Thanks, Everyone, for all your time and suggestions! Yeah, I'm being a whiner, I guess. I need to just devote more time to practice. For those that asked, I guess I'm playing for *ME* - *I* want to *feel* the music like SRV or BB King or John Mayer do/did when they're deep in the song, face all contorted... I'm just tired of having to tell everyone I suck ;-). More practice...

It *does* feel good knowing that my frustrations are normal - I figured I was the *ONE* guy who had them and that made everything even more discouraging.

Thanks again, and happy playing!

Bret