Originally Posted by: Fret spiderdefinitely an instructor is the way to go. i learned so much more in the year and a half when i started with an instructor than the remainin year and a half without one. i think i9 might try getin lessons again. ( i stopped when i went to uni). personally i would recomend a jazz guitarest to teach you, as long as he does all styles as well. cos if he understands jazz he will understand most stuff.

as or a blueser i assume u dont want to shred or sweep particularly so theres no need gettina teacher who specialises at technique like a metal teacher.

My last instructor was a jazz guitarist and a good one, though he was blind. It wasn't a good time for me to take lessons, reason being, I was in a band and we were learning new songs every week for our upcoming gigs, so it didn't leave me a lot of time to practice what he wanted me to learn.

Being blind was a problem also, I thought, cause, though he could hear me, he couldn't see if my physical technique was right. I'm sure I have a lot of bad habits in technique that needed to be addressed.

I think I also have to distinguish whether I want to be a 'working musician' or a 'playing for fun musician'. I didn't care much for the live performance, but that may change if my performance improves.