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That's the way I've been doing it, but my ring finger just doesn't bend enough to get over the high e, so the high e is muted by my ring finger.  My index does a full barre across all six strings.  I've got the full barre down OK, though I need more finger strength to really make it ring.  It's the barre on G,D,A that mutes the high e for me. 

With amnesty from Russell and validation from both sides of the pond that muting is not only acceptable but preferred, I'm feeling pretty good with my relationship with the B chord.  I can't get to it fast yet, but that's only a matter of practice.  One of these days I will mutate.  And then I'll need to work on scales and play those killer lead licks like Detman101.  I worked on them a bunch with bass and you'd think that would have helped.  You've have thought so...

- Zurf

So have I, but the B vexes me.  It mocks me from the shadows.  I can't say for sure, but I think it's what has been taking the socks from my laundry, and I'm suspicious of its relationship with my dog.  I think it's teaching her bad habits. 

- Zurf

Tune the A string to the hum of the winning chain saw.

If a lumberjack demonstrates the skill of his profession on your epiphone, then I'd suggest that a tune up would not be enough.

- Zurf

Ill Tempered Mooses
Bruised Peaches
Pete River and the River Rocks
Manic Sloths
Middle C Bites
The Evil B Chords
Dickshunairy
The Late Night Specials
Better than Roseanne
Cracked Ice
Perambulatory Particulates
Mighty Specks of Dust
Will Suspension and the Disbelievers
Shama-lamma-knock-knock
A Fine Night
Artfully Dead Squirrels
Misplaced Rednecks
Poached Clefs

Do any of these strike your fancy?  If not, I could do this all night. 

- Zurf

I've got a small spray bottle of Martin guitar polish.  It's probably the same thing as the Fender guitar polish.  I picked it up at my local guitar shop.  When I remove the strings for a change, I spray a little of this on and wipe/buff with a microfiber cloth.  It works well. 

You can use lemon oil on the fretboard, but I don't know about using it on the finished parts.  Fret boards are often unfinished wood, so lemon oil works very nicely for gentle cleaning.  To do it, just put a little lemon oil on a rag and wipe it on in a circular motion.  Give it a little time to soak in, maybe about five minutes, and then wipe down with a clean, soft rag to get off the excess.  Some finishes are sensitive to oils, some aren't.  To be safe, I just use lemon oil on the fret board. 

That's how I clean my guitars.  Your mileage may vary.  No lemons were harmed in the writing of this post.

- Zurf

Hey, SpiritintheSky, don't forget my own personal musical hero - my father - who was also born on January 17.  OK, so maybe saying he's my musical hero is stretching it, but he was my inspiration to get started in music at a young age and he remains a personal hero to this day. 

- Zurf

My PC is old and heavily taxed just to run current basic software.  I can wait to record until I get a Mac.  It'll be a lot faster and I won't get frustrated and forget the whole thing. 

After asking around a bit, what I'm hearing is that the best thing would be to take a slow approach and build up over time with parts that will work together.  The initial suggestion is to get a powered mixer, a couple main speakers, speaker stands, mics, and mic stands, and make a go with that.  Later maybe add some monitors and/or a digital interface for output to a computer.  Get good quality components right along rather than settle for lesser quality just to get more features within an immediate budget.  That sounds sensible at least from one point of view.  What do y'all think of that? 

- Zurf

You may want to put a sound hole humidifier in it too.  Keep it in tune while the wood sucks up some moisture.  I like phospher bronze strings to warm up the tone.  I also use wood pegs, just exactly what StransSongs suggested is what I discovered to work for my guitar.  However, if the wood is that dried out, I definitely recommend getting a low cost sound hole humidifier and using it religiously.  And be sure to keep it in tune the whole time, or it could warp to something not tunable.  Keep it in tune the whole time - be compulsive about it and tune two or three times a day - for the first two weeks with the humidifier with that dry of an instrument. 

You can also use some FastFret (which I think is just lemon oil) on the fretboard to keep oiling and moistening it up. 

That's a terrific guitar by the way.  I hope you can get it sounding the way you like and that it will give you years of pleasure.

- Zurf

There was snow in Eden?

Zurf that wino put up a hell of a fight but I had a head start running caus he was sittin down or layin in the alley cant remember to be able to sustain notes requires a overdrive or distortion pedal but it has to be mixed with the right amount of sustain and tone from your guitar the rest is just practice and feeling and your right a bass should set the foundation playing a lot of notes anyone can do keeping it simple takes discipline, I still like the lyin and cheatin songs and I will wear my other hat you like on the next video the earthquake was caused by my mounting the camera on my dvd and the dobro was on the table but I liked the video and decided not to do a better one it may have not come off as well thanks for the comments    

]I see you rolled a wino in some back alley to get an appropriate blues hat.  Something every good blues man needs is a blues hat, though I have to admit that I am still partial to your cheatin' and lyin' songs country hat with the flat brim and the silver conchas.  "Old Dogs Need Loving Too" is superb.   It's like something I'd expect to hear off some old Chess LPs.  Also amazing was how you could keep playing through an earthquake like that. 

- Zurf