I've just signed up for the free lessons to see what I think of online learning for the guitar. I bought my first guitar 20+ years ago when I was a teenager and played mostly metal ( self taught ) which I learnt from tab books and friends. I don't really know much theory or the things you would learn in music lessons and have limited knowledge of scales/chords etc. I stopped playing in my early 20s but my 5 year old saw a 1/4 size guitar the other week and I bought it for him, so decided to get my old equipment out of the attic just to see if it still worked and immediately fell back in love with playing again. My old Crate-GT80-DSP amp works although has a slight buzz to it, my Ibanez seemed to have warped and my Flying V neck has cracked in the moves so I purchased a Fender Strat to start up my learning journey again. I also have a Korg digital processor pedal but have no idea how to configure either the amp or the pedal so I'm hoping there may be some lessons on getting the right sound and setting up equipment here also.
My main aim now is to be able to improvise jam with people as well as learning songs and theory behind the guitar etc. The person that got me into the guitar was David Gilmour and the sound of Pink Floyd which I still listen to with great pleasure to this day. I still idolize Satch and Vai and would love to play like them one day ( I used to know bits and pieces of their songs but my technique was rubbish! ) but I continue to dream :D Over the years my genre of music has expanded and now listen to all types of guitar from classical to country, rock to jazz, blues to metal etc and would like to learn all the styles which sit behind them.