yea, I dont think I'll ever gid rid of the ol' girl, but I would like to get something a little more crazy looking, like an Explorer or Medusa.

I think that learning on you're own is good, but finding other guitarists to play with is also important, not necassarily lessons, but even someone to learn along side of.

Oh I would LOVE to see Maiden. Yea my list is long partly because I live near Detroit, Michigan, so we get alot of great shows.

Some good Irish folk songs:
Amazing Grace
Fields of Athenry
Black Velvet Band
Finnegan's Wake
Auld Lang Syne

If ya look up Dropkick Murphys, Emerald Rose, Flogging Molly or The Bleeding Irish, they have some great stuff thats very Irish/Celtic.

<t>Well I honestly dont know who my favorite, favorite guitarist is, but here are some contenders:<br/>
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Alex Lifeson (Rush)<br/>
Claudio Sanchez and Travis Stever (Coheed and Cambria)<br/>
Herman Li and Sam Totman (Dragonforce)<br/>
Eric Clapton<br/>
Stevie Ray Vaughn<br/>
Brian Kahanek<br ...

<t>Let's see, here's my list:<br/>
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Matchbox Twenty<br/>
Fall Out Boy (x2)<br/>
Cobra Starship<br/>
Gym Class Heroes<br/>
Plain White T's<br/>
New Found Glory<br/>
Cute is What we Aim For<br/>
Kansas<br/>
Green Day<br/>
Coheed and Cambria (best show ever)<br/>
Clutch<br/>
Fall of Troy<br/>
John ...

<t>I wouldnt say ATR is basic guitar, listen to the track "Six" It was the first I heard from them. I don't know if I'd say they are the greatest metal band ever or anything, but Six is one of my favorite songs, and they have soem awesome other songs to such as "Tattered on My Sleeve" and "The ...

heh, I consider my Calluses badges of honor! The mark of a serious guitarist! Back on topic, you can bend and open string by applying pressurenear the bolts at the top of the guitar, makes a cool sound!

<r>Im a heavy metal guy... So I gotta go with electric. I use Guitar as stress relief and so I can come home and start playing some chugging riffs and solos and feel much better about my day <E>:)</E> that being said, if I had a decent acoustic guitar I'd probably play that to, as there are some ...

I have a good ol' stratocaster... It's not the highest of quality (its an Austin) but its done me well over the years, and it is pretty easy to play. I'd recommend it for beginners!

I use 9's because 8's are to light for me, I snap em' to easy. 10's are a little heavy, so I too think 9's are a happy medium

I started playing blues guitar around 10, but that didn't really stick, I hated the lessons. Then when I was 14 I picked it back up again and started self teaching, been playing ever since. I guess it was probably a summer camp that got me playing again, but it would have happened anyway.