Ive played guitar since i was a freshman in hisghschool. i saw this guy play the intro to smells like teen spirit by Nirvana and i thought it was sooo cool seing it played in person. after seeing him play my friend and I went to the guitar store and begged our parents to buy our 1st guitars which were both Mexican made Fender Stratocasters. however my other friend phillip brought his homemade bass to my house and showed my how to play smoke on the water by deep purple...... from then on i listened to rock but punk caught my interest faster i started a band and played with some famous local punk bands since punk was fast i picked up on metal then started a "Hardcore" band then i had a chance to Build my own guitar from scratch by winning an essay contest at my high school and then just went into new rock that people listen to everyday anyways heres some tips..........
i would just playing slow ryhthmic pace like iron man but also keep in mind how many notes it has .....i reccomend playing smoke on the water and keep this in mind i thought myself guitar songs by humming the song in my head and finding that note along the neck........pretty much if i can humm it i can play it..... this also helps with creating a new song. also when learning a song....play on the clean channel of your amp dont ever use distortion becuase all that does is distort what your really playing, however the ladies cant tell the difference =D
as far as amps go dont get something your never gonna use. i started and still have a 15 watt fender amp and then once i started to have jam sessions i bought a 75w-100w amp and then when i started to play shows i bought a half stack.......never sell any of your Equipment because you'll need something to fall back on and it might open up to other instruments as of now i can play piano, bass and the drums as well and no learning/playing drums are not hard, guitar is
i can go on with this lol anyways if you wanna listen to my old band there still playing shows i left becuase i wanted th money since i already found a honey heres there myspace
www.myspace.com/tosomethingbeautiful
i made up the song called "UNITE" but the version that on there myspace is the old recording as well as the ones posted on
www.purevolume.com/tosomethingbeautiful that site has most of the songs when i was in it after that they got shitty haha
i started to get into math metal which i have no idea if anyone here know what that is in any case i can go on forever if you need advice hit me up i used to give lessons even online through AIM haha