go to the home page of this site there is a section halfway or so down on the right of the page called "Beginner" with subsections . Start on "Absolute". Sure wish that these intertent thingys were around when i started

*shuffles off on zimmer fame*

Good luck and experiment with the controls on it as well as the strings, you shouldn't hurt much playing with your axe.

:D

PS..Have Fun.