Thanks, guys. I guess this is what I needed to hear.

Dagwood. I'm not sure I'm following you here. Earlier, you said that a newbie knows nothing about the feel of a guitar and should choose primarily on ...

I agree with Taso. Start with the major chords of the open position:A C D E GLearn their majors, their minors, their 7ths, etc. Then, graduate to barr...

Awesome, thanks guys. I saw this advertised by Ibanez on their JEM and JS models.

Dude, NoteBoat, awesome advise....you'll find it'll take you 3-4 years of daily work to get through all the material. I've talked with so many people...

Since most barre chords use the same formations of standard open chords (just moved up a few frets using the index finger as a capo), I practiced by f...

I'm sure there are authors that are published under the Hal Leonard title that are good and some that are bad. I'm sure that there are authors that ar...

I've got a Crate Vintage Club 50 tube that I use low all the time... had it for years, never a problem. This is news to me as well.

So the best bet would be to try to ignore it, get more calcium, and hope the discomfort goes away?

Also, don't forget that barring requires muscles in your hand/fingers that you may have never used before. Therefore, they may simply be too weak to h...

Depending on how much you need to bend a string (typically more than a half-step), there may be no avoiding hitting the other strings. The key is to o...