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Tenement Funster wrote:Welcome to Chordie, Oldbikes!
Our "policy" here is that there's no such thing as a dumb question, because we all started somewhere and needed to learn along the way. The sharing of info between guitarists is beyond value, and the group here is terrific that way. If you're looking for some structured on-line learning, my personal recommendation would be Justin Sandercoe's website:
He doesn't officially charge anything for what's there (although buying some of his merch is a neighborly thing to do) and his teaching methodology is first rate. Keep at it ... and before you know it, your callused fingertips will be perfect for guitar playing, and useless for texting! 
P.S. Would love to know what inspired your site name ... we all have a story.
Just spent quite a while on Justin's site. Looks to me like he knows his stuff and knows how to teach. He's got me hooked already.
It looks useful to me so I'm happy to try and support him.
I'm happy to have callused fingertips coz I don't do much texting, when I want to talk to a friend I talk to them, works brilliantly!! 
Thanks for all the friendly welcoming comments.
I am trying to practice regularly, many short sessions a day. I have the guitar in my study and pick it up as often as I can. Finger ends starting to harden up already.
Thanks for the advice, I will check out the site that Tenement Funster suggested. And as for the site name "Oldbikes", another passion is making old motorcycles run again, and if I should ever find time even ride them..............
Hi everyone.
Just a quick introduction, just found and joined Chordie. I've just (3 weeks ago) bought a guitar and will be starting guitar classes in a couple of weeks time. I last played guitar about 45 years ago when at school............... And I didn't progress much back then as I couldn't attend all classes due to living a long way from the school and not being able to travel.
So all these years later I've decided I need to try again. I've been trying to get my fingers accustomed to the strings and learning a few chords ready for when classes start. I'm longing to be able to play a whole recognisable song but guess I need to be patient and keep practicing.
Apologies in advance in case I ask any dumb questions and/or in the wrong section.
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