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"Excess Cement" is a GREAT name!

If you can play six songs, intro, bridges, and all, it sounds to me like your ready to jam with somebody. That person can help you assess where your playing is and what you need to focus on. That person can also show you the six songs he knows. Seeing someone play a song up close and personal can rapidly speed your learning curve. The other thing I would recommend is record yourself playing that way you can critique your own playing.

Wait a minute! Les Pauls don't have a wammy. So your probably talking about with your fretting hand. I don't know if there is a "proper" way. B.B. King kinda shakes his whole hand using the side of his first finger kinda as a fulcrum, But I've seen plenty of people who just move a single finger up and down. So I guess its another one of those gray areas.

Yes, you could just download a bunch of backing tracks to your laptop. Plug that into your PA along with your guitar and mic, and your all set. Backing tracks are available all over the web in varying quality and arrangements.

The Ramones is my favorite band. All of thier songs are fun and easy to play. I love to make my own arrangements, slow songs fast and fast songs fingerpicked slowly. Since most of thier songs are simple three chord progressions, its easy to string two or three of them together in the same key.

Check out how much BB King can say with three notes. Subtle first finger bends with heavy vibrato on the last note are his speciality. SRV wouldn't settle on a measly half step and even a full bend wasn't enough for him. He'd bend two hole steps, and I've been told he used heave guage strings to boot!

Got it! Its a Kay thin twin K161 Jimmy Reed model.

You could tune down a half step, or even a whole step. Try lighter gauge strings or maybe flatwound strings. Do you play electric or acoustic. Electrics are easier to play due to string tension. I'm not exactly sure but I think shorter scale lengths are supposed to have less tension on them too.

Black Crowes, Buffalo Springfield ( BOOM extra points for one name two places and one animal) The Byrds, The Crickets, The Eagles, Fishbone, Galactic, The Georgia Satellites, Linkin Park, Souixie and the Banshees, MC5 (motor city five)(motor city is Detroit) New York Dolls, Phish, Reel Big Fish, Das Scorpions, Snoop Dogg, Stray cats, Three Dog Night, Tiger Army, The Toadies,

You said you had an rp 150. I think the rp 250 connects via usb cable to your computer for recording or downloading patches from thier user forum. It even comes with software to edit parameters. I think. Don't quote me. Check out thier web site. People also put stuff on you tube.

Even a properly set up acoustic is harder to play than an electric. The string tension on an acoustic is higher than on an electric making it harder to fret notes or barre. For your barre chords try rolling your barre finger to the left a little to get on the bony part of your finger(if your playing right handed) With that said, I would never give up playing my acoustic. Trying to find the right effect or tone can be maddening when all you want to do is kick out the jams. An acoustic can go from fingerpicking James Taylor to windmilling Pete Townsend power chords in the very next song with no change. Get your set up checked by a pro, but dont be afraid to go electric like Dylan did. Look where it got him!