Here's me: I'm 52 and started playing rhythm guitar when I was 11 - but I cannot read music and know very little about music theory. So I feel that I've wasted 41 years. I bought RS2014 (and recently the original) so that I could learn to play lead guitar. So I'm an ol' dog trying to learn new tricks. To be honest, most of the songs I've seen are geared to a younger audience (no, I didn't say all), so I must forego many of the custom DLCs that are available because they are groups and/or artists that I either don't care for or simply don't know. That having been said, from what I've read within this thread alone I am interested in maybe learning by ear as one person suggested (if it can be done) and learning scales. So I hope something will be forthcoming along these lines and look forward to whatever you folks with the real talent can create to assist folks like myself.