Thank all you for the replies & suggestions , much appreciated.........Peter, thank you for the video link, very informative & straight to the point.
This is still a work in progress as there are so many options,etc.
As I mentioned in my first post, I intend to keep things simple for the time being.......the fact that I also play keyboards with the band doesn't help matters much,as I cannot give the guitar side of things my full attention.
We are having a 2 week holiday break after this week, so I will have more time to knuckle down to do some more involved programming.
Many thanks.