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It always surprises me how many people are playing=going to church.
Here in Belgium, Europe, the churches are, it seems hard what I say, getting more and more empty. I am a Catholic (at least I was baptised), but not longer practising. My job as Medical Doctor Generalist  gave me a lot of satisfaction. But I had to stop, because of the sequels of a car crash. It is really amazing, and I think it is happening more and more, so we can not speak about a "fashion" to go to Rome, the Pope..
I know that there are more religions in the USA than in the whole world (same with lawyers). But how do you handle, react, when you see all these things going wrong? GOD= ALLAH, there is one big difference, they consider Jesus as a prophet. But reading the Bible and the Koran, there is not so much difference. Personnaly, I believe in REINCARNATION.
I see a lot of topics where people ask advise concerning guitars, amps, all for the church.
I will make a topic in the "chat-corner" about this "fascinating" subject.

Hello ziggystardust, concerning the pedal you bought, I wanted to know what kind of effects are build in.
I use sometimes a wah pedal, but mine are included in the floorboards I have.
I have a zoom 8080, and a Line6 pod XT live floorboard. I remember my brother had a wah pedal 30 years ago.
He sold it, he even sold a quit good and strong amp at that time: KUSTOM, sold it too. He owns also a Fender 25th anniversary, which I really like to compare. I was convinced that this was a good investment, but it's not.

Hey, dear "chordian" Aussies. I always loved your country, but I never got the opportunity to travel to Australia. I worked as a Medical Doctor, Generalist, but I had a car crash in September 2000.
Statistically, I should have been dead, but after 10 months of not working, I started again on 2 July 2001. I tried to do this for another 8-9 years, I am 52 now, but the car crash was finally the cause that I had to stop end 2004.
I am (still don't know why) very good insured, receiving every month approximately 6250$ (australian $$). I was intended to move to South Africa in 1997, every single document was approved, but I met a girl just in between 2 trips, now to go to the doctor also from Belgium, who made a real super career. I had to work, in the evenings, nights and weekends in a local Hospital, because they learn you a lot of stuff, a generalist here is unable to do.
The intention was "wait and see", to move a few years later to another commonwealth country like Canada or Australia & New Zealand. So now, I DON'T work, I am not ashamed to write you what I get every month, because I was really OVER Insured.
Question 1: if I like to come and live there, in this condition, is it possible? Please send me a mail.
Question 2: do you have Australian guitar manufacturers, both electric and acoustic?

Yep ALVEE33, you're 100% right: Led Zeppelin, or Zep is Zep, and if you enter a guitar store, they don't play no longer "the house of the rising sun". You hera OR stairway, or useless solos played by youngsters for MINUTES: what brand they take, they put it in an amp, with a lot of distortion, and that's where the problem starts: you don't hear longer the difference of a squier versus a fender, because playing loud solos with a lot of effects: all brands sound similar. I have the luck to be at home, and being able to go during the week

I have too many guitars.
- acoustic: GIBSON, SJ 200 Montana Gold, DOVE, HUMMINGBIRD (2), MARTIN , from D-1 up to D-45, 7 or 8 I think.
- Electric: as I am a PRS man: PRS CUSTOM 93, full option, when I bought this guitar, only a few people had heard about this brand. The 3 PRS EG USA series (only made from 1990-1992, except for one -1994) Fender Strat 1964 US all original, EPIPHONE SHERATON (real good guitar) variax 700 Gibson LP Supreme, Gibson LP ORIGINAL CUSTOM 1968 (first year of producing again), Gibson LP Custom 1978, Gibson "faded"SG Menace, and Gibson Flying V, BURNS 2x6 (12 string) and Telecaster California Beach= killer.

- Crate GT212 Guitar Combo Amplifier 120 Watts 199,95$
- Instantly access hundreds of killer sounds designed by the world's most notorious rock stars. Line 6 III Spider.
- Crate GTX212 Guitar Amplifier with Digital Effects (120 Watts) 249,95$
- Crate Guitar Amplifier Half Stack with GLX1200H Head and G412SL Cabinet 419$
- Behringer ACX1800 Ultracoustic Acoustic Guitar Amplifier (180 Watts, 2x8 in.) 299;95$
- Kustom HV65 Guitar Combo Amplifier (65 Watts) 399,99$

I hope that this list has an amp like you want. They are solid, and within your budget.
I only looked for strong amps, and not 30W amps, because, having a strong amp gives you more opportunities.
My personal interest goes to the Crate with digital effects. I have 3 amps, a Marshall Valvestate, no tubes, but a monster, a Marshall Acoustic, you can play electric on this one, allowing you to hear a "crystal sound", and my TOP OF THE BILL: is a FENDER CYBERTWIN 2x65W, containing a lot of existing Fender amps, like the Bassman, meaning: almost every Fender Amp is in this HYBRID amp, using and Digital and tubes. Add there a lot of effects, select one, and the knobs will turn automatic to the desired amp or effect. You choose sound A in Amp A, and you can regulate the knobs manually, providing you that particular sound you want.

The Bee Gees started there, only (Barry Gibb, °1946), and the twins, °1949. They were born in Douglas on the Isle of Man, moved in the early Fifties to a place not far from Manchester. In 1958, the Gibb family, including infant brother Andy (born 1958 in Manchester, England), emigrated to Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The still very young brothers began performing where they could to raise pocket change. They started to have a "name", were guests in television shows, but they returned to Britain in 1966, and it was there that they heard that the number "Spicks&Specks" reached the number 1 position in Australia, early 1967.
Can this be considered as an Australian group? Yes and NO, because they had already succes and popularity there, but in fact their carreer started after meeting Robert Stigwood. I know A LOT about them, because, even being a huge fan of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Slade, they were really important. I even remember that the FIRST single I bought was "saved by the bell" by Robin Gibb, in the period they had split for a while.
They are still one of the best groups ever. I rather prefer the period 1967-1974, and their next album "main course" contained already tracks, using a kind of "disco music". I think I have ALL their songs, most of them: Napster & Audiogalaxy: resulting in 22 CD's, including the solo careers. One album was never released back then A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants.
They sold about 200.000.000 million records (some say 120-150.000.000) their songs are covered by a lot of famous artists, and they wrote songs for others. One of the best songs is "Only One Woman", performed by Graham Bonnet, from THE MARBLES. I love this song, and Graham Bonnet is a very good singer. That is one of the reasons why I like singers like AXL ROSE, Ian Gillian: they sing hard rock, ballads and have a voice to envy. I just write here about the Bee Gees, because their career started in Australia. They are in the top 5 of the best selling artists.

Jerome
You are the man I need, admiring AND envying your knowledge.
Are you a (semi- hobby-professional) like teaching music? In theory, I should now, today, working in Canada. In 1997, everything was ready to ship to South Africa to become generalist. They are allowed to perform a lot more things, like GASTROSCOPY. After working to improve my skills, I had a place open for me, giving the opportunity that you want to work in Australia, New Zealand and CANADA. But, just in between I met a girl, THE ONE WHO LEFT ME WHILE IN HOSPITAL 2005, AND ALSO THE ONE WHO THROW AWAY my Gibson Black Les Paul MADE in 1968, the FIRST YEAR of a new start. She is worth $$$$$ if all original, which I let replace by P-94, because I had already  1978 custom, so the value is now $$. Don't you have connections who are selling guitar parts? I don't know if they are PAF's.

Hi James
You are very productive.
I am in fact also very productive, but I should record in fact every song I write.
Isn't there a small device, size of a dollar coin, with let's say 250Mb memory, with USB, and you just stick that small device on any instrument you use, recording every riff, lick and more.
This should be a great useful device, because in 75% of the stuff you play, and you play it even 30 minutes later, asking and tormenting yourself, how did I play that piece, that riff, that lick? Plug your little device in your PC or Laptop, and there it is.

I am so glad to get such an impressing answers.
The reason of "the existence" of the blues, go back far away. Somewhere in an article I read that there still are black Africans, in different parts of Africa, where you can hear and learn a lot of their music. I've been several  (+-10) times to South Africa, you have ZULUS, XHOSA (Nelson Mandela is a XHOSA) and BUSHMEN (this should be a tribe for George W.)
If you are interested  surf to www.africaguide.com, but I heard more than once music there. The way they sing and play, is amazing, best example: PAUL SIMON when he releasedalbum immensely popular Graceland, for which he won a Grammy. The album featured the ground breaking use of African rhythms and performers such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo, VERY popular in South Africa ISN'T IT NADINE???. I think that blues is straight from the heart, but in the beginning, they were singing on the cotton fields, probably GOSPEL & BLUES were developed more or less simultanious. Gospel was OK, because there they could sing now in public, and it was a must: going to Church. Blues: BLACK BETTY a big hit for Ram Jam, but written by Lead Belly. I have a big box, about: Sony 100 years music containg 26 CD's, and a must for music lovers. There are even songs, recorded in early 1900. Still a lot of money, for a lot of music. On www.amazon.com you look for Sony 100 years of music. ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS EVER MADE 
giving you an idea about the evolution, all different kinds of music, going over Opera, Operette, Blues, Gospel, R&B, Folk, Rock and Pop. See for yourself, but don't get an heartattack when you see the price. On the Amazon market $159.99 and brand new $296.99. I was very lucky to receive this box, as a "relation" gift, when still working. I wish I could share this with you.
My opinion about blues is identical to yours: STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART. But do you agree if I tell that this is the same for other songs? see WHITHOUT YOU, written and performed by BADFINGER, as a catchy, but still melancholic song, covered only a few months later by HARRY NILSSON, the song comes from real deep in his soul (I compare this a lot with "A little help from my friends" written and performed by the Beatles, BUT WHO REMEMBERS THE LONG CUTTING TO THE BONE CRY, in the Woodstock version by Joe Cocker?
I have the impression that a lot, maybe 50-75% of the songs (pop & rock" are Blues related.
You don't need a solo on guitar, minutes long, you need TO feel the music. If you don't, you may be a super guitarist, but you will always stay a robot, if you don't put a peace of you in that song.
Also a lot of producers are ruining a lot of songs, glad that we find a lot of bootlegs or outtakes, where you see the spirit again, and not "good enough to use this version", but a cleaned up version caused by producers.

Are you, what I called, a gifted plkayer? Problably, yes. I olay for 30 years, biggest mistake today, I never went to a music school.
First of all you need to know that this song was written and performed by BOB DYLAN, try to "master" or "learn" his version. Search Jimi Hendrix, and you will see a lot of tabs.
If you have a record of this Hendrix version, try to play along, even thousand times.