SIMON !! Shout out Dude. Welcome to the Old Folks' Begginners Club!! The OFBC? Or MLG? Mid-Life Guitar.
What kind of Guitar did you get? Electric, Acoustic? anything interesting? How did you choose a guitar?
I'm headed over to Guitar Center to see if they have Gorilla Snot, read about it online yesterday as I have been struggling to keep a good grip on my pick during intense strumming.
Stick with it, practice, practice, practice . . .