I also agree that the most important thing is ease of use, since you're just recording your practices (and don't need some super fancy recording rig)....

I don't wanna continue falling into tablature hell. I don't think it's bad to use tabs, as long as they also specify the timing (either by showing t...

Your playing sounds great! But, I must say, your distortion tone sounds a bit grating... almost like it's too trebley... but then again, I'm no tone ...

I've heard a lot of good things about this book... one question though, is this book good for guitar in general, or mainly if you're into the blues? ...

Cool, thanks for the input guys, I think I feel better now. I'm not really in a band, but I do jam with a few friends every now and then... and we us...

I think every beginner has gone through these frustrations. It's especially deceiving with chord changes, because it seems like such a basic skill so...

Thanks for the advice guys. Yeah, I can definitely see it being helpful for a teacher to show me tips on how to play a tricky passage and such... but...

I definitely know how you feel about the no-progress thing, although from what I've read, it sounds like all guitarists go through these phases every ...

Yeah, it's a fine art trying to balance out productive practice with fun practice. Or, ideally, to make "fun practice" productive. My problem these ...

Cool, thanks for the advice guys! Sounds like trying to mute with the right hand isn't the answer... I'll practice muting with my left hand.Wes: When...

Cool, thanks for the great advice! I did listen to the CD, and it seemed like a lot of the exercises were played rather slowly. So it seemed like I ...

I guess for me, it's hard to figure out what my pace should be. I think it'd help if the books set a target BPM for each exercise, so that once you c...