Ok, gonna sound very stupid but I am just making sure ok, so humor me. On the focus, It said its for hard rock so that covers punk too right? I know, stupid question, but I don't want a guitar made for nirvana music or rob zombie.

Anyway, I like the focus ones, and they are a good price since I have no money. And I really like the Tom DeLonge guitar and thats not bad either. So I will get the focus one before I get the other one, or vice versa, since the blink-182 one is more expensive and it won't take long to resave up for the focus.

Now about going to a music store to get all my other equipment. You all have said don't trust the sale man (which I already knew because they are like car salesman, all the same). You all have said go with a guitar playing friend or whatever. Problem is, the only guy I know that plays guitar lives like 15 minutes away and his mom would never let him shop with me cuz I'm a girl and she doesn't want him getting into a relationship, which is crap, cuz we aren't gonna make out or something at a store. But yeah, so there's the take-a-friend-to-music-store idea. Have a solution?