Originally Posted by: punkyrubberducky41. take the 7th string off, learn the basics on 6, and then stick the 7th on when I'm used to playing, or

You may want to face the ridicule of an expert set up person at a store to help you do this. If the guitar has a Floyd Rose type tremolo, you would have to have help to do this at all since spring tension is set for the load of 7 strings. Even if you do not have a Floyd on the guitar, taking that tension off the truss rod might not be good for the neck unless adjusted to meet the different tension load.

...and hey, we all make mistakes....I just spent $100 on an external hard drive for my Mac and it was PC only...That, I'd say, was epic dumbness on my part ;)