When I Was Growing Up And Listening

And If I Would Have Taken Lessons I Probably Wouldn't Have Done It, And What Forced Me To Do All This Weird Stuff On The Guitar Was I Couldn't Afford Effects Pedals, I Didn't Have All This Stuff When I Was A Kid So I Just Tried To Squeeze All The Weird Noises I Could Out Of The Guitar, Which Brings Me To Building Guitars.

A Guitar Is Just Theoretically Built Wrong. Each String Is An Interval Of Fourths, And Then The B String Is Off. Theoretically, That's Not Right, All The Strings Should Be Off.

Most Beginners Want To Learn Lead Because They Think It's Cool .. Consequently, They Never Really Develop Good Rhythm Skills .. Since Most Of A Rock Guitarists Time Is Spent Playing Rhythm, It's Important To Learn To Do It Well .. Learning Lead Should Come After You Can Play Solid Backup And Have The Sound Of The Chords In Your Head

I Went To The Zoo One Day And Saw A Chimp Playing With A Beat-up Acoustic Guitar In A Way I Had Never Seen Before. Instead Of Using The Pick The Chimp Was Banging The Neck And Tapping It With Its Fingers. I Knew The Chimp Was On To Something So I Practiced This New Technique In My Room For Hours Until I'd Perfected It.

Before The Operation On My Left Hand I Wasn't Able To Stretch My Fingers Open All The Way. I've Never Had Very Big Hands, But I Could Do The Splits With Them. Eventually I Couldn't Any More. I Had A Twisted Tendon In My Little Finger That Prevented Me From Being Able To Stretch.