I agree, lessons or at least a book with chords and scales so you can come up with your own stuff, copying other ppl´s work will be boring after awhile. As far as the gear you have, for someone starting out sounds good ,all I had was a fender stratocaster no amp or anything else.What equipment is good all depends on the style of music you play,check out the players corner here in the forum lotta nice folks in there and they can give you advice about what you may need.