So I guess this is my first official post so I guess I'd make it something cool and where stories can be told, anyway I've been a long time player of super light gauge strings, 8-38 mostly, I could never get along with anything heavier than 9's...I have been looking into getting a cheap jazz...

Hi everyone, I've recently started teaching someone to play guitar. It got me thinking about the following; is talent is necessary to become a good guitarist? From both a purely technical and musical point of view? Or is it so that if you don't have enough (or any) innate talent, you might as...