Well aparently Slash and Dave Mustaine couldn't play Guitar Hero either. I'm a guitar player myself (albiet, not a wizard), and I struggled for a while playing it. It's really infuriating when people ridicule you for not being able to play GH when you play guitar in real life and then trying to explain that it's not the same principle. Ah well, I get more satisfaction from playing a song properly on a real guitar and getting a high score on a toy one.