Stale Jam Sessions

By buddy somtimes comes over my house to play guitar. He's almost a complete begginer, iv taught him a scale and after 6 months of playing he's finally learned to play a chord after a lot of refusal (a power chord). So I do get to play a bit of lead now and then.

But I mainly play rhythm 90% of the time tho. I like to try to improvise a rhythem for him too play lead over. The thing is i keep running out of idea's and keep playing the same stuff over and over again. Iv started to struggle to think up new chord progessions and ones i do come up with are mainly trail and error guess work.


Any ideas how i could put the spring back into our playing?

What Strat

Iv owned a yamaha pacifica 112 for a number of years and am now ready too buy a new guitar. I want a really nice guitar that will be a joy too play. Im sure I want too buy a Fender Strat and am willing to spend upto £800 on it. With all the models out there iv very confused on which one i should get.

I love to play rock, blues and most of my favourite guitarists play Strats, John Frusciante being one of them. So i know a strat is perfect of the stlye of music i like.


http://www.andertons.co.uk/electric-guitar...d-fretboard.asp
http://www.andertons.co.uk/electric-guitar...d-fretboard.asp

I like the fender american special HSS strats as well as the American Standards.

I just don't know which guitar too get a pure strat? or somthing like the HSS
It will be the only guitar i will play for a number of years so versatility is a must, im getting very confused and frustrated with all the chioces i have. And don't know a great deal about guitars so i don't want to end up getting the wrong guitar for me.

Can anyone give me a little advise?