Thanks a lot Lightnin'
I've been hoping for some more constructive help in addition to the encouragement received. I'll try it mirror and all (my wife just laughed at the "love yourself bit").
When you say for vibrato, do you mean note
slides included or when you said "wide" you really mean a wide vibrato movement?
I was inspired by your songs and gave open D a whirl for the afternoon and put up a slightly muddy recording. give it a spin. It's called "Bandits Theme".