Too old ?

by Michael
(Scotland)

Hello, I have been playing the guitar (acoustic) for a number of years and I have just bought a classical guitar with the intention of learning to play this type of music.

Maybe I am a little bit ambitious because I have just purchased a Manuel Rodriguez C1 and I am 63 years old. I would be interested to know what you think as I am very keen.

Kind regards, Michael.


Hi Michael,

Excuse my emotion....NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!

Sorry Michael, I got carried away :))

But, you should NEVER believe you're too old for guitar or anything else for that matter. My opinion is that you only get one chance at life.

Why shouldn't we use it doing something we love?

Why should we compare ourselves to others?

Can't we just do it for the love of it?

Excuse me for talking about myself but I think it might be appropriate in your case. I started as a raw beginner in classical guitar when I was just over 24 years of age and I remember a guy fixing a string for me in a guitar shop trying to dissuade me from getting too excited about guitar because he said I was too old to really advance on the instrument.

I remember feeling really angry but controlled and thinking "I'll show you, you %*##@!". Anyway, I'm glad I had that sort of extreme reaction because if I'd just given in and believed him I wouldn't be sharing this website with all these wonderful people like you around the world.

Granted, I was lucky to get a really good teacher early on and I was quite a determined bugger but I think A-N-Y-O-N-E at A-N-Y age can improve if they really want to.

I hope this was of some inspiration!

Kind regards,
Trevor M.