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Well it turned out to be the amp. I went to Denver for the annual Tri-State parts swap meet and found a cheap 15 dollar First Act amp. I guess guitars and car parts do go together. The parts swap meet is three levels of pickers awesomeness. Learned something new and almost bought a car 4 track. I had never heard of such an animal, it was only 20 bucks and came with two cassettes, it was kewl.
Anyway back to guitars cant wait to start jamming on some one note riffs on amp, baby steps. I am using a mix of Rocksmith on PS3 and Youtube to learn how to play guitar right now. I have barely started to learn to play and I am already seeing ways I can add some performance to my guitar and add some bling to it just like a car.
Tremolo/whammy bar, is fine just to remove it or how do I tighten it up so it stays pointing toward the neck? Right now if I tighten it up, it points towards the guitar strap mounting point on the body. Thanks for all the help.