Well, I think you could argue some of those points in your first paragraph but...I'm not gonna.

Look, if you like what he does and it works for you then more power to you.

Now would be a perfectly good time to peruse ebay and buy a lot of two and you will have a bunch to play with before you know it. To learn it you have to do it...plain and simple.

Like this one for instance. Nothing fancy but a couple you could buy cheap and play around with.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/25574120909...mis&media=COPY