I’m 70 yrs old, I’ve played guitar since I was about 14 yrs old. My playing pretty much sucks and the thought of quitting has never entered my mind, it has brought too much joy in my life to ever quit.

There's only 12 notes in the entire musical scale. After 40 years, ya' think I would have learned them all by now.

I’m 52 years old, have lost my eyesight and have nerve damage in my left hand and arm. Due to losing my eyesight changing my financial situation, I’ve had to sell all of my guitars except for two. I never have time to practice anymore because I have too much family stuff going on it seems… and when I do pick one up at seem to play the same old things.

Fellas I will be 69 tomorrow I started 3yrs ago at 66 I practice every day and still love it to death. Nothing I have done makes me more happy than playing guitar. I will not stop playing as it means so much to me.I have a fantastic teacher which help greatly he is a fine player and can flat play. Thanks you guys for the encouragement. It's a journey. You have helped me with that journey.

Facts.

For me, the frustration is part of the joy. I picked up bass at the age of 50. It was always something I wanted to do, and when the pandemic came I jumped and bought a Squire combo. I learned, upgraded to a Fender Pro Jazz, started lessons, got into a band, and kept moving. I had to quit the lessons and band for reasons, but I still continue to play at least 15 minutes a day.

Hi guys! I am a 74 year old newbie. Started on January 20 of 2023. Playing 2-3 hours daily and loving it. Learning on acoustic. My near term goal is to buy a fender Nashville tele when I have 500 hours under my belt. Contingent of course on my not going belly up first Lol.

This is an interesting topic. I had a quite difficult time between my first and third year of playing. Something clicked my third year, it just opened up. I don’t remember ever wanting to quit…it was never even an option. Now, I battle Parkinson’s and I still don’t quit. What can I say…it’s personality. 😊

When it ain't fun, I'm done...

I enjoy playing guitar, been playing 20 years, still not very good. My brother started way later than me and is phenomenal. He played at the opera and toured for a while at 14, he no longer enjoyed it and quit, barely plays and is still better than I’ll ever be. That’s fine with me, it’s for me. Everything you said was 100%

I put it down completely 20 years ago and sold everything after playing since I was 11. Lived my life and raised a family have since picked it up again 6 months ago and my passion has been reignited.

I gave up for over 15 years. I found my guitar when we were packing the house to move out.

I started at 63, a little over 2 years ago. I have made progress, but I still suck. I like to play every day. If I didn’t love it I would of quit. Had high expectations, but have tempered them. Nice to hear others are having same experiences.

When I get to a place where I am stuck, my talent isn't enough for me to move forward. A couple of weeks or months later, what I was trying to play suddenly becomes easy.

I'm 66 and never felt like quitting. Due to having children and work being so intense and exhausting (I worked in IT) I have taken breaks from time to time. I retired 6 months ago and am back at it. To give myself some extra motivation I bought a Martin 000-15M and a Martin D-18. I'm loving having all this free time to play.

"It's ok for me to enjoy what I can do" is such an important thing for me to remember. Good video y'all.

I think “loosing the joy” should be taken real lightly…..

At 71 I am playing more and enjoying more than at any time. I made the mistake of putting my guitar in the closet when kids and career came and I did not have the time and energy to keep, much less improve skills. Retired and got it out again. Taking lessons, doing open mic's and having fun meeting people to play music with again. No pretentions and no ambitions other than to have fun and share music.

I think a lot quitting comes from having unrealistic expectations about what you can achieve and how long it will take, especially if you’re fitting learning around a full time job and/or family commitments. Maybe better to scale back your goals than to quit. Also occasionally take a look back at what you have achieved rather than always looking at what you can’t do.

I've realized with time that the most important thing for me, as a guitar player, is to enjoy this moment, right now. At 45, I'm not going to be a rock star anyway, even if I did suddenly turn into the new Randy Rhoads. It doesn't mean I'm not trying to be the best I can be. But if I was only in it for an unoptainable end result, then yes, I would probably have quit a long time ago. But I love playing my guitar, even if I'm not a guitar god and never will be. So I enjoy the journey itself, even if it doesn't really lead to anything "serious".