Originally Posted by: Pantallica1You'll get out of playing exactly what you put into it. If you play for a few minutes a day and expect to shred like nobody's business, you're wrong.

The guitar "greats" you hear about didn't get good by just playing the instrument for 20 years. They practice, 10-16 hours a day.

That's the problem by measuring years. I can say, "Hey, I've been playing for a year and I can play 16th notes at 240bpm." I may have been playing a year, but practice 10 hours a day for that year. While some guy could be playing for 10 years and practice a half an hour a day. He'll be a good player, but not as good as if he'd practiced more.

If you practice and have a routine, you'll advance in greater strides than just sitting down and playing a few songs and diddling on the same licks you've been playing for 3 months. Expand your horizons, challenge yourself, and most of all practice, practice, practice.

yeah, umm... I actually practice a lot. Sorry pantallicca but you can go from the worst guitarist ever to john petrucci in two days. I know i could play 16ths at 200bpm but that would be if i was doing speed bursts. I can't shredd all the way that fast, right now my top speed is about 140 and i'm getting better. But i know that tommorow I will not be able to make my top speed 200.

And people, please answer my question!!!!!!