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The black star is a great sounding amp and Jackson's are always great.  I bought a line 6 amp last year, fun to play with but the modeling isn't as good as it could be.  Mostly I just use my iPod and amplitude with headphones these days, annoying the neighbours seems more hassle than it's worth as I get older

apostle51 what pickups do you have in the Ibanez? Been looking at the new 24 fret version but not sure if I like it yet. Either that or a PRS custom 24 is next on the wish list. Won't be anytime soon though but no harm in dreaming

There's a great site with loads of free lessons at www.justinguitar.com
Lots of really good stuff all the way from beginner upwards.

Don't be in a rush, learn to play each chord clearly and practice changing between chords as often as you can. Muscle memory will take over and you'll find you don't even need to think about where your fingers go anymore.
Record yourself and make things up as you go. It really doesn't matter if your compositions are any good, it teaches you what chords belong together. Sort of what belongs with what if that makes sense.
Start learning some songs you are familiar with. It might take a while to learn a new song but the satisfaction from doing so makes it worth it. It also provides a push to keep learning new things.
Most important of all is to just have fun.

Your fingers will quickly harden up and you'll be able to play for longer.

Ekowool is really good, it seems thicker than silica for the same diameter though.  Don't wrap it too tight and it wicks like a champ

If you like vaping mint juices try flavourart spearmint. Think softmints. It's good for adding to other flavours too, a touch of spearmint mixed with strawberry is very nice as is spearmint mixed with Joose juice caramel is also good.
T juice flavours are quite nice although again not everybody likes them. Personally I would recommend t juice colonel custard, jack the ripple and red astaire. All worth a taste and easy enough to sell or swap in the classified section here if you don't like them.
People's taste buds do change though after stopping smoking and can take a while to come back to life. Keep vaping and trying the flavours, for me it's a big part of what makes it fun

Also make sure he screws that hold your coil in place are tight enough. A few times I've had a higher resistance than expected and all it needed was tightened up a bit.  The size of loops of silica won't affect resistance but it might affect wicking.  Just don't pack it into the channels and it should be fine