Hey Everybody,

I’m a 47 year old who just can’t shake the dream of playing guitar. I’m from Pittsburgh, PA, and I joined about two months ago. My first try at playing came in the early 80’s. My parents bought me a used Hondo II Les Paul copy. I quickly got lost between “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and “Iron Man.” I didn’t know how to tune it very well. Thank was black magic in those days. My second try came in the late 90’s when I was single and had a good job. I was surrounded by guitar players, so I found a Rickenbacker 360 and started to learn again. Unfortunately, I moved to a different building the next year, and nobody played. I drifted away from playing, and, in the early years of my marriage, the Rickenbacker was liquidated to pay bills. This is my third try. I found myself surrounded by players again, so I dusted of a cheap guitar that one of my kids played with. The cost of a decent setup would be about half the value of the guitar. Fortunately, I discovered Guitar Tricks, and I’ve been working at it for about two months.
This time will be the charm. I didn’t have a tuner when I was a kid, and I didn’t have such a great instructor as Lisa McCormick. I'm putting together what little I’ve learned over the years with the fantastic Guitar Tricks instruction. I’m quietly saving for a Fender Standard Telecaster, and I know that this time will be the time that I get it right.