Where do I start??

Hi, i've been playing guitar for almost a year now, but have never really thought about learning the in-depth strategies to become a master at guitar.
Over the course of the last 10 months, ive simply been playing tabs...tabs from songs i always wanted to learn how to rip. Now that ive done that and learned about 20 songs, i need to take the next step at becoming a good guitar player. I need to learn the basics of theory. Where should I start?
People have told me to start with learning scales, others have told me arpeggios. I really don't know where to start as far as learning guitar goes. Ive only been playing tabs. So as far as playing goes, im an intermediate, but as far as knowing guitar, im a beginner. What should i learn over the next year?

V.
Check out the tutiorials on this site and other sites as well. If you can play 20 songs chords and lead you have a good start. Try lessons from a good teacher, for theory and technique. My advice is learn the pentatonic and blues scales in a few keys, get some jamtrac CDs to play along with and HAVE FUN!!!

I have all the pentatonic "boxes" shown on a 22-fret guitar neck, for all keys, in an Excel spreadsheets. It is an excellent tool when pracaticing.

If you would like me to email them to you, let me know.
Email me at [email]djlogan33@cs.com[/email]

If you don't know them yet, I'd reccomend learning the open chords.