Hi Thomas !!!
Welcome to the Family, Buddy !!! Its a pleasure to have you with us !!!
I guess both of those are easy, with a little bit of getting used to things :
As far as this Forum is concerned, things are very organised and the people are very-very friendly and helpful. if anythings bothering - just ask !!!

The Beginners section of our forum is also great and you could start from there.
For some basic knowledge on Guitarring

, you can depend on the internet and Google for anything you wanna know. There are many sites with tons of free info. For an example look at the below site :
http://freeguitarvideos.com/ , this one has a lot of Videos, that you can view and have an idea. try looking at their beginner's section (
http://freeguitarvideos.com/guitar_l...beginner.html), or the technique section (
http://www.freeguitarvideos.com/guitar-techniques.html)
The above was an example of a free site, and believe me there are lots of others too ! Just explore and enjoy Pal !!!
I hope this helped you

or atleast gave you an idea about things
Kindest Regards and Lots of Care
kush
