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!
