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I didn't realize there were different Scale lengths of guitars. I bought a Fender Squire Telecaster because of price. It works great, but I might look for the Gibson Les Paul style. Might be easier to play for me. I took lessons for a couple months, but didn't click with the instructor. So it's back to the Hal Leonard book I bought...It taught me to shred "Ode To Joy."

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I’m a self taught player. 52 been playing now for a good 6 years. I too watched that video about the lighter strings. I now only play with 8’s and it totally changed everything for me. I was breaking the high E string tho so I bought a bunch of singles 9 high e strings and now just replace the high e 8 with a 9 and all is good. Playing is so much more enjoyable for me now. Bending is a piece of cake along with vibrato

In my youth, I was a professional guitarist. I started at 12, had a union card by 15, played acoustic (1948 Martin D-18) & electric (1964 Sunburst Strat) and still have them. I ended up a studio guitarist until 25, when the long hours of work & travel around the country & the world as a consulting software engineer (and a marriage) cut off my professional playing until I hardly played at all. For the last 20 years, I rarely played & lost almost all of my muscle memory & chops. Now, at 76 (with the health & strength of a 50-year-old according to my last checkup, I am picking it up again seriously. I am at best 1/20th the player I was and in some ways I'm starting over from scratch, since I was self-taught & never learned some of the proper mechanics. I am picking up a Gibson ES-335 on Wednesday, and hoping the money I had to kick out for it is motivation to stick with it 😉. My advice, having taught beginners in the '60s is that first of all get a beginning guitar that is as easy to play as you can find. There is nothing that kills the beginning guitar player quicker than a guitar that fights you back. Today, there are $400 and $500 guitars that play as well and easily as the $1,000 - $3,500 guitars. Let the guitar store or RUclips instructors be your guide. You want a comfortable neck with even, polished frets (a tech can do the fret setup), proper relief & as low action as you can get without buzzing or dead notes. I started on an acoustic & a Strat (with small hands) and didn't find the scale length as much of a problem as this video indicated. You can always capo up a couple of frets & change the scale length & distance between the lowest frets. I wouldn't even worry much about tone in the very beginning as long as the tone is acceptable. It will come as you learn the proper techniques. You are trying to teach your hands & fingers to coordinate right to the brain & I wouldn't worry about learning songs until you have built a connection between your brain, your fingers & the fretboard. Always warm up before playing (lots of RUclips lessons), learn to play scales & arpeggios. If you can afford a local instructor (and one is available) use one. LEARN INTERVALS! Train your ear - learn "relative pitch." Beato has an entire course on ear training. Learn the basic chords & patterns like 1 3m 4 5 or 5-7th (G-Em-C-D or D7 or C-Am-F-G/G7). You can play hundreds of songs to these and learn how to subtly alter fingering to produce transitional notes from chord to chord. Learn how to hold & use your pick or right-hand fingers properly and get so you can change chords without having to worry where the fingers must move to (part of connecting the brain to the fingers to the fretboard). FInd simple practices at first & do them until you can do them properly, then speed them up a bit. Add complications slowly. Learn some theory (like the Circle of Fifths) so you know how normal progressions go in every key. Don't worry about bending notes or playing too high on the fretboard at first. USE A METRONOME WHEN WARMING UP & PRACTICING (you get get free ones on your smartphone). Keep records of the speeds you are doing your exercises. My first warmup starts at the 5th fret of the low E string (because half-tone intervals are smaller than at the nut). I simply play index finger on fret 5 (picking down), middle finger on fret 6 (picking up), ring finger on fret 7 (down) and pinky on fret 8 (up). You'll have some trouble with your pinky and possibly with your ring finger at first, but take it slowly & keep repeating it. Then you can expand to doing it up and back down, then to the 5th string, etc. It's the best warmup I've found & I know even pros who do this first thing before playing. Then you can experiment with more complex patterns like picking 5th, 7th, 6th and 8th string - always using the same fingering on each fret you started out with, or alternating notes between 2 adjoining strings, then 2 strings further apart. You are building the connections in the brain & muscles that you will build on for the rest of your playing life. Don't rush progress. Learn proper mechanics - how to hold the guitar so your left hand is not bent up over the fretboard (wrist & hand straight) and how to pick & strum primarily with your wrist, NOT your shoulder. Learn to hold the pick as loosely as is comfortable & slant it down when you pick down & up when you pick up. Keep the front of the pick slanted down so the pick isn't flat & perpendicular to the string so it doesn't get caught in the strings. Learn the right grip. (Pat Metheny holds the pick all wrong and could never be a shredder, but he makes incredible jazz nonetheless - but he's the exception). Be patient. A year later you will be amazed at how much progress you've made. But you are not going to be able to imitate Joe Bonamassa for a goodly number of years! My adventure started last month when I began working out with spring grips to strengthen both hands and a D'Addario strengthener to strengthen finger tips. I've been doing my warmups every day, waiting for my Gibson to arrive. It's already showing an advantage. Use the lightest strings you can - my recommendation for electrics is 8-38 (the Ernie Ball Cobalt strings will give you the best tone & clarity because the cobalt reacts better than any other string metal with the magnets in your pickups. If you tune a half-tone down, it's like using 7-37 strings as far as string tension is concerned. They shouldn't be more than $10.00 a pack. Order multiple packs & change as needed. Don't let them get grimy, clean them after every session with a microfiber towel. For later learning to play melodies or lead runs, there are plenty of backing tracks on RUclips or downloadable to your phone. Don't worry about perfecting your tone until you have the mechanics down right, though you should have good tone once you know the proper way to pick, finger the board, & hold the guitar. I've just begun this exact routine and I hope to see many of the subscribers still around next year. I'm going to take one more practice now.

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I came back after a long break. I picked up an Ibanez with the floating trem as a reintroduction. Now, I'm better at servicing my guitar and getting low action and intonation than I am playing.

Dude’s pretty good.

I've had a few different Jackson guitars over the years. JS30KE Kelly, two SLXQ Soloists, an SLXT Soloist, and a Performer PS4. Ironically, the Performer is by far the best one. To me, per-Fender Jackson guitars are just better.

I went from a JT590 (Jackson's version of a Schaller) to a Floyd Rose Special on my Performer and it made a big difference in tuning. The FRS gets a bad reputation but a lot of it comes down to how it's set up. If you take the time, they can hold tune really well. The biggest downfall is the softer metal they build them with.

I have my strings at a 9 and i had to dedicate an area to the house for the guitar so i could bypass the setup of my area. The taking it all down and resetting it back up was a problem. With it ready to go on a moments notice helped me out alot to get motivated to practice more.

I like this already, bringing up the forgot how to play from childhood. Yes, Guilty

Guitar over 60 would be helpful.

Excellent points and video. I'm 65 and find there are no real short cuts. Practice practice practice; repetition is key. For those with arthritis and hand issues like me soaking your hands in warm to hot water and finger stretching helps tremendously. I don't like to use a pick myself and the soaking seems to even help the string tone. Get a guitar you love and as stated in the video get it professionally set up if needed. Nothing is worse than trying to learn on a guitar with action so high that it makes it harder to fret the strings or so low that they buzz and sound like crap. Make sure it holds tune well and it's intonated so you can get the best sound possible from your guitar. A good sound goes a long way in helping you stay motivated and feeling like you're accomplishing something. I like acoustic fingerstyle myself, but also enjoy electric guitars. I also use guitar stands that I use when practicing, but use good quality wall hangers to keep my guitars out of small children and pets reach. If your home stays too dry or too humid you may also want to consider keeping your guitar in a case with humidi packs to keep the humidity at a optimal level. I use humidifiers and keep most of my guitars out for easy access.

For beginner or someone that just set it down for a long time this guy stinks a lot of words of wisdom I'm almost 60 now haven't played since I was 19 in the sky has a lot of good wisdom on how to come back and enjoy it. I know for myself it's changed my attitude my posture I'm having a blast one of the best things he said. It could be night time and I will reach for it don't turn on the light or nothing that helps you kind of remember also wear some things are just by Phil and knowing your guitar the cabinet Inside by you at all times or most of the time is a good thing

Am one of them who started in my youth but quite and come back after 40 .so I am listening.

Good gawd man. Get to the point. 10 mins going round and round the same information.

Tip 1 maybe you want a Les Paul I can’t get away from the temptations Who doesn’t want a Les Paul 😂

Hello! RainLauncher85 from 3 years ago here if you remember me. Hope this works on my 1986 Music for Nations Master of Puppets record, there's a loop in The Thing That Should Not Be.

I was about 12 when I started to learn with a professional teacher. I was making really good progress but for various reasons going on I quit after about a year. I never picked it up again wich I regretted for a very long time. Now I'm 43 and have a relatively stable life. I just picked up an acoustic to start over again thinking about how good I would've been if I've been playing for the past 30 years.

Hello, just found your channel, thanks for posting. This one might be interesting regarding the rhythm playing: ruclips.net/video/S2RUJ7cHUqI/видео.html

Almost 60 , it’s been a year. Never played before, but always wanted to, keep telling myself don’t give up, listening to you is encouraging.

Cheers great advice on everything point. 👍🏆

thanks for this vid great tips , i'm 64 have a Fender Strat & a Tele , had em for over 15 yrs and never learnt, but want too . p.s. Ronnie Wood is my idol

I am 81 just coming back. Left in 1968. Bought a Fender guitar and am just starting my journey back. A lot of time on my hands and I want to use it wisely. This journey each day is my goal.

#notfadeawaynewrockstars Beginner of 40 come join us

Sadly I stopped playing guitar around 2005 just as RUclips started........ I have returned to it in the last year after a couple decades break and I'm happy to say I'm learning at least one song each day thanks to the many wonderful instructional channels on RUclips.... It's been really rough find an accurate instruction because a lot of people don't get it correct when they are supposedly showing you how to play it, you learn a wrong way to play if you're not careful about what sources you learn from. But there are a good dozen or so channels with very accurate correct way to play the song and you always compare it to live footage of the actual artists playing to see if they are playing the same chords you learned from some channel..... I'm happy to say I'm now over the hurdle of conquering bar chords, I still need to work on my fingerpicking skills because they are severely lacking but I'm struggling like a pro and currently on a Major Tom Petty binge learning about a dozen songs of his in the last week..... I'm also proud to say that I basically had the song who won't back down figured out from back around the year 2000 when I originally stumbled on the four magic chords that make up that song of e minor, D, G, C. Howard Stern has recently been very inspirational with his own journey of being 76 and learning to play for the first time. He mentioned something early on that really stuck with me about the scientifically backed research showing how critically important it is to make sure you consistently play at least a half hour or an hour every day no matter what or you won't improve. I am proof that playing at least a half hour every single day has skyrocketed my plane ability in no time. Along with bar chords recently I've finally conquered Dm, B7, and some other tricky to play chord shapes. They are now muscle memory for me and I can look at most anything lately and is silly pick out what they are playing and reverse engineering it on my own. Sadly I still and stuck with the two guitars I had decades ago which is my fender HSS strat and Yamaha F-310 (no cutaway beginner guitar but a quality guitar still). I'm now at a level where I definitely need an acoustic with a cutaway, might have to go guitar shopping. Not only do I have short fingers but my pinky is not quite normal size because of DNA that I cannot help.... Nothing freakish or anything, just not quite as long as others seem to be. The main advice I have for anyone getting into guitar playing today, seek out good channels on RUclips that show the correct way to play songs, that does not include Marty's channel although he was popular he is very very often very very wrong..... Keep trying those bar chords, you will eventually get them, play songs you like, songs you want to learn, songs you have always wondered how to play, just literally do a search on how to play x song on guitar and BOOM lessons galore.... Find the quality instructors, compare the videos to each other, compared those videos to the live version the artist actually plays, watch as many live versions of that song as you can find to try to get all of the perfect camera angles for every bit of the song to see everything happening........ Definitely get a capo, they are cheap, that will open the door to a whole world you're missing out on if you don't have a capo. Don't rely on the capo too much, learn to play songs the correct way if you are able to, if you are not able to then work and practice on the correct way to play those songsTo get better. Don't avoid the bar chords, go towards the bar chords because you want to practice bar chords so that you overcome bar chords. Good luck all. I know so many songs now I can't believe how many....... Practice them over and over and over so that they become muscle memory. Otherwise after a few days or definitely a few weeks you forget them so practice practice practice.

Look at that! I too am about to sell the same exact model (except camo finish). I liked it at first, then the Floyd Rose frequently went out of tune & I quickly lost motivation to play it. Along with earpiercing sharp intonation. Got myself a JS22-7, planning on upgrading that bad boy eventually. I regret buying it solely based on looks, now forced to sell it at a loss Sadge

Great advice and a great time to be a guitarist.. as a former 80s guitar player who let a wife, life, a job, kids and technology soak up the last couple decades, I finally got some time to pick up the guitar again, I soon discovered how amazing technology can be for musicians. With a number of Amp sims and DAWs it's like having keys to a great music store and recording studio in your home. Thanks for the advice, although I learned most of this the hard way, it's great knowing I wasn't the only one who revisited this journey.. if I could share one bit of advice, also work on timing, I jumped straight to the Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie style of playing.. Without realizing how much fun being a good rhythm player can be. ✌️

The amount of practice depends on how badly you want to play. I started playing at 21, now 64. My goal was to play in a band so i played constantly. 6 months ago i started working on Led Zeppelin's live version of Whole Lotta Love and recently figured that out you can see it on my youtube page.

Just found this video today and while I'm not over 40 yet I do have a family and full time job etc at 39. I tried to learn guitar in my early 20s but didn't have the patience for it. I contemplated buying a guitar for several weeks and finally this morning went and got myself a used amp and a brand new Jackson JS11. Got on the web and found a website with all the basic choof which I remember, most of which I did not. Spent the afternoon practicing just the basic chords. My fingers hurt a bit but I feel accomplished and I think this time I'll stick with it as I feel a bit more connected having spent nearly $400 today to get myself started.

Haha "not trying to strengthen your fingers to Death Grip This Neck". I visualised myself choking a goose 🪿 by the neck at that moment. 😂

I figure old and young, everyone can learn to play if they are disciplined enough. I don't see how someone older would have to learn different than someone Young

I’m 64 years old next February I will have 2 years playing the guitar. It’s like a dream come true for me. I told myself in the beginning yes this is going to be hard and thats ok I planed to work hard at it for 3 years and see where I’m at. I feel very comfortable with the guitar now I can actually play the guitar !! my family is amazed. I play almost everyday ( almost ) I never say I’m going to practice I say I’m going to play the guitar who the hell wants to practice anything. Just play and have fun , peace out

Great video…wish I had seen this about 5 years ago when I started, especially the part about guitar selection and strings. I was loaned a classical guitar and tried playing songs like, Tom Misch, You’re on My Mind (not the solo). I started in 2018 at age 56. I was encouraged to learn guitar by a client employed with a tobacco product manufacturer. I have never taken formal lessons, but have learned from multiple sources. I’ve made a lot of progress but have a long way to go. I have my guitars visible as encouraged in this video and it helps to start practicing, especially in the beginning. Sometimes I would practice 4 hours a day on average,but without a structured plan. I got Chordify, which shows chords,but no strumming patterns or tabs. Guitar Tab might be a better option for learning if you don’t get lessons from a person. There’s no substitute for a good teacher. Videos can’t give you direct feedback. The section of this video regarding strings is great. Eric Blackmon is one of the best online teachers…tuning, chords, tabs. The only missing part is amp and /or pedal settings for electric and bass.

Wanted to play as a kid but parents couldnt afford lessons. Started playing at 18 but just basic power chords. Had to sell my stuff at 22 because I had no money out of college. Made a promise to myself that I’d pick it up again. 38, started play bass during covid with online course. Had a blast but wasn’t quite scratching the itch. Signed up for private lessons and I’m still doing it over a year later at 42. Everyone is surprised how good I got, but private lessons really opened that door for me and I look forward to spending my time with my teacher every week. I’m hoping to start a little band when I retire eventually, so I’m trying to get as good as I can be now 😁😁

Very inspiring and informative

I am 53 and I am a keyboardist and have a small home studio. It was my desire to learn how to play a guitar but the keyboard was an easy instrument to learn and I lacked good advice around me in my growing up days. Now I have three guitars an Epiphone Les Paul a Japanese made strat type guitar and then a Yamaha F 600 so I am hoping to learn it at this age with the help of RUclips videos adiós

I studied guitar for a couple years starting when I was 12 years old. I learned to read music and played songs. Fast forward to 64 years old, I bought an electric guitar and started learning to play again. This time, I didn't learn to read music, I learned to read tabs. I'm 69 now and feel like I'm still learning, for example, I started studying theory. Wow, there is a lot of information to learn. I have slowed down the studying since my wife has become ill. She is 77 now and I have to spend more time helping her.

I started about 10 months ago with the acoustic guitar and after two months I bought my first electric guitar. I play on both of them and practice every day. Great to feel that progression every time. I do not take fysical lessons but I follow the Justin.Guitar course, great one.

Just starting out for the first time. Y 17yo son is quite good, it would good to play with him.

Great video, good information and nice delivery. Thanks

Great advice thanks. (Ace rocks⚡️)

Practice EVERY Day even for just 30 min ya cant do it 1 hour then skip a day or 3 Every Day at least 1 hour is what i tell people when i started at 12 i got a beatles boik i knew the songs it the chord pictures above the music and lyrics so i learned all 40 songs in about a year and then it was easy to learn from the radio but i did it 3 or 4 hours every day its not easy you gotta want it !!

I don't usually comment on videos, but this was super inspiring. I have never learned guitar. I am 42 and always wanted to. Had lots of friends growing up that did. I played the Viola in third grade and then switched to chorus. Sang from then on out all through grade school and high school. Joined my colleges all male A cappella group. I have always been a performer, getting into magic at the age of 8 and started performing at around 12 or so. Fast forward to now and we have an 8 year old that had a quarter raffle in school and there was an electric guitar as a prize. She wanted to win it and to our surprise, picking her up from school a few weeks ago, she was standing outside for pick up with a green Bullfighter guitar. Well, last night I had the idea, after watching this video that I would suggest to her that I would get a guitar and learn with her. She and my wife do Tae Kwon Do together and I thought it would be great for us to have something to do together as well. So last night, we went to Guitar Center and I picked up (well paid for, because it is still on a police hold as per a state law till Friday) a used Epiphone SG Standard, a Fender amp and a stand for myself. Thanks for this video and excited to begin this journey!

If this is for beginners then why are you showing all expensive guitars instead of something like a Glarry or a Donner... You failed to mention anything about start up cost.... The SG is not a starter guitar yes it's only a 24. 3/4' scale length but the way the body is cut compared to a Les Paul and other guitars makes it long in the neck when you have it sitting on your lap. I know because I had both guitars and a Strat.. I had to sell it because it was giving me Tennis Elbow from stretching my arm and a F Bar chord for me was hard to play

You guys that think your fingers are too short should try out a les Paul jr or a Gibson melody maker. You will be glad you did.

Best learning tool of all time is in your hands right now. Download phone apps. Cleffs is good for sight reading proficiency which very few guitarist can do, so you don't need to, but WOW , imagine having a book, but you can't read, very limiting. But sight reading is only a notation system for 12 Tone Equal Temperament presented as Music "Theory" You know like English Theory, German Theory, Spanish Theory. So yeah look at Music Theory for how to hadle Musical Alphabets of Intervals and scales. Piano Etc. keyboard design as well as the notation system was developed by/for 12 Tone Equal Temperament music system. There are good free phone apps for "ear training" for relative pitch (intervals). For rhythm precision there are phone apps using routine music notation. Specific to guitar watch guitar setup videos on RUclips.

The set up is half the battle, it must be in tune everywhere on the neck and have the pickups adjusted.

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These are great tips. Make it easy easy on the hand and finger joints, muscles and ligaments. That way you can practice for longer periods of time and get better faster