I'm 17 and have been playing for about 6 years. During that time I've become a pretty damn good rhythm player and not a bad lead player.What I will ask is, Does learning all the scales and theory bits take the fun out of playing guitar?
I read a post saying someone wanted to be as good as his hero practicsing many hours a day to be the best.I respect his ambition but to me I don't wish to delve too deeply into theory.A few years ago if you asked me what a scale was I'd probably have said it was a piece of measuring apparatus.Now, I couldn't give you an exact meaning of a scale.All I know is that it is a pattern of notes you play on a certain fret that corresponds to a key.That's how I'd liked to keep it to be honest.

What does the community think?
Thanks for reading.
Luke.