thanks for responding. Yeah I'm learning guitar the hard way. I'm a late bloomer, I didn't like the guitar till later about 18 years of age, met a friend who inspired me, I considered him good, but shortly after meeting him, he moved away. he mostly played loud rock, flying his fingers up and down, a lot of distortion and wah pedal. After I heard him played, I was stunned and wanted to do exactly what he was doing. I'm not quit sure what technique I should learn? what are some of the easy techniques in rock I should learn or just any???