Hi guys... listen, i'm a bit behind everybody else in the CD stakes- i only just bought 'the extremist' and it is AWESOME.

I TRY to play (stress, try!) to play my Fender Squier Strat (2x single coil, 1 humbucker) on my little Squier SP-10 10w amp.

Its classic black with white scratchplate.

I don't know how to read music, and i think tabs are somewhat confusing (for me at the moment, anyway- its been ages since i've read any!), so i play by ear. Most of the time i'm pretty accurate- the only difference is usually strings + fret etc. compared with the actual music. As long as it sounds right, i sort of don't care.

Dear Joe, I am a science student at university and don't get much time to practice guitar. I try to play along with your songs, but most of your solos are so fast, (and because i'm not that good), i just give up trying to play them. Do you have any advice for any quick practice techniques that i could try???