rharv, yes I do play the guitar... what I am trying to do is learn a few solos that came with Jazz Guitar Solos (which came in EverythingPAK)... and then eventually record them while I play the guitar part... they're loooong pieces -- around 200 Bars of solo. So in order to learn, I render the pieces I like into mp3 and listen to them while I'm out and about (driving etc...) until I feel really comfortable with the melodies. The midi version of the melody/guitar part is "OK" but a bit annoying trying to listen to over and over. Hence why I am looking for a way to make it a bit more palatable -- until I eventaully do my own recording. The TABs are helpful (as I am not too good with reading regular notes just yet LOL), but the pieces are not all very easy to learn...

Thanks for some of the great suggestions too. I am going to look into them. Also I read some good reviews here about the ketron DS2... although I am not sure I want to spend so much just yet...

Wyndham, that Les Paul thingy sounds intereting too... I like Gibsons. As you can see I play the ES-339 myself and am thinking of a Les Paul someday too ;-)

On a different note, I just purchased a Behringer mixer (1202FX) and a Canon Camcorder (FS20).... I am eventually going to make some videos of my playing, using BIAB or RB playing along with me.... I will input the sound coming from my PC (BIAB) into the mixer along with my guitar amp's "line-out" and take the whole mixed sound into the camera's MIC input... while I play live and video tape. Curious to see how how it would all sound... LOL!

2008 Gibson ES-339 Custom & 2010 Les Paul Traditional. Fender SCXD Amp
BIAB/RB 2015 UltraPAK + Ketron SD2
Windows 7/64 Intel i5 3550 PC, Tascam USB144MKII
Behringer X1204 Mixer
Bose Companion 3 and/or L1 II w/T1 + SM58 MIC