Not meaning to hijack this thread, but does the same apply for learning piano?  I can play some guitar, my theory is weak though (Give me a break, I am a drummer!).  I would like to learn piano/keyboard.
 
Thanks,
 
Pat

patm300e
Not meaning to hijack this thread, but does the same apply for learning piano?  I can play some guitar, my theory is weak though (Give me a break, I am a drummer!).  I would like to learn piano/keyboard.

 
Personally, I think learning piano/keyboard is far easier than guitar (unless you're looking to become a professional classical pianist ). Find a good teacher or look into the hundreds of different tutorials out there. But yes, you can definitely learn to play at any age (unless you have serious medical problems with your hands).
 
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There is always this...
https://www.indiegogo.com...struments-music-play#/

patm300e
Not meaning to hijack this thread, but does the same apply for learning piano?  I can play some guitar, my theory is weak though (Give me a break, I am a drummer!).  I would like to learn piano/keyboard.
 
Thanks,
 
Pat

Hi. I play a little piano, and I feel it helps me having a guitar hanging / standing by the piano. It gives me the opportunity to visualize chords etc, as I know my guitar much better than piano. I can then transfer that to the piano.
All the best.

I taught guitar for 20 years and my best students where older and had some other musical background behind them. Piano was the most common ground.
One guy was 70 and he practiced everyday for a few hours, He started having to come 2x a week just to get new lessons.
 
I'll recommend a few things.
First- Get an electric guitar first. You get more bang for the buck. A good acoustic might cost more and the majority of cheap acoustics have terrible set up which takes skill to fix. But where cheap electrics are easier to set up and a breeze to play.
Get a Fender style like a Tele which will chord nicer than Gibson's.
In your early stages run  all four fingers  up and down on each string=
Open 1-2-3-4-3-2-1-open. assign your 1st finger to the 1st fret etc.
This simple exercise will do more than anything else to get the neuro pathways flowing.
 
Then learn the basic open chords and the omnipotent Power chords.
Then learn the movable major scale with the root on the 6th string in G and then the 5th string in C.  
Then have some fun with the Minor pentatonic ( blues/rock) scales.
 
The biggest challenge for keyboard players is that the guitars chords and scales patterns do not stay the same. A  C chord on the piano stays the same through all octaves. 
 
If you learn the major scale and the patterns, naming the root-1-2 etc you will figure out how the chords work faster.
 

Just go to Carnegie Hall and you'll be great.
(but first, "Practice, Practice, Practice" )

I've have both acustic and electric guitars and bases, I find I practice more with the acoustics, as I don't ahve to plug it in. If I leave the acoustic out and at hand I keep picking it up to play.

joden
There is always this...
https://www.indiegogo.com...struments-music-play#/

I do actually have one of these:
http://store.inspiredinstruments.com/yrg-1000-gen2-1/
 
It does work, but it isn't perfect.  I mostly use it to add keys or strings.  Not without its faults though.  The fact that you get a single string ringing continuously occasionally is one issue.
 
 

Everyone can play the guitar just like everyone can sing...
 
My advice is take lessons from someone who can teach you what you want to know.  Save time and frustration and really enjoy what you're doing.
 
I took Irish fiddle lessons after playing guitar for 40 years.  The instructor I wanted was booked solid so I had to try to use videos and youtube.  When he finally became available he fixed everything I was doing wrong in the first lesson and then it was a couple tunes and then on my way.
 

garrigus
and there's also the Rocksmith videogame, which I've heard is supposed to be pretty good, though I haven't tried it.
 

My son works for them as note tracker (i.e. he tells the programmers what notes make up a riff of what chord is being played where). He says other than lacking in teaching music theory (which the OP would probably not need) it's a damn fine guitar/bass teaching tool. He also stresses it's not a "game" although to the uninitiated it may look like that.