I am a beginner guitarist at age 56. I'm doing fairly well after 2 months. I can play some simple strum version songs like Love Me Do and Sweet Child of mine. Any way my first guitar is your Tim Armstrong Anniversary edition. I got it on a nice discount and I wanted to have something that wasn't too cheap and I couldn't grow into. How do you like it compared to others you have played and owned?
Nice. I like it a lot. I think it is the best guitar for under $500 that I have played. It's well-made and has great action all the way up the fretboard. That's one of the things I have found with cheaper guitars - they are more difficult to play the further up the fretboard you go. That's awesome that you have decided to pick up guitar in your 50s. It is definitely a hobby that it is never too late to start. I think one of the best benefits of this that you will find, is that it will keep your mind sharp. It is after all, kind of like learning a new language. Best of luck to you! Thanks for the comment.
Guitar will help you with digit dexterity.... Nimble fingers. I'm 60 and started playing at 13. I have zero arthritis or hand issues at all. Yes, arthritis runs all through my family. Not me! Keep strumming and have fun!!!
This is a great point that I hope holds true for me as well. I spend my days pecking away at a keyboard for my job. Definitely worry about the long-term ramifications of this on my hands. Thanks for the comment!@@truethought2581
With the CAPO on the 2nd fret there and you're in standard tuning, does "that" put you in a curtain key? Or are the keys still G in your 1st part and A in the 2nd part because that's the chord shape you started and ended on ??? Please answer anyone,thx. thanks
This is a great question. The easiest way to think about this is to consider the capo as a permanently barred finger. So, if you have the capo on the 2nd fret and make an "A chord", then you are in reality playing a B. And, in the case of the G, you are playing an A. The advantage to this in some cases (especially, for beginners) is that you can play songs that use chords difficult shapes like barre chords (e.g., bm, F#m, F, etc.), because the capo will allow you to use easier shapes such as an Am for the Bm. So yes, you are changing the key if you use a capo. I hope that helps. Thanks for the question.
I am a beginner guitarist at age 56. I'm doing fairly well after 2 months. I can play some simple strum version songs like Love Me Do and Sweet Child of mine.
Any way my first guitar is your Tim Armstrong Anniversary edition. I got it on a nice discount and I wanted to have something that wasn't too cheap and I couldn't grow into. How do you like it compared to others you have played and owned?
Nice. I like it a lot. I think it is the best guitar for under $500 that I have played. It's well-made and has great action all the way up the fretboard. That's one of the things I have found with cheaper guitars - they are more difficult to play the further up the fretboard you go. That's awesome that you have decided to pick up guitar in your 50s. It is definitely a hobby that it is never too late to start. I think one of the best benefits of this that you will find, is that it will keep your mind sharp. It is after all, kind of like learning a new language. Best of luck to you! Thanks for the comment.
Guitar will help you with digit dexterity....
Nimble fingers. I'm 60 and started playing at 13. I have zero arthritis or hand issues at all. Yes, arthritis runs all through my family. Not me! Keep strumming and have fun!!!
This is a great point that I hope holds true for me as well. I spend my days pecking away at a keyboard for my job. Definitely worry about the long-term ramifications of this on my hands. Thanks for the comment!@@truethought2581
With the CAPO on the 2nd fret there and you're in standard tuning, does "that" put you in a curtain key? Or are the keys still G in your 1st part and A in the 2nd part because that's the chord shape you started and ended on ??? Please answer anyone,thx. thanks
This is a great question. The easiest way to think about this is to consider the capo as a permanently barred finger. So, if you have the capo on the 2nd fret and make an "A chord", then you are in reality playing a B. And, in the case of the G, you are playing an A. The advantage to this in some cases (especially, for beginners) is that you can play songs that use chords difficult shapes like barre chords (e.g., bm, F#m, F, etc.), because the capo will allow you to use easier shapes such as an Am for the Bm. So yes, you are changing the key if you use a capo. I hope that helps. Thanks for the question.