Hi. My name is Joe. I'm 72 years old and live in the county of Essex, England. I have decided to take up a new hobby. In the past I've played bass guitar, tenor sax ,clarinet and flute but that was many years ago.

A few weeks ago I purchased an accoustic guitar just to see if it would work out. It did and now I've just purchased an Epiphone ES-339 and practice amp. Very happy with that. Well, after messing around a bit trying basic chords, scales, picking out some tunes, I decided I really needed a structured approach to learning to play the guitar. So here I am.

I'm still a little apprehensive about what I can achieve but, hey, what have I got to lose,eh?

I'm looking forward to some happy times learning to play this instrument for myself and the family.

So, off I jolly well go!