Originally Posted by: Paulh4I am an extreme type "A" personality so I tend to get the basics of a skill down then move on to the next without really mastering it.

Not sure I would refer to myself as a type A (..not sure of my type but I do work hard at stuff so there's that).

I quoted the above text because I never really mastered any one thing on guitar but I got surprisingly good at a lot of things. It's all in what you want to play. First and foremost, just enjoy playing the instrument. Whatever it takes to keep you playing, so be it.

If that means jumping around, I see no harm in it. Key is not to make it drudgery but play cuz you want to. To some people that means mastering advanced sweep arpeggios and others it is being able to strum a clean barre chord. It's not what the world thinks you need to know but what you want to know.

Sure, learns the rules of playing a style and all that jazz but you are playing to enjoy the experience. That is first. After that, it's all secondary.