I don't have any plans to play with anybody right now I still am working on fingering and gaining a lot of theory and knowledge... I don't use headphones I made a music room out of a spare bedroom so I can just plug in and make the neighbors hold their hands over their ears LOL. Right now I'm still just trying to master finger movement and picking movement and getting it to try and become a little bit more natural... And six or seven months at a half hour a day I can feel the muscle memory just starting... About 80% of my fat fingering is going away to where when I touch a string it just touches that string and not meeting another one... i.e. my notes are bringing out more clear...