I kept my Roland VG8 around, just for the simulated L5 jazzbox that lives in it, only because of the looks on the faces of the old farts in bigbands when I show up to sub guitar on a gig -- and pull out a Strat with a Whammy Bar and a MIDI pickup on it.

Most of 'em still think that there's this one guy who can make one o' them thar Rock 'n Roll slabs sound like a real jazz guitar.

And that alone was worth the price of admission...


--Mac