Some of those high end guitars are beautiful like anderson and prs my prs is awesome. i would never be afraid to play any guitar but i know what you mean. some collectors see guitars as furniture though.

Thanks for the compliment on my track. It really is the best guitar ive ever played it took me ages to set up the recording gear to get that elusive mix. That mix was my 7th or 8th try back then i was practising up to 4 hours a day. Now im luck to get 4 hours a week, although im banging away through my pod as we speak.

Practise definately pays off. another tip is i dont consider practise to be playing something you can already nail over and over agian. you need to aim higher and undertsand the scales where the song come from and even try your own solo. you need to maybe try sweep picking for one week then like shredding the next week then chord structures the week after and then nail it all together but keep practising tougher and tougher solos. It pays to spend a lot of time on vibtrato, try to kind of rock your wrist back and forth as opposed to shaking your fingers of any other crap. You van tell a good guitarist by his vibrato or string bending technique. For example watch that youtube smabora lesson where he bends the b string on the 12th fret and then vibratos it, thats what to aim for.

I does take me at least an hour to get into the zone of speed and accuracy ie bending perfectly and vibrato very few people can grab a guitar and instantly nail perfect bends etc. cant wait to start playing properly again.

Andy