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No Dude, you're wayyyyy off, Brittany Spears wrote that song.

Another advantage of using a capo is expanding the life of ones frets. I used to have my main gig guitar (acoustic) refretted 3 times a year. Since my introduction to the capo my guitar will last 3 years now in between fret jobs. The last 3 years I've averaged 360 gigs annually so the frets gets played ALOT! When practicing at home, giving lessons, and doing studio/session work I always use a guitar other than my main gig guitar. When playing live, I make an attempt to play equal time in open, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th fret positioning. Any further UP the fretboard and the sound gets too tinty for my likes. I used to feel like people who used a capo weren't intelligent enough to learn "all of the chords". As I've matured ( that's controversial in itself, just ask my wife) I've changed my stance on capos and their application. Capo's are a very helpful tool in many areas of music. Excellent information given in previous posts.
   And speaking of pizza again, how good is a big, slice of cold pizza for breakfast?......Oh gawd........

I would've been fightin' on your your side that night at the campfire. "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphy was one of my favourite songs as a child growin' up in the mountains of Virginia. I knew first hand how much a horse meant to a man/woman. I still play this gem of song once in a while to this day.

Not here, I've had each of the 3 ( Taylor, Martin, and Gibson ) all 3 were equivalent in price and design. The Martin and the Taylor are long gone but Gibson J-45 remains with me. It's the finest made and best sounding  acoustic guitar my hands have ever touched. My son gets it after  I've played my final song.
   As far as  low cost acoustic/electric guitars Alvarez makes some good quality, affordable products. I've posted this before but I'll say it again, go to a music store and play every guitar in your price range. Buy the one that sounds and feels the best to you.

Hey!, wher've I heard that before? I like it too, I like it a-lot!

There's a heavy-metal, soft-rock, adult contemporary, avant-garde, industrial- polka band from Mindanao, Philippines that go by the name;
"Wax Off Compulsively"

Great tune Jeff, I'm with you in hopes for a better world. How's your son doing? Thanks for sharing, SouthPaw41L

Leiven,
     Very good tips from cytania, now here are a few of mine.
    When practicing I sometimes play along with a minimal pre-recorded drumbeat on my very inexpensive keyboard. I have on of those $100 keyboards from Radio Shack. It does the job. When you decide to record your "finished" product you can wear headphones and play along with the drumbeat. That is if you don't want the pre-recorded drums in your song.
     Another thing that helps with my meter(timing) is tapping my foot when I play. I actually can't play without tapping my foot so I've put it to use. I place a tambourine under my foot and add a little percussion with my guitar, It works very good for me and having two sound sources gives the player more audio to know if the meter is too fast or too slow.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

Well sort of. He's only 2. I tune his guitars in an open tuning and tighten the pegs real good so that when he strums or plucks it actually sounds like something. My wife brings him to my gigs once in a while and he loves to join me on stage. He's very good at working a crowd. I truely believe he's got music/performing inately imbedded in his soul.

If it makes you feel good and you're comfortable with it, that's all that matters. More power to you, play on.......................

SouthPaw41L