After I returned from the front ,with my bob dylan song. I was set to go but it was several years before I began to learn guitar. After my first year I was able to play "I can't quit Her" some allman brothers, stairway to heaven (just the chords. I was beginning to use a form of the pentonic scale but did'nt know it. It was a little more difficult to learn back then. we didn't have the tools that are available today. Songs were passed around - painfully learned by ear - It was hard to find a good teacher too. one day this 15 year old young man came over with his original gibson firebird and startted playing hendrix and very well at that. some people have a gift; in time i belive that we can all become good players on some level. It boils down to how much we are willing to sacrafice to get there. To me the proof comes when we can play our guitar with no more than bass & drums, cut the leads , play the rythum, and feel good about what we are playing. :) RTO