Let me throw in my very enthusiastic support for the Planet Waves cables as well. They eliminated ALL of my noise problems. The only thing I have en...

I certainly appreciate the feedback. I think getting started on scales and taking lessons is probably the right way to go. I don't really intend to ...

Play the D as a barred A chord. Easy to jump between barre E and barre A chords. Now the whole song is just sliding barres up and down the neck.

I have something that sounds similar to what you are looking for from late 80s, a Fender Automatic GT. Has 1X10 Celestion, Chorus, five fuzz presets....