I can’t remember of school of rock was where I got that phrase but it describes those 80s rock solos so nicely it a must use expression in my mind.
We’re gunna have to catch up it seems
Welcome aboard!
Punk rockers take nothing for granted but take nothing from anybody!
That’s why you sohuldn’t be shy to experiment with the fingerings for certain chords if they form a physical challenge. 
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By all means, stick to learning the conventional way as well but consider this as well; as a complement, not a replacement:
Surprise or not, many amongst uf have a certain quirk that made us find other ways to do things. I think you’ll enich yourself and your playing by gently learning how a major scale works and how it is used to form chords. If you can find the notes on the neck and you know how to build basic chords, you can explore and find your own shapes. They might be less conventional or even a chord inversion but they could enable you to achieve more. Plus: as soon as you take the red pill and detach yourself from the “this is the only way to play chord x” mindset, your musical creativity gets more breathing space! Check the lessons on triads for example!
then again, you don’t have to take anything from me remember
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Cheers mate,
Just punched through some theory modules in the last couple of days. Because of my saxophone back ground the first few modules were easy as. Just looked into the early lessons on the caged system today and triads were on the to do list as well.
My work life is gunna suffer 
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Hi Rhys,
Welcome , And as for your work, there is a life to be learned in music theory…if your work suffers now it will never get better anymore 
…this is very addictive later in life it seems…guys and girls who have become “addicted” to this have become professionals (if only most of us had continued with it huh)…for us now applies better late than never
Have fun and see you in the “video recordings” section,
Greetings, Rogier
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Hi Rhys and welcome. Good to hear you have some music theory already… i have absolutely none whatsoever. I just learn songs and jam on my own mostly. Look forward to hearing some tunes in the AVOYP section soon
Cheers
Ross
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we’ll do a virtual jam soon mate
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Cheers again. Have updated my initial post to include a picture of the funky fingers.
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Hello Rhys, welcome to the community.
That photo and your musical preferences makes me think I should link and point you towards a certain Irish punk band:
Stiff Little Fingers
Here’s just a couple.
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Awesome. Right up my ally.
A bit of an update.
Just bought myself a Boss Katana 100 MKII.
Psyched!!!
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Arrived today - had a play. Mind blown!!! 
Such a difference having decent gear from my 10W 3 dial amp. Immediately some of the song I’ve been playing that kinda sounded like the original sound 1000000 times better. motivation through the roof.
BOOM
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Got a new rack today so I could have all the guitars out. Getting a bit of a collection together now .
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Welcome Rhys! Hope you find some jam buddies. 
Long time since I’ve posted anything but I’ve slowly been chipping away.
Getting a reasonably good version of Greenday - Good Riddance down, have boulevard and When I come around pretty licked.
In new skills, I’m playing with string bending in the Jazz lead course. Nice photo of my first finger blister from playing. So proud.
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putting in the hard yards, good to see!
Great that you’re still going with guitar, I was still a lurker back when you posted your intro above, so a (very!!) belated hi from me now 
If you haven’t already, check out the latest JGC Open Mic from the weekend, as you’re into punk I think you’ll definitely dig @liaty’s excellent performance here 
All the best from across the ditch… 
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Thanks for the link mate. Yes loved that
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I bought the 50 MkII EX but wish I had done some more research and bought the 100 MkII. Welcome from a fellow Aussie.
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Hi Rhys, welcome to the community. Looks like you have good gear to rock out on. I’ve had to deal with a small pinkie that tends to curl toward the ring finger too much, but I have learned to work around it. I know that you will also. When you get to Grade 2 modules, you will learn power chords and have a lot more choices of songs that rock.
Update and NGD.
I honestly struggle to find time to post but I still read loads in the community and I’m still trucking along on my JG journey.
My updates
Punk Rock pursuit persists. I have a few Greenday tracks under my belt now Boulevard, When I Come Around and Brain Stew. In addition to still plugging away at Basket Case and Good Ridance.
I also have a few Blink-182 songs with All the Small things and Dammit.
Key to this has been really working on strumming speed Dammit is 220BPM.
I also rip out a decent Fight for your right to party from the Beastie Boys.
I got myself a real life guitar teacher so he’s been pushing me to branch out a little more so under him I’ve learn the 5 minor pentatonic positions and ways to move between them. That’s really helped my fret board knowledge of strings e-G.
End goal here is really to get some good blues capability and of course be able to improve some solos and play more Rock face melters.
Most recently I got the bug and bought a new guitar. It’s a squire strat 40th anniversary and is very pretty. My first guitar was an entry level squire strat too, I couldn’t get any $$ for it so the plan is to turn it into a parts-caster and learn a bit of Luthering. I’m thinking of building a Delonge style single humbucker single volume control punk specific strat!!!
I found a pair of sunnies to match the new strat so I’m proper styled now.
Keep rockin people!
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