Howdy folks,

Wondering if any of you folks rock out on the guitar.

Briefly, my musical history:

March 09: Purchased a guitar (its An ESP-LTD F400 I believe) and had lessons lined up. Took lessons for about 1.5 months but ended up not jiving well with the teacher and so I stopped going. Kind of let the guitar slip until... now. Wanting to pick it up and try to start again.

I listen to mostly heavy metal / hard rock type stuff (my two favorite bands are Metallica and Queens of the Stone Age) so would love to eventually be able to play music like that.

I have some books, starting chord progressions to work on, how to practice etc. Wondered if anybody else had any other nuggets of wisdom.

Thanks.