[xelasnave]

I don't know but I think folk get a bit carried away with the difference in sound Calton...I bought a cheap electric guitar, small amp and a looper...$250, $100 and $90 respectively...days ago..only cheap guitar, left he said ... now he did have a $7500 valve amp and various collector guitars but I noticed a telly at $5,500...So just in guitar and amp I could have spent $13,000 to get what?...little more than being able to boast that I had more money than sense I reckon...anyways my $350 investment sounds dam good in the van...the guitar I swears is as good as my Gibson ..it seems to be one of those Japanese guitars that came out that was good when folk still thought Japan could not make good guitars...the amp is a Yamaha and for $100 is brilliant...anyways what made me comment on folk getting carried away ..last night was watching Steve Stevens go thru his gear...he has a rack of maybe 10 or 15 on the tour he was talking about..this one has this and this has that..then his effects..on and on..then his amps...I honestly doubt if his extreme indulgence really comes out in the performance...he is Billy Idols guitarist if you did not know...great guitarist I think but it really is hard to tell thru all his grease....when I am on the electric with buzz and fuzz I sound hot let me tell you...the Gibson is great it generates an accompaniment with neat squeals and zz top type harmonics.

Anyways for me I am very happy to have spent a mere pittance rather than $13,000...I would rather boast how little I paid rather than how much I paid...anyways as I said I have a nice Gibson which I have no idea of value and I nice little Peavey 50 watt to bring up...

I love this looper...do you use one?
Great to lay down a 12 bar progression or a 4 chord thing and then add something else before you do a lead...but perfect to just have it play a cord over and over whilst you experiment with licks... doing it that way leaves no pressure to adjust to a cord change and must perfect the lick.

I guess my reality is I don't stop long enough to appreciate music in itself...usually more a background thing.

So gotta watch getting carried away again with guitars..I just now counted them..including the three strings ( 3 of) I have two acoustics and two electrics...

Anyways sure is nice to hear about your gear.

Addition..the guitar would go out of tune over night something the Gibson never does..It did not worry me but when I hit the hammy bar the guitar just dropped right out..so I retuned it and vowed never to use the yammy again...but I noticed the nut slipped to one slide..the head is offset so that is why..there is the tuning issue right there....anyways I bet that is why the previous owner sold it..after a while going out of tune like it did would send you nuts..and you would not notice because as you retuned the nut was dragged back to the base string side...anyways glued it down and now it's in tune the next morning....

Alex