Dude I just had to reply to this...
If Kris wasn't such a mean forum mod I'd write more offensive stuff than Pavel suggested! Tell him to shove his guitar where the sun don't shine!!! In fact tell him to shove his guitar, his picks, his amp and all his effects pedals (because he probably has the best) where the sun don't shine!
I have a theory on this as I work in IT and I've spent loads of time on courses in my earlier days and it goes like this (particularly on Microsoft certification courses)...
There's usually a bunch of guys sitting in a corner before the first day of the course going on about how great Microsoft are and how th latest product is going to change the world. These guys wait until they are in the class and take pleasure in laughing when one of the new guys asks a 'basic' question, they also enjoy talking down to you because you are the new guy.
But here's the catch... after a few years (10 in fact) I find myself quite experienced and I feel that I have learned all the right stuff, haven't cut corners etc. And now I realise that these people still exist but they don't know half the stuff they claim to know - they do it because they are insecure about their own knowledge and it's easy to pick on somebody else who might be a beginner or who is taking their time to learn the correct way!
Feck, I go through my scales everyday like a robot!!! That's the way to learn isn't it? I don't jump around the room putting facial expressions and little kiss style dances in because I would lose concentration on the thing I am actually trying to practice!!!
Anyway, sorry about the rant... I hate smart arses!!!
For the record I got a bit down last week - I tried to play some easy riffs that I've been able to play for years but this time using the correct method (alternate picking) and I screwed it up! So I put my guitar down for the night, picked it up the following day, practiced my scales until the metronome was saying things to me and now I can play it with my eyes closed!!!
Don't get down dude!
JT