I took a few lessons but quickly realized learning how to ready music properly was not the path I wanted to take. Dave Matthews really really helped me get my chords down. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were always my favorite band (the reason I had a strat in the first place) so I decided to learn there stuff. Looking back, going from DMB to RHCP was actually a really helpful path to take. I learned the majority of the necessary chords from DMB and then the basics of soloing from John Frusciante (rhcp guitarist). Then I found JM and like everyone else dove into SRV, Hendrix, Zeppelin, etc...