Answer: There is a certain way he sets up his lead guitar and rhythm guitar tone on the tone switch.
Explanation: You can mess with the tone switches/volume of one of the options (it varies from model to model, I forget for the les paul), of either lead or rhythm, and switch between them for two different sounds. Try messing around with the tone switches and knobs in each setting and see if you can get a similar sound. Sorry if this answer isn't what you were looking for.
Answer: Uhmmm.... I can't help answer that if I don't know what the picture is.
By replacing them with his young artist friends and their models
Answer and explanation:
About the difference in value between total contribution and the lump sum I can say that with a lump sum we are more likely to receive the money all at just on moment. This can lead us to waste all of our money all at once. The total contribution sometimes is not as much as we were waiting for it is still useful so we can track of how much money we are spending.
The term that is used for this difference is annuitization.