Family Portrait

First post, though I have been lurking a while. In the pic are most of our instruments. The Chrome Red MIM Standard in the foreground is the only one that's mine. All the rest belong to the wife. I have found a name for my condition on these pages. Apparently I've has GAS for a long time, and related syndromes having to do with other types of instruments. Last year the wife made it very plain that I was not to buy her anymore instruments of any type. The only way I could find to feed the jones was to begin learning to play myself. So here I am, no experience of any type with any musical instrument, trying to learn the guitar at 53 years old. It's terribly slow, I'e never asked that left hand to do anything but prop something up or hold something still so the right hand could work on it.

The portrait is missing my other guitar, an LP Jr that I took offshore and left so I would have something to use the two weeks a month that I'm there.

Anyway, just checking in.

Welcome not Starting 2 Old. In my opinion you're never to old to start. Just keep at it and if you start getting frustrated take a little break and come back to it later. Playing a musical instrument can bring endless hours of joy to a person.
You'll enjoy hanging out here. There is a wealth of knowledge and humor here.

Welcome Starting 2 Old! Good to have you with us.

I wish that you'd drop the middle "2". You're no spring chicken all right but, there's a lot of time left and no better way spending it than learning to play the guitar. Just be stubborn and hang in there. You may not be the next Jimi, but then again neither will I.

Nice collection you've got there.

You'll like it here.

Enjoy! :smile:

The "2 Old" is a bit tongue in cheek. I figured I'd soon be 70 and STILL wouldn't know how to play if I didn't just begin doing the work now. As the couch shot shows, wife can play anything she gets her hands on, and that's given me a lot of intimidation over the last 35 years (don't tell her). I've been trying about 8 months now, and she's had 4 years of lessons. She seems satisfied with my progress. I guess the important thing is that I'm having a ball. Who knew guitars were this much fun?