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That’s pretty.

That’s mojo right there, I’d leave it. YMMV.

This is frustrating, I’ve tried Chrome and still nowt.

I’m not a massive fan, I have a live DVD of theirs, but I’ve never seen them in the flesh (as a band). I sort of grew up with them around. I learnt A Hard Way To Live for my band as a teenager and Micky Jones played venues local to me at the time (South London). I can’t remember why I bought Deke’s Rhinos, but it’s one of my favourite reads and I recommend it to anyone, not just musicians; he was a very talented writer.

Depends on what you like. The HSS is probably a bit more versatile IMO, as you can achieve a more raunchy tone from the humbucker as opposed to the thinner sounding, bridge single coil on a traditional Strat. However, the in between tone of position 2 (bridge and middle) is compromised.

Inspired by this thread, I have started re-reading Rhinos and it’s still good this time around too.

I’m feeling really hard done by, I want to help but this all I see

I believe it’s been out of print for quite a while and the current costs are high because of the scarcity. However, it is available in a Kindle version for £6.

One of the funniest books I’ve ever read. If you can find a copy at a reasonable price, get it. Same goes for Maybe I Should’ve Stayed In Bed.

There's nothing like a lesson or tip from somebody actually physically there with you.

I can't play the videos, they appear to have no content for me.

A mere young lad! Happy cake day, Sir.

New one on me, so I'm can't help you here; sorry.

These come with 10-46 new. I’d try some D’Addario (always good) 11-49 (EXL115) or Ernie Ball Power Slinkys (11-48) and see how they fare. Jumping a gauge straight to 12s might be too much.

Nice, I love a single pickup guitar and if that’s a P90, all the better. The colour seems to be more of an effort at a Tele like butterscotch blond, rather than TV yellow. Crazy VFM at that price.

Here's a couple of things that I quickly found on Yt for Carl.

No pentatonic bashing here either, my favourite player, Eric Johnson, uses them all the time. Sometimes, all that’s needed is a bigger than normal interval jump (string skipping helps with this) to really spice things up (Carl Verheyen is the master of this).

Pentatonic scales are just abbreviated, 5 note versions of full, 8 note scales. Learn the full scales and then you have more notes to choose from. The scales used, as mentioned above, tend to reflect the chords they’re being played over. As a starting point learn the major (Ionian scale), minor (Dorian or Aeolian) and dominant 7th (Mixolydian). These three will give you all you need to play over a major or minor 12 bar blues. I find the most important thing is to hit the chord tones (the major third over a major Chris for instance), so that you imply that chord with your note choice. However, don’t be constrained by the scales, go ‘outside’ them, a short, chromatic run can add interesting ’flavour’ to your solos.

I see that too, kind of a Verithin meets a Fender Robben Ford Esprit. I like it.

Quality knowledge there, kudos .

If you don’t like the songs that programs set for practise, seek out a local guitar tutor and get them to teach/help you play the kinds of songs you want (this will also help correct any ‘bad’ habits you may have picked up). However, it should be pointed out that learning the building blocks of chords is essential if you want to play more ‘open’ sounding songs, as opposed to just chugging on root/five power chords, Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters springs to mind as a song that uses full chords, both strummed and played as arpeggios. There really are no short cuts in the end, learning anything worthwhile has its difficulties, which includes some things that seem dull, but are ultimately essential and help further down the road.