Best advice. Unless you so geng can PBE. Then I salute you lah. Or bow at your feet

I prefer video to books. I have trouble learning from books, even school textbooks . I prefer visual stimulus.

Bro Layman, you have a classical or acoustic right now? See what music you like. But fingerpicking =/= classical guitar. Acoustic also can pick. Wah, which guitar sounds better is very subjective. I like the 'mellow' sound of classical strings but prefer the general sound of a good acoustic. I like lots of bass, hehe. But you can get classical sound on acoustic, sort of lah, get Silk and Steel strings.

I can't read musical notation even if someone offer me $$$. So I rely on tab. There are also programs to 'play' the tab for you. I think someone called music notes 'taugeh', hehe.

Well if you like finger-picking, finger-pick. I like strumming but I do fingerpicking too. Always kena that question in guitar stores. But my technique limited to hammer-ons only. Cannot do pull offs.

Youtube always has good lessons. I learned the riff to 'Wonderwall' from there. But my favourite site is this one :

http://grahamchoo.blogspot.com

Mainly Christian music but there are good contemporary music lessons too.

Try learning 'Time of Your Life' from Green Day. I can send you the chords I wrote for it if you want. The beginner song thread also good for suggestions.

Well I didn't listen to my parents and ended up with crap teachers. Sometimes parents have this sixth sense hehehe.

Whatever you feel comfortable with. I hate taugeh notes too. The first paper I ever failed in sekolah rendah was Music heh.

Glad to be of service bro

Thanks ryuuzaki for the site. I'm trying to learn Have You Even Seen the Rain now. F chords are killers .