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Oh, and one more thing. In my 28 years of playing, I've taken approximately two months worth of lessons. The very best thing the guy taught me (the only thing, actually) was to sit down and transcribe stuff on your own. Figuring out how to play something requires a hidden talent - being able to listen. I was trying to play songs that I had listened to for years, but found I had never really listened to them. I spent about a week learning some of the solos to the Thin Lizzy version of "Whiskey in the Jar" and found that I had to put headphones on and really concentrate on exactly what was going on.

Once you adopt this method of learning songs (vs using tab) it makes it alot easier to pick up new songs as your ear becomes trained to figure out what the guy is doing and your hands just start playing along.