At the beginning i never looked into theory nor did i take lessons.
I just went into my room, closed the door and played melodies on only one string at the start. Then i played melodies with two strings and so on until i had a good feeling for the fretboard. Then i bought a chord-book and from that i derived solos....
All i did was just get some basic knowledge and then just play for hours. With time I learned also to play "economically" (the less movement for a riff/solo the better...) and that resulted in my style. Now i'm picking up other styles and techniques and it flows really easy. I should just learn to read notes someday but I'm simply too lazy because tabs do it also for writing stuff with my friends...
It probably isn't the best way to learn playing guitar but for me it worked
