Thanks marco, I made loads of mistakes with guitar gear when I was younger, too swayed by magazines and band endorsements and people telling me " this is the only way to do it and if you do anythigng differnt your an idiot." and ended up buying stuff that In the end really never connected to.

Then I worked in a Guitar shop and ended up loving playing guitars i'd always written off ( probably as not METAL enough ) and the spikey metal guitars i'd always loved left me cold.
My Ibanez RG470 was replaced with a second hand £40 squire strat that I loved and had for years.

I think thats why im trying not to write anything audio off untill i've hear it for myself