Well my first problem I havealways noticed is that although I pick up on Kris's stuff fast, I do have some idea about guitar technique, I notice that Kris's sound is so much better. I also know he's much more advanced at this than me. Butttttt, is his guitar better or his gear. I am playing with an Epiphone SG on a VOX amp with Valvetronix. I really would love to know if hes using peddles or certain amp settings in each lesson. I seem to have trouble if I cant play close to what he sounds like. Even if my playing has some accidental muted chords, from fingers I forget thatI have lol.