Learning Guitar After 40? Here Are 7 Things to Expect

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Title	:	Learning Guitar After 40? Here Are 7 Things to Expect
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Hey, folks -- are there any topics you'd like me to cover in a future video? LMK!
Comment from : Middle-Aged Guitar Noob

Just found your video … And, love your humor & delivery!brI’m 76 & brand new to guitar brI really appreciate the entertaining way you added a dose of reality to the journeybrMany, many thanks!
Comment from : StarMan Norm

😂😂😂 I love your sense of humour keep it up by the way I'm 46 and decided to learn guitar keep the humour coming it's great with the information your sharing All the way from the land of Oz ( Australia 🇦🇺) thanks mate new subscriber here 🐎🐴😎👍🇦🇺🇦🇺
Comment from : Tombstones Paranormal AUS

Hell, I’m 71 and just started I’ve played drums since I was 8, not great, but I play pretty good I picked up harmonica at age 45 and play it better than most But, I always admired guitarists So, I’m still recovering from knee replacement and wasn’t going anywhere so, one day, I decided to start looking at guitars I bought a Harley Benton Sunburst Les Paul I figured if Duane Allman liked Lesters, who am I to argue with his logic? I love this ax, but, I don’t know any better So, scoot over Derek Trucks, I’m comin through! brI love your sense of humor, so, I liked and subscribed Now, teach me sumptin
Comment from : RODSbyRUFUS

My wife has both Ostio and Rheumatoid arthritis Yes you can get both
Comment from : Alan Patterson

Thanks for this
Comment from : Scott Fanning

Thanks sir for your motivation
Comment from : Warrior

You may have experienced them by now But I'm the world record holder of being the longest beginner guitarist I've been a beginner for 6 years now I have two firefly guitars 1 double cut P90's And a les paul style They are amazing well built guitars with goto tuners they stay in tune really good 22000 dollars shipped anywhere in America will get you one But if you know nonthing about basic setup you would want to take it to a Luther Once dialed in hard to beat for the money Most people compare them to a 6 -8 hundred dollar epiphone And yeah that's about right
Comment from : Chuck Lee

Re: Knuckle pain - Well, see now, Noob, to be a knuckle ya gotta be able to punch someone with it
Comment from : Ryan Arthur Lingle

I`m a guitar teacher You could be a guitar teacher as well!brI`ve already learned some things from you that I will tell my studentsbrI liked the 5 minutes approach! You said it right!brKeep on rocking and learning!brbrLook up what Flea had to say in the 60 Minutes Interview!brThey still are students and want to learn an grow!
Comment from : Pierre Wrobbel

Get out of my head and stop telling me things that are helpful that don't let me feel like crap for not trying!
Comment from : Tony

Dear Guitar Noob thanks for the reply I just finished today restringing ,cleaning ,adjusting and tuning thanks to 2 good tuners I also learned how to set up a Floyd Rose/Shaller tremlo on his old Jackson they all sound and look great but the Jackson need pots that is the next job, leaned allot from watching Stew-mac utubes well thanks again T-Man
Comment from : barbara lewis

I started playing when I was around 15 being instructed by my older brother who had started playing in the 1950s at 7 he also learned banjo and bass to say the least he was good and enjoyed it he later played in bands ,me on the other hand did not care about playing plus I had no musical talent in my later years I smashed my left ring finger in a dump truck tailgate,fast forward to today I am 65 and my brother is in his mid 70s and very sick thanks to being a guitarist in the 1960s, he decided to send all his guitars to me which I now haveThanks for your frank utube for I am going to try again to learn T-Man
Comment from : barbara lewis

Hi, I'm 41 and where looking for a other hobby I tryed the acoustic guitar but i didnt love it much as the electric guitar So i just begin to learn on my first guitar a Fender stratocaster Thanx for your advice and tips
Comment from : Stefan Haas

Im a 47 year old (divorcee) and I’m about on par with your time line I started a year ago (Feb 2022), and you speak truth I go for 10 minutes, at least,every day and I’ve stuck with it I’m amazed at what I’ve learned in the past year! I just heard you talk about the midlife crisis I looked at my accumulated collection, and laughed! What’s one more strat? …its not a corvette! lolbrbrJust found your Channel, and its nice hearing from someone that’s on the level
Comment from : RussMB

Stigma applied from within? JUST DO IT, you 40 year olds It's playing not working
Comment from : Blue Bee

Nicely done brThanks for the advice/encouragement I’ve played drums in rock bands most my life and always wanted to try guitar Even if just a few power chords Anyway, just placed the order last week and I’ll be 72 in July ✌️🤟
Comment from : BMC

In my 50s just bought my first guitar, going to give it a shot, since I have left hand issues, no feeling in fingertips
Comment from : Dragon1165

I retired and decided to take up the guitar just to give my brain something to new to fiddle with And after a few months I got pretty good, I was even even able to get into a band After a few months we stared getting gigs and we all were blindsides when we got an album release and damn it that album didn't sell 50,000 copies and all with only 3 cords brbrbrbrLOL
Comment from : timeWaster76

Bro did you setup this guitar? I see bridge saddles all flat is it intonated ?
Comment from : Simasoft Workshop

Bah I'm only 30 What are you trying to say YouTube?
Comment from : Boob Lizard

I’ve tried playing for years Always quit I’m a lefty who can only play right handed Has been a dilemma
Comment from : Joe Unick

As a person who plays keyboard and wants to learn guitar: that pianist comment hit home :D
Comment from : Anna Vahtera

I turn 40 this year and I've decided I want to learn playing guitar - luckily a friend that plays in a band lend me one of his spare ones I knew it wouldn't be easy but how do people's fingers bend that way? Mine are absolutely NOT bending that waybrAnd just because you said it I'm totally going to learn Wonderwall now ;) Just need those fingers to bend correctly first So until further notice - here's my version of WonderWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaa
Comment from : LitzysDelight

Excellent videobrI am 37, playing guitar for a month now, also via Fender Play Level 3 of rock path, this is the best I found to learn and have good knowledge of theory, small riff and transitionbrbrI hope youu still play!
Comment from : Kayless32

Dude! I loved your banter! This video was soooo entertaining Please keep the videos coming I am subscribed!
Comment from : Will Wilker

Hilarious :but sadly true!
Comment from : magnus pym

Wait…no one is waiting for my first single 😔 brliterally laughed out loud!!! 😂😂😂😂
Comment from : Kendra Humphrey

Hi there I'm 38 and just pick up my first guitar! Nice video bro!
Comment from : PonGanoZ

HELL YA, sub'ed 53y old just started it
Comment from : ct810

Just got my guitar today at age 34 - first time ever holding a guitar Thanks for the video! Misery loves company and it seems I’m going to have my fair share of it 😂 Always loved the sound and just decided - why not?
Comment from : JGV_IX

Thanks for this, 37 here and I’m one week in Thanks for providing commiseration
Comment from : Kadian

im getting pain in my back after 20 minutes of playing does this problem go away?
Comment from : NightOwl Games

It's actually better that I basically waitedbr Had a talent for playing in my late teens, and I also had add brI remember this guy who I started learning from ,telling me you have to do this You're goodbr I couldn't brI'd get distracted, or if it didn't sound the way I wanted it to, I'd want to smash the guitarbr Tried several times over the last 20 yrs to start up again, never took til I received bad news from The Drbr Had nothing but time for 6 months or sobr It saved my lifebrI think often about how good i could've been I also think I would've started a band and eventually o'd'edbr Just keep limber, and if you have neck problems Sitsitsit
Comment from : jesse jorgensen

would be nice to share with us, how you play it after 7 months 🙂
Comment from : Martin Berger

Hi, I'm from muskogee and I've recently started learning guitar after my new girlfriend and her kids purchased me a new custom shop Les Paul from the money she got from her ex husband 😉brbrIn all seriousness, I'm 45 and have been playing for 2 months, and enjoying your content I think something to remember as an aging noob is that no matter what guitar you have you're still gonna sound like crap for a good while, don't fall into the trap of thinking that if you upgrade your 'starter' guitar to something more expensive you're magically gonna play like Hendrix - unfortunately it doesn't work like that
Comment from : Gyika

Harley Benton has some pretty decent guitars but also check out the Squier Classic Vibe series - they are an outstanding value If you have $900 to spend you'll want to check out the PRS SE DGT
Comment from : ngoma

I am 42 and I started to play in Oct 2020 for the first time Stuck with it playing every day for at least 15 minutes Now I have 8 guitars, several amps and pedals Definitely addicted now!
Comment from : Brad Peters

Wife bought me an acoustic guitar for Christmas Fingers have almost stopped hurting, chords are making sense and I have just started recognising the chords I have learned in songs I know well I'm confident I'll stick with it this time
Comment from : John Scarr

You know I’m 28 and I’ve played guitar for about 16 years, idk why I’m watching this But I’ve enjoyed it! Good stuff
Comment from : Dave

The arthritis can be diminished google foods that are bad for arthritis
Comment from : Laurie Licuanan

In my early 40's here, been playing off and on since I was 14 or so brThis is excellent advice that I too wish I knew
Comment from : JinxOnU78

sounds good for those 40s! what about us 60s lol thanks for your time Tho I paid attention diligently alex jones LMAO for your viewers, to get 10,000hrs practice time would require playing 24/7 for over a year appr (8,760 hr) in a year Old saying is any 5-year-old can play one with 20 years practice😒
Comment from : PalmBalms

After learning the basics, I realised I was wasn’t going to be as good as I wanted to beso I studied as a guitar technician I’m proud to say I’m now a tech for a successful UK heavy metal band Never thought I’d do that 5 years ago
Comment from : Mike Smith

My friend, as an old "old newbie" guitar player from over the pond, I really enjoyed your very witty honest approach Rock on 🤘
Comment from : A Scott

Bro I used 13 gage strings and do a vary agresive reverse and strait forward finger tapping the 13 gage are the thickest strings you can buy without going to piano wire or custom strings made for you any way I played that gage from 1992 all the way through 2016 maybe 17 from early teens too midish 40,s and I do,s construction so my hands are a bit beat up but now I use 9,s or 10,s and ill just say it iam getting at least another fuck it I about lied too you and my self me and my dead bass player best friend outside of are band was Losly known in even Southern Mexico as the metal musical marines cause we,d play for any one any were any time cash not nessasairy just for the love of it and iam going to rock intell I die and beyond the grave
Comment from : Tommy Deamon

Great stuff, many thanks Rooted in the realities of noob playing, but never patronising and always funny - I like the style and will be back I'm 66 and just retired, at the beginning of my guitar playing journey, so I'm hoping I'll get a lot out of watching and listening to you, being that year or so ahead of me, as it were
Comment from : Mike Turnbull

I'm glad that i'm started when i was 9brAlmost 28 years now
Comment from : HowlingMad

I'm 71 with copd and oxygen connected I've been learning for 10 years This is the best lesson I have ever seen THANKS
Comment from : Michael Barrass

I started with saxophone as a 12 year old Unfortunately, the saxophone my parents could afford was 30 years past its prime, and needed hundreds in repair work After two years in junior high school band as last chair, I gave up I eventually donated the sax-shaped hunk of metal to a charity after realizing I was never going to be able to fix it on my own, but it would get a second lifebrbrI attempted to pick up guitar and bass at different times in my past, but always ended up in money troubles Since I was unable to eat the dang things I would sell 'em off brbrRecently, I resolved those issues, and picked up a very nice used Thunderbird bass a few years ago, but I haven't used it much until recently On the plus side, some new strings and one of them tuner things, and Well, I am still at the 'noise' stage But the noise is in tune! Progress!brbrWay I see it, at 50 I still got half my life to get it right!
Comment from : Shannon Rhoads

My biggest mistake hindsight was spending too much time being technical if u can't play something switch gears Work on understanding how to make the music
Comment from : Michael Q

I get around the whole noise issue by having good quality earphones plugged into my practice amp I can practice my strat to my heart's content Even at 3am Nobody in my apartment knows I'm doing it
Comment from : Matt Matheson

7 months in when posting this Video? do a update when you realize that the bad habbits you developed by learning now hinder your progress Oh, such good times
Comment from : FynnFTW

This channel is going to be very encouraging for me!
Comment from : Rosannasfriend

I've been to Muskogee - the wife got the losing end of that deal
Comment from : William Keller

I know this is a guitar video but I'm an RN and have had a knee replacement due to osteoarthritis plus came down with polymyalgia rheumatica Rheumatoid arthritis and polymyalgia rheumatica are the two most common systemic rheumatic diseases in adults So, yes can can have both Thanks for the video too
Comment from : Pamela K Orr

I'm no longer a beginner, having started as a whippersnapper at 49 (I'm now 65) For me, a combination of going through Hal Leonard's Guitar Method (Books 1,2,3) and a very few lessons was my beginner phase I'm now jamming with a nice bunch of people regularly- so much fun doing rock and pop from the 50's through the 90's, a few newer tunes and some blues and stage tunes too I loved your video There's one thing I would add: Get out and play with others of your level or slightly above as soon as you've learned to switch between a few chords fairly quickly and can strum fairly consistently My mistake was to wait too long Are you absolutely sure I won't make it big?😄
Comment from : Knot Sew

Strings - look at Superslinky, guitars usually come with Slinky (010 on the top)brFingers - it's all Finger strength, using a Computer keyboard is easy because pressing the keys is easy, needs less "hit"brChords - great way to start, can play songs quickly, play along with the musicbrAcoustic- much more forgiving to start
Comment from : Zippy Banana

The Daniel Day Lewis movie you were thinking of was My Left Nut He was really good in Lost, too
Comment from : ectoplasm

I love Ya guy! You got me laughing hard!!
Comment from : Larry Satterlee

Wait tell you here Me play a piano!😂
Comment from : Larry Satterlee

I really enjoyed your video I am 67 years old have always wanted to play guitar I just ordered a Donner 152 that is due to be delivered today and I thank you so much for the info and encouragement!!
Comment from : Mark Pulliam

What on the earth do you know about pain? I have played Soviet shit-o-coustic oars :-EbrbrPS I'm 47, started playing 30 years ago Despite that, I have no opportunity to play regularly so this video could be useful to me, thanks BTW, I also have a sunburst Squier Bullet, but Strat
Comment from : Michael Tikhonenko

I started playing on my 21st birthday 47 now I think I'm decent My kid does not
Comment from : Summerbrain (Ex-Northern Hues)

Thought you were Joerg Sprave until I turned the sound on Anyway, show us the guitar's features
Comment from : Sean Falconer

I'm a middle aged bass noob😄👍
Comment from : Rodney Buse

Great video I'm 47 and still wishing I could play like SRV and Carlos Santana!
Comment from : Digital Friar

absolutely amazing video I started out 8 month ago just after hitting 30 with a squier strat It's very inspirational for people like me watching someone who is a little older than myself starting out with something I wanted to do my whole life but never had the courage to do so My ice breaker has been a german freediver She started freediving in her late 30s and managed to break several world records before she turned 40 She never even planned to do so She just started out to discover something new and kept going because it gave her something good and thats what should be everyones driving force Do things no matter how old you are and do them in a way you get something good out of it Fulfill your life and not your dreams, someday you gonna wake up anyway Going to watch the next part of your journey now because your first video gave me something good
Comment from : wallowallo

Inspired and subscribed!
Comment from : Dave Jackson

Interesting content matebrHad a few laughs with your sarcastic analogies!
Comment from : EasyAussieTarget

Thanks for the video I'm 56 and have just started guitar I'm still finding it impossible to get my fingers to form chords without considerable effort (and my chord changes are even worse), so it's nice to see that this is something all (or at least most) beginners have to go through!
Comment from : Kevin Edwards

Wanted to start a lifetime ago, but life is life At 51 I’m learning with my 15 y/o son and I’m hooked I suck, but I’m hooked and having a great time My son got a Taylor acoustic and I got a Martin …now we’re looking at electric guitars and amps There are worse addictions
Comment from : E Church

Thanks for the humor and the truth Great stuff I just got my Sire Tele today and learned a chord! Now, I've been playing bass for 48 years in a dozen bands but always wanted to learn guitar I'm a newb again
Comment from : Sternodox

Hilarious and accurate 🤣👍
Comment from : Peter Bayliss

I’m 59 and started learning Guitar 8 days ago I’m enjoying the process of learning something completely new and agree with you that the only way we can fail is to never start I’ve already succeeded - and I only know three chords! 🤓👍
Comment from : Astrofire

Buy a hamster
Comment from : Andrew Baroch

Talking of playing guitar like a pianist the late, great Jeff Healey mastered playing it flat on his lap as his blindness made it almost impossible for him to play standing up Anything is achievable
Comment from : College of Winterhold

I’ll be 60 soon 🔜 and I’m home waiting on a Squier Stratocaster 70’s Vibe HSS Left-handed and a Fender Mustang GTX 100w amplifier and all the accessories needed $1,000 plus later I sit and wait …
Comment from : Charles Bronson

I have been playing on and off ( mostly off) since my late 20’s Been hitting it hard for the last 2 months I have an adorable understanding wife who encourages me and will say “ hey honey! Your getting better I figured that is 2/3’s of the battle won I like your content, and your sense of humor My biggest gig is on monday the 16th I am going to play happy birthday to my dad Who will be 83? He doesnt even really know i play Oh I only have 5 guitars and 1 bass Cause you know Adult $$ Equals adult toys
Comment from : Old Willys

Started about a year ago at 57 The goal was if I could play 10 songs I would be happy Using one of the play along apps has been a great help Because of arthritis in my fingers, there are some chords I will never be able to play correctly so I stick to the 7 or 8 chords I can play I am up to around 100 songs and if you listen close, you may be able to tell what they are I started playing at family gatherings and for friends They still ask me to play, so I guess it’s ok I know I am not going on tour, but as long as I am having fun, I will keep playing Thanks for the video
Comment from : David Manning

I used to suffer from finger pain which was diagnosed as arthritis but as I progressed I relaxed my death like grip on the neck and now the pain has pretty much gone It's worth practicing playing as lightly as possible
Comment from : Tan Gerine

I'm considering learning to play any instrument as a matter of self-development I am 35 right now and thought about bass or guitar This video all in all encouraged me to think about it seriously and such small improvements could keep me motivated :)
Comment from : Szczypior