I also just picked up a cheap acoustic and started, never been for a lesson in my life. The first song I learned to play was
And the Great Cold Death of the Earth by Agalloch and then I just practiced a lot of random riffs from random metal songs. The most recent songs that I learned to play are
Collision by As I Lay Dying and
Daughter of the Moon by Insomnium.
I have been playing for about 4 and a half years now and I have an Ibanez RGR321 EX (my baby

).
My dream guitars are the Jackson Kelly (with the pile of skulls
http://www.dv247.com/guitars/jackson...-skulls--54505) and the Ibanez XPT700 (
http://www.ibanez.co.jp/world/countr...uthafrica.html)
Favourite guitarists are too many to list here but include Michael and Christopher Amott, Petri Lindroos, BB King, Jimmy Hendrix, Chet Atkins, Alexi Laiho, Joe Satriani, etc., etc.