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I haven't listened to SRv's Little  Wing is awhile.  It's a great one

Exile is my favorite.   

Bohdisattva is great and I always like Larry Carlton on Kid Charlemagne, too.

very cool version of one of my favorite Bowie songs

I agree, I always liked the SG better.  Used to like the raw look of the Melody Maker, but hated the sound and playability.  Junior's ok, but SG plays better.

cytania,
I'm thinking of building a tele. I've done too many hardwood floors to want to go through that wet/dry sand cycle.
my cousin has an auto body shop and therefore, a paint oven.   What is the general process so I know what to ask him?

I followed Happy Birthday with that one on my wife's birthday once...
Once.

love to try out that hotrod strat.

Used to have an SG, wish I kept it. yes
Like a 335 for a semi hollow, but the epi is good.
LP and strat, yes, of course.
But I would add a PRS swamp ash special, 2 humbuckers with a single coil in the middle. Great versatility.
http://www.prsguitars.com/swampashspecial/index.html

Borrow someone else's guitar when you don't want to take one of yours

What do the asterisks mean?

Also glad to see Tommy Aldridge on the list.   Saw him before Ozzy days with Pat Travers, and that was a hot power trio. Too bad they couldn't stay together.

Tibernius is right: strat and tele necks shouldn't bend at all. They are strait necks with a low bridge at even height with respect to the machine head bridge and there should not be any flex.  If you don't fix it, you probably have numerous dead spots on the fingerboard and trouble tuning it while experiencing pitch differences from the low end of the neck to the high end, not to mention action issues up high on the neck.  You are stressing the neck in different places even while you play normally,  causing these issues while you are playing. I advise you to fix the neck and use the tremolo bar.

Les Pauls, SGs, ES series are bow necks, meaning the neck is angled back from the body and the bridge (probably a tune-o-matic, bad-ass or Bigsby) is mounted higher on the body, which creates a crowning effect.  You can see the difference if you look down the neck.  an LP style looks like a violin while Strats and Teles are strait or flat.  The bow necks will have a little flex in them that are not the result of an inherent problem.   

Years ago, I used to bend my SG neck for effect, limiting the technique to a few particular songs, for example, Heart's "Barracuda".  However, I would normally only decrease tension and bend the notes down and avoid increasing tension to bend the notes up, which felt like I was stressing the neck excessively.  Bending the neck became a small performance highlight starting Barracuda.  I also made a show of it at the end of the first guitar break in Sweet Home Alabama to bend the harmonic at the end. 
As with anything in life, abuse will cause problems and moderation is the key.  I think you can effectively apply that advice to women, booze and work.

Terry,
Like Mcatak mentioned, open g (DGDGBD) tuning is the basis for many Keith Richards comps like Honky Tonk Women, Happy, Tumbling Dice on and on.   In fact, for live performances he was known to use a telecaster with no E (6th) string so he wouldn't have to worry about muffling the string.  This may come as a surprise to you, but he would tend to drink some during a show and needed to work smarter, or at least less hard  

Open g is also a typical slide tuning used by the likes of Duane Allman, if you like blues.
See if you can find a copy of Richie Havens playing Here comes the Sun.    Very original.

Not sure why, but I like "The Dead Milkmen"
The logo is a cow with his eyes X'd out.  Very funny.
http://www.deadmilkmen.com/

Of course, every local bar scene has the pre-requisite "Big Richard" band.  Lame...