Just keep strumming
Feeling the need for inspiration from a fellow Old Dawg? Here’s thirty seconds of Keith Richards rocking on at 80. The headline writer naively call him “blistering” on the guitar, but given that he’s practically immortal, he’ll be jamming long after the rest of us have moved on to the Great Guitar Studio in the Sky.
And I don’t think anybody, including Keef, woiuld consider he’s solos from any decade to be ‘blistering’, my thinking that blistering usually alludes to speed. And he’s not into speed, it’s rocking, rolling, great feel and vibe. But he’s no shredder (and glad of that I am)
First started playing when 11 in 1969, sold a bike and pestered Mum for extra cash to buy a Guild acoustic, I struggled to teach myself. In my early 20’s I played rhythm badly in a couple of amateur post punk bands. I stopped playing when marriage and work came along. In my mid 40’s
I had a mid life crisis and went back to college to do a BTEC in Music playing guitar, a baptism of fire, learn and perform 3 songs a week in a band. Unfortunately after 18 months I had to stop due to problems with my left hand, a few years later was found to be due to crushed nerve in my neck to my left arm, was sorted with an operation. Took a year or so to get all movement back.
15+ year on and I have stared playing again and had to buy new gear as I got rid of everything when I could not play, Really pleased I found JustinGuitar and went back to learning form scratch, its early days after only 2 months.
Greetings from Coopersburg, PA. Reading down the list of replies to this topic it seems there are quite a few people in the same boat as I . Had some experience with playing in my youth. Never really went anywhere with it. Trying to get back to it now that I’m old. Just looking to have some fun with it again. Knowing there’s a lot of us doing this is an encouragement. Thank you all, and thank you Justin for putting together a great way to learn and grow.
Just how old do you think “Old” is? I’m 62 but am actually pretty young compared to some of our “Old Dogs” here!!! Quite a few of the Vintage Crew have really become good guitarists since they restarted their Journeys after years & years of “living”, raisings families, taking care of their careers, etc.
Justin’s online lessons really give us top-notch instruction & the price is definitely right!!! I hope you find a fun-filled path ahead & really enjoy the Journey!!!
), just one very small bite at a time and off you go…
) and almost "finished"Blim 
(I’m located in Nuremberg)
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That’s actually pretty close to how I look. Around this time of year little kids keep tugging on my sleeve asking for stuff.