I'm asian and although I like all kinds of music depending on my mood (rock, rap, pop, country) I never listened for the "music" of it. Or rather skills of the artist, but I've just listened to Jimmy Hendrix and man that "sh**" is soo wows me. I guess thats because I watched BECK the anime and it made me look at rock at another different level.
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Guitars are soo awesome. Although people think its cool to beatbox because I beatbox, but being able to play guitars just is wow sounds soo nice.
Now do yourself a favor and go get the Hendrix at Woodstock DVD. I usually have it playing as my desktop so when uninformed miscreants walk by and ask about it I can inform them. You will thank me later.
If you like the sound of the guitar i recommend getting:
Is There Love in Space? By Joe Satriani,, there is only Volcals on two of the tracks, but the guitaring is top quallity.
I play the guitar, it cam be a great stress reliever.