Since joining GT, I have played my guitar for about 600 hours ... I am half way through GF2 and am now feeling confident enough to join a woman's guitar group that we have in town and play with them. I am able to play beginners songs - Wild Horses/Zombie/RunAway Train and find that I can pick a beginner song, and work my way thru it. I am never going to be a Van Halen, but I feel like I am getting there.