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Do you have even a cheapo microphone and some sort of tape player?  Record yourself & play it back.  Your best critic will be yourself.

I'm going to take it for granted you reside in either England or Austalia.  But do check out this site BEFORE you buy.

<a href="http://www.zagerguitar.com/" target="_blank">http://www.zagerguitar.com/</a>

For about the same price, you can get a hand crafted guitar.  See copy & paste below...

The work that goes into a Zager EZ-Play&#8482; Modified Guitar

Each guitar is hand selected by Denny and inspected for wood variations, hairline cracks, surface impurities, bracing irregularities, and any imperfections that could jeopardize the integrity of the instrument in the future.

The nut is re-sculpted and lowered to ensure lower string heights closest to the head with slightly wider string spacing.

The saddle is re-sculpted and filed by hand to ensure even string heights and string spacing on the bottom portion of the neck.

All frets are filed by hand to reduce "string bite" and overall finger fatigue. This also eliminates any buzzing strings.

Braces are shaved for more flexibility in the face which leads to better sound projection for deeper bass and punchy mids and highs.

Nut and saddle heights are coordinated together to conform to new string pressures used for different string gauges and tunings.

All three areas of the neck are orchestrated together to guarantee lower string heights and even side to side string spacing.

Intonation is set to bring the guitar harmonically in balance with itself. This makes each note resonate with clarity and makes your guitar sound more powerful. (It also makes for much easier tuning.)

Each instrument is exactingly readjusted after 7 days to account for settling due to wood variations.

Strings are stretched to insure the stabilization of the final tuning.

The instrument is thoroughly cleaned, hand waxed, and buffed.

Each instrument is autographed on the back by Denny himself

Every guitar undergoes a final fine-tune and inspection by Denny before shipping. (We cannot guarantee your guitar arriving in perfect tune due to temperature changes and vibration during shipping.)

All String Science modification work is done by hand, only by Denny Zager.

Yep, Listen to DAD!  Become proficient at ONE thing at a time.  Take UR time.  Patientce is a virtue.

Something you may want to consider is squeezing a tennis ball, or some other object in the hand you make chords with to strengthen muscles.  When it comes time to make theose "bar chords", you'll be using muscles in your hands & fingers seldom (if ever) used for any other porpose.