I remember back in like 1972, when I was 12. School was out for summer and I had a fender music master, some fuzz pedal that I wish I still had, and my parents stereo system that I used for amplification. I was jammin' my ass off to something (I barely knew 3 chords) when all of a sudden there is a knock on the front door. I answered it and there was this guy wanting to know if my folks were home so he could sell them some insurance. I said no, just me jammin' my ass off. He said, yeh, I heard. Then he said, "I play a little bit do you mind?" I kind of laughed on the inside as this suite wearing nerd from insurance land pick up my fender... and then he proceeded to blow the roof off the place! This guy was a guitar god in disguise! He could do anything! Blistering leads! I said what!...where!...how!... and he replied ,"I would suggest learning classical guitar and music theory, from there you can go any where". I never owned a nylon strung guitar till I was grown, but I did have a $200 Goya acoustic so I started my classical guitar with that and a book from Frederick Noad. I would tell anyone, if you really want to learn guitar, start with a classical, theory, and branch out from there. Just my opinion, I sure there are great players on this forum that have never played classical guitar in there life.