What would I do differently this time around.

I have been playing guitar for nearly a decade now and through it all I have learned a lot. I started out not takin git very seriously and the point was to get together with my friends and play. Everyone in my group played an instrument with me starting out on drums and eventually gravitating towards guitar. I never really practiced for the first few years or at least it was very minimal. Then after hearing the solo for born to lead from falling in reverse that all changed. I knew I wanted to get close to that skill level and talent.  

I focused on technical skill at first buying as many courses as I could on guitar. I also created guitar workout plans and covered my wall with guitar exercises while making sure to document everything. This lasted a long time with clocking in 6-12 hours of guitar practice a day depending on how long I worked that day.

I did get good fairly rapidly and least from a technical aspect learning how to tap, speed pick, and eventually sweep. I did neglect learning songs, however, because I felt like since I was late taking guitar seriously, I was on a time limit. That is what I would stress is that only 60% of guitar practice should be technical and the other 40% should be learning songs. You need the technical to learn songs and it’s very foundational, but you will be behind for musicality.

Some extra advice I would give is to buy a descent guitar first because cheap guitars just aren’t comfortable to play. If you aren’t inspired to play, then you aren’t going to play. Bar chords should also be something that is worked on right from the start. It’s one of the best ways to strengthen your hands. Lastly, work on legato by focusing on legato you can minimize how efficient you become at guitar.