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I have had Korg A-100 effects pedal since the early 90's. 60 preset sounds and 60 more I can write. I wrote only a dozen because the 60 preset effects about have me covered. It can get me an Eric Clapton sound or anybody's sound out of an old Gibson 330 through any amp or P.A. I just wish I could play like those guys.
It is a great way to change up the sound of a short handed band.
These days, I primarily play rhythm for one singer, my grandson Casey. He loves to help me pick out guitar effects  for all his new songs. His repitore goes from AC/DC to Johnny Cash.
I thought I didn't need that Korg pedal when I bought it but I gotta have it now. It makes that Gibson really holler.

My wife had the temerity to ask a Scotsman what he had under his kilt.
He replied, " The future of the Scottish nation."

I never considered them "rubbish" but after hours songs for after the kids go to bed or the last lady leaves the bar.
Songs like, "I never have seen a b*^&% that could eat this much" , "You done me wrong but at least you done me" ," The Ballad of John and Lorena Bobbit", " She laid a Lousiana lip lock on my Alabama pork chop", "The more I learn about women the more I love my truck", are my favorites. I have a hundred of them in the back of my fat book.
Do I lack taste and a sense of proper decorum?
Absolutely!
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Lots of people cry after hearing me play Maybe I should practice.

Stephen's good but Ms. Brianna has a vocal sound she should never be ashamed of. She can dip her socks in my coffee anytime.
The recording they have is good enough for a demo.
I'd like to hear more.
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Seersha (such a pretty name),
Welcome and congratulations for getting past a traumatic (for anyone) humiliation.
It's all about the music. You seem to be drawn back to it again.
You are fortunate to have a talented and supportive mate. I'm sure he will help you find your way back.
Music is rarely do or die. It has to be fun. As a player you can please others and yourself and really make a party.
So, take your time, ease into things at your own pace and never lose sight of the fact that it must be fun for all concerned.

zguitar,
I have owned nothing but "seasoned' guitars since the 60's with one exception - a black Gibson 335 factory new with a bad neck.
A "hock" shop" or pawn shop, here in the U.S.A. is the best place to find a quality used guitar cheap. In the U.K. they have a different term for a place where you leave an item of value to secure a small cash loan.
It is usually true that:
Pawn shop owners may not be up to speed on guitar brands or playability.
Most hocked guitars have old, tired strings on them. If you see a real bargain possibility, restring it then and there.
If you need advice, drag an experienced guitarist you trust along with you and have him or her bring a tuner.
If the sun is shining on your back door and the moon is right, and you have spread a lot of good karma, lately, you may find a steal of a deal on a fine old guitar.
I bought a beat-up looking 1960 Gibson 330 in 1968 for $200 in a Mobile, Alabama pawn shop. Mucho playing had it sounding like a dream. I beat on it 6 nights a week for 20 years and I still strum it very hard. Did a little fret work. It doesn't look any worse and it plays and sounds great. I am told it's present value could be $2,000  to $12,000. Doesn't matter, my grandson is gonna get it.
My best friend dragged me into a pawn shop and we bought him a mid-70's Yamaha dreadnought - big body acoustic in 1985 for $185. He died and left it to me. What a big, nice sound it has. It was worth $300 back then and, probably, $300 today but with the price of a pro setting it up it is still the best playing, sweetest sounding flat top I have ever played and it still looks almost new.
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My wife bought me a $50 Harmony guitar hoping I would serenade her with that instead of my trumpet.
Three months later I was playing with an all country band at a bar so funky that you could smell the men's room from the highway as you drove by.
I could play my first electric guitar with skinny strings and nice low action twice as fast as the old Harmony. Thought that was cool beans.
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Started on tuba in high school. My new wife bought me a guitar when we were in our early 20's. I added trumpet and trombone when I started playing rock and jazz. I was a barroom band leader for 24 years and a postman for 21.
I'm semi-retired now and still looking for trouble.
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Two of the most requested beach tunes here on the Gulf Coast are "Margaritaville" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise" - both by Jimmy Buffet and are available on YouTube.
Local players cringe when they are requested to play these two tunes but they be whatchacall "money music" 'round here.
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a can't miss hit and is now imprinted on our license plates as well as in our hearts.
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Possum, the other white meat.

"I got tears in my ears from lying on my back, crying my eyes out over you."

"How can I miss you if you won't leave?"

"You ripped my heart out and stomped a mudhole in it."