I'm on a guitar magazine-buying spree again. Got to limit my budget this time :-)

It's getting hot in here...

2 TON TESSIE - my guitar setup is embarassing ATM:

Ernie Ball Music Man Axis (the guitar is awesome - going to get me some ClearTone strings to try out, and probably a metal pick) --> Digitech RP2000 multi-effects (not so great, used only as a pre-amp and for a little coloring here and there) --> M-Audio Audiophile 2496 (good card, when it works... had some strange problems lately) --> Tracktion 2 (really good software) --> multiple free effects found on KVRAudio.com (favorite is the JCM900 simulator for distortion, though it's a CPU hog...) --> Yamaha PSR-290 keyboard (used only as a MIDI controller) for drums, bass, pads, etc.)) --> cheap Sony headphones (probably need to replace these, as I'm sure they're contributing to screwing up my mixes)

I don't own an amp, though I'm hoping to win the Mini Colossal. I've always borrowed them from my bandmates when I was in a band. Now I just get to play late at night and very early in the morning due to lots of commitments, so headphones are really my only option.

gruskada:Nice setup, but can you say everything you feel in just one note? Just a Q & if i strip you of said amp etc ..could you reproduce it on an acoustic?

Conch - Thanks for sharing that tawdry message to Monterrey Trace with us. Not that it matters a jot, but I had been giving a certain person the benefit of the doubt. I can't imagine T Bone being called jealous (or a bitch) very often, she's one of the nicer persons here. I wonder what that person's first language is, it doesn't appear to be English (or American!).

Cubazoid - Special? Indeed. As in 'special needs'?

slanshroom - nice setup? You must be joking. Can I play everything I feel in just one note? I think I did once. I wrote a song about a girl I met at a soup kitchen back in high school (we were both volunteers, btw, not actually eating at it...). We hit it off well, and I got her phone number and called her and she called me back a few times. But I froze up to actually ask her on a date. I remember sitting there one day after calling her with the phone still in my hand for a while, just frustrated at myself. I started a song about the deal on piano, then finished it up about 10 years later with some guitar. The last note of the song is a desperate scream. I don't like the song very much listening to it now, but that last note captures exactly everything about my frustration with myself. You asked :-)

"if i strip you of said amp etc ..could you reproduce it on an acoustic?"

gruskada:Now i understand, high school didnt treat y so well, that sux, well yer a man now, treat yer good lady well!!

slanshroom - yeah, but college was awesome. And I've only myself to blame for being a wimp with the ladies in high school. Other than that, high school was pretty decent. Enough about my boring past, though :-)

axeshredderjc -

Hey! I resent that! There ain't no reputable people here!! Just us!

Deal is dude, a simple clarification to cheese would have been sufficient. You stooped to name calling, so check yerself before you check anybody else. As far as I'm concerned, you can stick those tickets up yer ass sideways - twice. I know chee and I know she's happy for all the winners - well, maybe not you anymore, but that's no sweat offa anyone's nads now is it?

It's all gravy at the end of the day. Have a nice flight. Enjoy the show, but just know, lmao, there is NO jealousy here bro. None a'tall.