Haha, yeah white isn't my favorite color on anything except guitars. This will be my first USA made guitar so I'm really looking forward to it.
Not sure if I have a way to post a recording but I'll see what I can do. I'm nowhere near a serious musician, I just love banging out loud, thick, distorted chords on occasion, it's very therapeutic for me.
sweetwater.com has a 3 month payment plan and zzounds.com has 4 and 8 month payment plans and their credit requirements don't seem to be super stringent.