Thanks Lesspaul!The Hal Leonard books I have start with basic sight reading exercises and they're fun and challenging.I spent about 1.5 hours with tha...

•••fingers are tender for sure but it's hard to put it down right now. Same here Phil. Right now I'm learning Walk of life and Bad Moon Rising.I've n...

Hey Phil,That's funny about the wife.How is your practice going?My fingers are killing me still, but I can now go about 15 minutes practicing chords b...

Hey Phil, welcome!I'm an older beginner too, about 2 weeks in.One of my dogs still leaves the room whenever I pick up the guitar. Hopefully that will ...

Hey Dean,Looks like we're rowing in the same boat!I'm 51, took up guitar when I retired from the Air Force at 41. Took lessons for about 3 months, but...

Wes,That visual really helped. Thanks for taking the time to post it.Cheers,Landog

Welcome Trotski!I'm down south a little bit near Puyallup. (POO_YAL_LUP for you non-washingtonianites!)Cheers,Landog

Thanks all,It really feels great to get back in the groove of things. Unfortunately, my early retirement won't last. I've got a job interview next wee...

Happy Birthday!!

Hey! This is such a coincidence.Just last night I stumbled on to Justin's site. I was really impressed with the lessons!Cheers,Steve

+1 to Vic's comments. :D I have an acoustic and an electric w/amp and headphones. But last night after the wife went to bed I decided to read through ...

Thanks for posting this Ballybiker.I'm 2 months into it and needed that inspiration.Right now I'm struggling with basic Bass-Strum patterns. It's nice...

41That was just under 2 months ago.Cheers,Steve

Not to be a master of the obvious, but double check your Amps EQ settings to be sure that you haven't accidentaly turned your bass knob all the way do...