Finally doing this thing

I have three guitars, but I'm a newbie guitar player. Weird, right? One electric was raffle prize. Later bought an acoustic, thinking I could pick up where I left off when I took lessons back in the before-times(ie junior high). Let that fall to the wayside because... reasons. Fast forward a couple years later, and in a brash, ill-advised move, I bought a semi-hollow thinking that "oh noes, now I'm commited. I'd better learn". I should've known better. You can't just throw money at any endeavor and think it will make any difference. Downright stupid, John. Foolish in the very least.

After a bit of soul-searching, here I am, hat in hand(do the cool kids say that anymore?), ready to make an honest effort. I came to this site and was impressed by the breadth of content, the structured learning, and judging by the posts in this forum, a welcoming staff and community.

The long game: to be able to play some jazz improvisation.

Where I'm at: working through the fundmentals track and trying to overcome some challenges(ie finger strength and dexterity)

And that's it. I'm finally doing this thing. Got a long road ahead of me, but I'm on that road and hope to make the most of it.

Welcome, from another newbie! I'm also on my third guitar over thirty years. This is my 3rd time starting guitar, since I never got far in my previous attempts, so I'm rooting for you and by extension myself. I'm a cool kid (in my own mind) and I say hat in hand so I'm dubbing you a cool kid, too. :)

You guys both came to the right place. This is hands down the best online learning platform for guitar I've ever seen.

I've been a member for almost 2 years now. My advice to you guys is to do the beginners class if you're starting from scratch.

After that, choose one of the main courses (Rock, Blues, Country, or Acoustic). I chose Rock since it's the broadest and generalized style. I plan to do all the others at some point in time.

But whatever course you decide to go with. Don't skip over anything. Just start at the very first video, take you time with everything and soak it all in.

I've been slowly making my way through the Rock course (almost half way through level 2), and I've been at it for almost 2 years now. More than worth it though!

Listen to scott! His is the right approach to learning guitar. It is a marathon not a sprint. Long term players are the people you enjoy the fact that they will never run out of things to learn about music and musicianship. That is the best passport to profficency.