Another 50+ hoping to do it right this time!

Hi everyone. Just coming to the end of Lisa's Fundamentals 2 course and loved every minute.

As you can see, i've been a member from the UK since 2010, but spent the next few years dipping in and out of lots of different sites in the hope that there would be one golden key somewhere to unlock the holy grail of guitar. And yes...it's taken me this long to realise what it is..... PRACTICE!

But practice is boring right? Well, it can be....but i'm finding the layout here a great step-by-step formula so far.

40 years ago now, my parents bought me my first guitar for Christmas after I nagged at them for ages. What did they get me?... a classical guitar from the local music shop. It had a wide fretboard that was flatter than Holland and nylon strings that just would not stay in tune. It wasn't until I was working and could afford an electric that I got my first Strat, albeit a Squier.... but it was great. I had lessons with a teacher who taught me the Minor pentatonic in A..... and that was all he taught me for the next 8 weeks. Interest soon waned and I then fell into the trap of searching for video tapes, cassette tapes (then CD's ) that would make me a guitar virtuoso in 5 minutes!

Fast forward 30 years and Youtube replaces all of that, but...and it is a big BUT... It's not structured and you can end up chasing endless threads until 10 minutes later you forgot what you went on there for in the first place... "Oh look...a cat playing a piano!"

I love Marty Music & Justin Guitar who know what they are talking about...but again, it's presented as a massive glut of song listings in no ordered way.

So i've come back to GT and for the past week or so have been following every day and actually picking up my guitar and practising (and enjoying it). Sure, i'll dip into Youtube every now and then to pick up some new songs that aren't on here (Which is a lot of British ones to be honest). But then again, love the way the songs are broken down on here and the backing track idea with muted guitars.

Oh...and my guitar collection? It's still growing (much to my wife's dismay). I've definitely got G.A.S! (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome).

Hello Simon,

your outline sounds vaguely familiar. I bought my 1st guitar way back in 1980 with my very 1st pay check. A Maxwin acoustic. But many moons on I have decided to buckle down and actually learn to play it! There is a time for all of us I guess lol.

Best of luck!

Def need more British music. Where is Oasis??

Originally Posted by: SimonLockett

Hi everyone. Just coming to the end of Lisa's Fundamentals 2 course and loved every minute.

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So i've come back to GT and for the past week or so have been following every day and actually picking up my guitar and practising (and enjoying it).

Hi Simon

[br]Which of your guitars are you favouring with your playing most at the moment? Or...alternating between an acoustic and electric or a few thereof?

Hi Simon,

CONGRATS on finishing up Fundamentals Level 2!

That's a big accomplishment.

Have fun as you move on to bigger things! (and more guitars?)

-Lisa

The great thing about Lisa's lessons are if I hit a snag with my strumming, my chord changes, or most anything, I have her lessons to fall back on and refresh my tehnique.