Hello, I'm Jim. I'm 52 and just picked up the guitar for the first time back in September 2014. My main guitar for now is a Johnson Player 610 acoustic steel string. Finger picking is my thing so far. The first song I learned to play was Silent Lucidity by Queensryche. At present I can play about 12 different songs mostly Clapton and Hendrix with two songs by SRV. I've spent most of the last two weeks working on the main solo from Layla Unplugged by Clapton.
I'm retired so I can easily practice for 2 hours a day or longer. My wife loves my hobby since it keeps me 'outta her hair all day.