I guess the title has two meanings here with me, as I have been a member for at least a couple of years here and still a newbie, ( I will explain more on that in a few} and I am an older man trying to learn new tricks. As I said, I have been a member for a few years, but I have not tried to learn much. I finally decided to put in some real time on the guitar in the last month and moving right along ( but at a slow pace), my old hands need longer to break in I think. Amazing what practicing will do. I also want to say thanks to everyone here that post on a more or less regular basis. Even though I did not learn much as a rull member as far as playing goes, I did learn a lot from reading your post here. This inclues the staff and teachers here also, I have never seen such a talanted, knowledgeable, and humble community of people. One thing I would like to repeat here,and I have seen it said over and over again here... USE the metronome. Thanks everyone.