Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonI highly recommend getting a teacher. If one blames inhibited creativity on the teacher, then he just isn't willing to admit that a lack of creativity comes from one's own self, not from someone else. Unless your teacher forces you to play only his licks and NEVER make up your own, then I'm going to assume that he will not "inhibit creativity." He will, however, give you ideas that you can build upon, nto only that, but it is really helpful to have person to person lessons when learning new techniques.

I second that. But when you get one make sure that the teacher isn't the whole part of your "learning experience" on guitar. Even if you do have a teacher, obviously, you be learnign techniques on your own. The only experience of having a my guitar teacher limit my "creativity" is by him not teaching me how to palm mute, because he thinks it violates good techniques. But when I asked for him to teach me how, he did. Just find the right teacher for you.