Originally posted by Leedogg
So where's a good place to start with regaurds to learning to read music for the guitar? Also what's a good way to recognize notes that are way above or below the bar?

Find a guitar teacher who teaches music reading... I had 2 books series that I learned classic guitar from when I started playing.. Their names are "Carulli" & "Carcassi" ... they're both written in standard notation only.