Good evening!  I have wanted to play guitar since I was a kid.  I tried to take lessons when I was in college... but the instructor was a music major and we got so deep in the weeds at the very start that my head was spinning.  Gave the guy hundreds of dollars but learned nothing... except I wanted to play and thought it was out of reach.  

Graduated... life got in the way... now I'm almost 59.  Was at a Goo Goo Dolls concert a week an a half ago.  I bought a signed guitar at the merch stand.  It is sitting in the other room until I can get a display box for ir.  The desire to go get that guitar out was so strong... I went to a pawn shop and bought a Squier standard strat with a humbucker and a Fender Mustang I amp for $270 out the door with all the goodies... hard case etc.  And yeah... I know.... it's a Squier.  I didn't want to shell out the cash for a Fender until I see if I really CAN start to learn to play.

Wish me luck!