Hi Troy (unreal name haha). I’m curious as to what your process of learning the instrument consisted of. In my opinion, most of my favorite guitar players had some sort of classical or formal approach to learning the guitar. I’d love to hear your response!
The original Cracking the Code series (12 narrative animated episodes) is in many ways an extended answer to this question 
Not sure if you’ve seen that yet — it’s the first series of videos we made, a fun story with some great detail on Troy’s guitar learning journey, from bedroom jam sessions to copping licks off records using the slow-down powers of the Casio SK1 keyboard to obsessively rewatching VHS instructionals. You can watch it here:
If you have more specific questions feel free to add here / update the title of this topic!