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Well I purchased Steve's course in 2007 and played with it for a couple of years with quite a few missed days. Now I have the time I am going to try and start again from session 1.

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@jumiclads, Never Too Late!  Welcome back to you.  Good luck, post here when you have questions or frustrations and keep us appraised of your progress.

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Hello jumiclads, the course may be easier second time around. Here's wishing you much success and lots of enjoyment from the course and playing guitar.

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Welcome back, jumiclads! Take your time and enjoy every step on the the path.

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Welcome back!

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Thanks everyone for the nice welcome backs. I will do my best to keep you all up to date on my progress. My Jem is tuned up and ready. I have just moved into a new house with all new neighbours so Its kind of like trying to build up the courage to get started. Maybe I will start whilst they are at work during the day.

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Welcome back!  ?

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Welcome back. :) 

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On 7/13/2018 at 11:07 PM, jumiclads said:

Thanks everyone for the nice welcome backs. I will do my best to keep you all up to date on my progress. My Jem is tuned up and ready. I have just moved into a new house with all new neighbours so Its kind of like trying to build up the courage to get started. Maybe I will start whilst they are at work during the day.

It is great to have you with us.

I always do my practice in the afternoon as I live in a mid terraced house and I do ask  my neighbors to let me know if my playing disturbs them. 

Have fun with your practice! Good luck!

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It's been 2 weeks now and all I have done is acquired "The Song Hits". I think I need a good kick up the **** to get me going. Neighbours are in all day at the moment and don't want to upset them with my noise. I think I could do with a guitar that is completely silent and then when I have learnt some good songs plug in the Jem and let them hear them. lol  

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My wife, Julie has just suggested that we should get another guitar and learn together. Maybe that's the way to go!

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1 minute ago, jumiclads said:

My wife, Julie has just suggested that we should get another guitar and learn together. Maybe that's the way to go!

Now that is a brilliant idea. Go for it Julie!???

About the noise, I always compare the amount of noise that I am making to that of the average television.

You can practice on an electric guitar that is not plugged into an amp if you are worried. I have a low wattage modelling amp that can produce lots of different effects including distortion at low volume levels. 

jumiclands stop procrastinating, get Julie a guitar and get to it. 

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5 hours ago, Nutty1 said:

You can practice on an electric guitar that is not plugged into an amp ...

Many small combos these days have a headphone socket so you can listen to  your guitar complete with any effects you have while being almost silent to anyone else.

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I am going to celebrate Steve's Birthday tonight by getting the Jem out of it's case and starting Session 1.

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Amen! Pick up a pen, and write in the table of contents next to Session 1: "28 July 2018". ?

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Well we have done it. 30 minutes each on Session 1. Managed to do all 5 finger exercises and then started on the C and G7 chords. Chords are a little tricky and ended up getting sore fingers before we got a smooth transition and clear notes. But hey, it's a start and we will start all again tomorrow. Feeling good though.

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Just started Session 4 today. I am pleased with my progress. Chords are a little hard for me but getting better every day. Wow some of them finger exercises are testing my hand to brain co-ordination. lol.

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