oh yeah and i fixed the input jack on the guitar, it was the plug i was putting into it wasn't a good quality, rather than the plug itself. i went out and spent $40 on a rat lead and its improved the sound of the instrument. the jam session turned out to be nothing much, he turned up an hour and a bit late, and he wanted to play something for kate, wtf? acoustic folk. wtf? i think he made up his mind when he saw me pull out an SG and overdrive pedal. behrenger overdrive/distortion pedal cost me $50 and runs on a 9v battery. its purple. this thing fucking kicks ass, squeels like a pig or growls like a dog. fuckin' amazing. think i need to upgrade the fender frontman though, if i wanna start playing gigs. but currently saving for a laptop, then maybe a trip to perth then moving out. dad reakons it'll cost me at least $2000 to move out into a rental place. plus i'd need a decent regular paying job.