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Awesome! But I don't have an effects loop. So I still have to crank it to get tube saturation. Love the Fulltone stuff and the Visual sound.

Maybe try playing slide guitar? Don't be discouraged though Django was amazing.

If you get a tele with the old style bridge, the strings just pass through the back of the "ashtry" instead of through the body, and all the tuners are inline. I can't think of any easier than that. Definitly stay away from Floyd Rose and Bigsby equipped models.

I can tune by ear but, thats only if the drummer will shut up for a minute. I mean just one lousy minute, but that guy is like crash, crash, crash, like the sound of that cymbal needs to be tuned or something. Also, nobody wants to listen to you go bing bong..... bing bong..... in between every song all night. Even more than they dont want to hear bing bong... they don't want to hear you play out of tune. I mean really, is there any excuse to ever play out of tune these days? And when someone else is talking or singing or playing its great to be able to roll off the throttle and do a quick little check till your next part.

I would not recommend one for a beginner. If you are. I also wouldn't have one as my only guitar. They require a little more hand strength. The chords are the same. Its really hard to do little single note fills or runs. Really hard to play a solo on. The strings are grouped it twos wich doesn't leave a lot of space on the fretboard. BUT, they sound really full and have a much wider range. Beebee said his is more "ballsy", that seems odd to me because the "extra" strings are tuned to a higher pitch. Think of a guitar playing alongside a mandolin, and not a guitar playing alongside a bass. I'm thinking maybe Beebee's 12 has a larger body than his 6.

Have one and love it. Works perfect at the locall blugrass jams.

I would suggest using your fretting hand to mute the strings. That way your not focusing on what chords to play. Then listen to the song and strum along with the beat. After a while it will become second nature. It will drive you nuts if you try to make every strum match the artist you are emulating.

Along the super glue route, there is a product called "Skinshield". Its for cuts, and its like superglue but it has an antibiotic in it. it heals up cuts really fast. It BURNS, but it works good. I would also try putting it on before it splits, its kinda like getting superglue on your finger but not quite as sticky. It comes in a little bottle about an inch and a half tall and about 1/2 an inch around with a little brush like fingernail polish. I use it in the machine shop all the time.

Epiphone dot!

Resprod, That strap is so far beyond awesome. I've been wanting a custom strap for so long and I just found out that my brothers girlfriend makes custom straps. FOR LEMMY of MOTORHEAD! The wheels in my head are spinning overtime.

The difference in the USA, MIM and Squires are the "STANDARDS" to which they are built. Not the actual build quality of an individual guitar. With the custom USA's having the highest standards, and the Squires having the lowest. This is so Fender can offer a "strat" at multiple price points. With that said, it is possible for a Squire to be built as good as a MIM or a USA for that matter, its just not the norm. There are a lot of variables that come in to play. Wood for instance. Squire sources the cheapest basswood for the body. Thats right Squires are not made of alder. Fender Mexico uses alder for thier bodies but the grading is not as high as US. Fender Corona sets aside the best alder for thier custom guitars and uses the rest for thier American standard series. Although Mexico's "STANDARDS" are not as high as USA's they continually produce the best finishes. If you've ever held a Squire in one hand and a MIM or USA in the other you would know that they are two completely different guitars. By about three pounds. Taking all this into consideration, "Sound is Subjective". What sounds good to you may not sound good to others. This is why whenever someone asks on the forum "whats the best guitar?" everyone replies, "try as many as you can in your price range an let your ears decide". I've played a few Squires. The set-up is always unacceptable, but that can be adjusted. The neck always seems a little too fat for a strat. The tuners are always crap, they can be changed. The electrics are spotty, they can be changed also. BUT, they never sustain. You might as well be playing a Kramer. Good enough to learn on, but once you start thinking about tone, time to switch. MIM is probably the best value. Especially if you are a modder, or like to play out in smokey bars, spill your drink on your guitar, play places where your guitar might get stolen, or just generally don't take care of your equipment the best. There's really not much difference in tone. Thats not to say that you couldn't have a good looking, playing , sounding guitar from Mexico. USA is probably best for someone who wants a nice guitar that will hold or rise in value. Probably won't do any modifications to it. A collector. And the Squires.....Well I have a Squire that I got fo 50 bucks. I keep it under a welding table in the machine shop where sparks land on it and coolant from the machines sometimes gets on it. I don't care what it looks like. I play it at lunch through a Crate amp I found in the trash. The machines are running and I can't hear it so good anyway, so I don't care what it sounds like either.  I also have an American standard that sounds like butta. LIKE BUTTA I said!