Hey Pat - good to hear such positive comments from you.

If I had sung the original lyrics, then there would be no escape from the dreaded "cover" song menace.

The horns are just standard MIDI blown through a Cakewalk TSS soft synth. There's brass ensemble, trombone and baritone sax. They do sound pretty realistic

The name on the headstock of the guitar is Benedetto, after Bob Benedetto, one of the top builders of arch top jazz guitars. A custom piece by him would run around $30,000. The model shown is one of his factory jobs that used to list for $5,000 when it was made (I did not pay this amount). Its successor lists for $11,000! I mean, really, is any guitar worth that kind of money?

Aleck