Thanks for the laugh Gregg. Fact is...we all suck! "Hi, my name is Rich, and I've been playing for almost 35 years off and on and I still suck...".

:-)

It's human nature to be harder on yourself than others. In asking Anders for help with improvising, he told me about a period where he wasn't happy with his playing. I'd be the happiest man on earth if I could play as good as he on his worst day ever!!!

But the bald dude that sends out all of those email (hi Neal :-) is right - this site will help you learn a lot. Certainly, you won't suck as much after going through these courses. The song lessons are incredible!! I've never seen such great breakdowns of songs.

@cardmnal - Not to bust on Mel Bay, but I had one of those Mel Bay book back when I was a kid...it sucked. I got absolutely nowhere with it. My buddy showed me a few chords...and off I went. I remember thinking "why couldn't that stupid book have started off with chords." When I was taking lessons with an instructor, I had asked if I should get a book. He pointed to a Mel Bay book (no I'm not making this up) sitting on a chair. He said it was one of his student's who had forgotten it. He just let that make a statement about how useful it was in teaching guitar.