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According to my guitar books that is called a slash chord (because it has a / in it). I think Russ was right with his description:

...the a/f# means its an a chord with a f# root or you can put the f# anywhere...

at least that's very similar to the descriptions in my guitar books.

Plenty about Surf Music on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_music

I can remember reading that the term "Surf Rock" is incorrect, as Surf music and Rock & Roll were two completely different styles. Sort of like the Mods and Rockers were in the UK.

Don't suppose someone could recommend some Surf songs? I've been interested in learning to play this style.

As mentioned by System of a Down in "Prison Song", from the album Toxicity. Definitely worth buying if you like political songs and/or Heavy Metal.

I'm no expert, but I'll give it a try.

Power chords: learn the two finger versions first, then the three finger. (two finger is 57xxxx, three finger 577xxx, for example)

Major chords: try the twelve-bar blues progression. There'll be a copy of it here somewhere. It's basically three chords for the entire song. Sounds like the early Elvis songs.

As for whether to learn tabs or chords...that depends on which kind of music you want to play. If it's Punk-Rock or similar you should be able to get away with knowing only power chords, for a while. Once you can play almost all of the American Idiot album, you get bored of power chords.

Good luck.

(there's always someone who can type faster than me )

Have a look at the strings. If the rattling is cuased by the strings hitting the fretwire, you're having the same problem I had.

If it's rattling in Drop D or when tuned down, then you're best off putting some thicker strings on it. I would recommend a set of Ernie Ball "Skinny Top Heavy Bottom" strings, but I'm sure some of the other companies make similar sets.

Not sure what you should do if it's rattling in standard tuning, but I think some setup work may be necessary.

If you've bought/used a Marshall amp before and you like them then that's a major factor. I know what you mean with the Ford/Holden thing.

Have you found any other sites with info about the tsl602?

As for wanting the Vai/Satch sound, have you got the right guitar first? I know it's an obvious question but it is important. You play the Guitar through the Amp, not the Amp with the Guitar.

True.

The person below me never plays a guitar without distortion.

How about these?

http://www.musicstreet.co.uk/fenderhotr … db5df7f0c5

http://www.musicstreet.co.uk/rolandjc12 … db5df7f0c5

I think the Jazz Chorus is actually solid-state though.

I don't know the price of them, especially in $aus, but have you tried any MESA/Boogie amps?

I use amp modelling and I've found that the MESA amps sound better then Marshall.

Are grover tuners any good? I need to replace the tuners on my LP copy, since they're playing up at the moment.

Some Grover tuner sets here, in most colours.

http://www.guitar-spares.com/

Not yet southpaw!

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