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a fresh set of strings often helps with sound. old strings will sound flat.

otherwise a nice action to avoid fret buzz and to make pressing the strings to the frets easier.

I don't understand

strats have a fairly trebly sound  in comparison to say gibsons but most strats occupy a similar range.

changing the pickups might change the tone but is a fairly major modification

what is that you are trying to play

why does it not sound "right" to you ?

"Singing is almost, either you can sing in key or you can't"

I can sing somes song in key throughout but only after lots of practice. I have to try singing the song higher and lower so that I can sing it in the same key throughout the song

some songs I can't sing because they are too high or low but I've little idea how to change the key so I can sing it

I also have to record the song and listen to it too make sure that I'm not singing it flat.

finally I have to record and listen to make sure that I don't tail off at the end of verses.

i don't know whether these are just "how things are" or whether they can be improved.

if you have too many chords it can be a bit repetitive. try adding riffs, licks and some intros/outros. nothing vast but just to make each song distinctive

try moving the thumb wheels underneath the bridge - the bridge should go up (and down).

make sure you know exactly where you started from and move it tiny amounts

hopefully the buzz will disappear

i've got a zoom multi effects

I've also got a distortion pedal  and a  wah.

so I've got everything:)

no actually the point is that  the distortion pedal is the one I use most so I have standalone versions.

boss is good. mines not but you won't go far wrong with a  boss pedal.

i just tinker with bits of songs

I get a technique and play loads of songs in that style for a bit

I'm messing around with pick scrapes at the moment. how many songs use pick scrapes. its a very  'punk' thing. turn the distortion up and just run  the side of the pick down the bass string quite fast. perfect intro.

also lots of damping. particularly Superbad by James Brown, possibly "not fade away" by the Stones (a sort of bo diddley thing)

finally i was playing a snow patrol song a while back. think it was 'Run' nice and slow guitar parts there.

theres no home position   - start with open notes

try to play finger per fret - so first fret uses first finger, second freet notes palyed with second finger  -   mimimises unecessary hand movements and aids coordination

i find guitars kind of cold to touch whether there wood or polyurethane. I will probably keep my clothes on

I think Avril Lavigne is a good idea.

I like Heart  (barracudas a great song) but whether her peers will know it I'm not sure

I found this songbook which seems to have been uploaded by an aspiring young female guitarist (I could be wrong.)

http://www.chordie.com/publicbooks.php? … gid=163011

welcome other thoughts

choose the view print songbook button. Then print using the options available for your browser

thanks. i'll try it