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Saw Randy with that trio (different drummer, I think) + Billy Harper at Yoshi's last year. Very entertaining show. Alex Blake is a wild man, for sure. Next Saturday going to see the Mingus Big Band at Yoshi's. They're ALWAYS entertaining!

Went to my local Streetlight. Everything was 20% off. It was crowded, too - which was nice to see. Picked up a Buddy Guy CD.

Heads up, Agg - SXSW, March 18-21, 2009!

AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!

Here are 4 that you should take a look at. All under $500. Canon PowerShot G9 Canon PowerShot SD870IS Panasonic DMC-LX2K Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500K (available in June)

Oh, well ... back to my old, hacked-up Franken-Tele for a week or two.

Wow, thanks! Though there are too may options for my tastes. You only need to select the options that YOU think are important - even if it's 1 or 2. At least it will narrow down your options. What price range are you looking at, anyway?

None more black! Exactly! Meanwhile........it looks like I'm going to have to send it back to Sweetwater. Most of the slots in the nut are cut way too shallow. "Marty" said that they would re-slot it for me. Interesting comment from him: "I've seen this on a number of Gibsons but rarely on a Fender."

I would think that you could get a black or tortoise pickguard from Fender. Couldn't be that expensive.

That's a GREAT looking Tele, BTW.

Oh, yeahhhhhhhh. Lon's got GAS - no question about it. [GAS = Gear Acquisition Syndrome] (me too, BTW) I picked up one of these at Guitar Center over the weekend. Makes a LOT of sounds for a little over $100 - and very portable. You can use it as a headphone amp.

I might have to order that one. It's been on my list for a while. I have a couple of those on vinyl, but having it all together in that box on CD seems like a good idea.

Yep - arrived today! Will need some glow-in-the-dark stick-ons, I think. Very nice, so far. I like the 3-pickup arrangement. The 3rd & 4th strings pop out of the nut too easily, but I'm sure there's an easy fix for that.

Tracking shows delivery on Tuesday. I'll give a full run-down on how "black" it sounds.

I think it may be pronounced: Shar-day'

Man, that SW is one busy guy!

That's what I was figuring.

SURE!

Agg has good examples. Keep it simple for sure. Make sure that you don't read your slide presentation. It's OK to have bullets as a summary of your speech, but if you're just reading what's on the screen, that's a real turn-off.

Well.......NGD will be happening in a couple of weeks. I finally got around to ordering that Blackout Tele from Sweetwater. They expect it to be back in stock by the end of the week and shipping to me is another week. Yoo Hoo!

What is that ... and why does it have so many pickups?

THAT sounds interesting. Doug Carn, especially!

Wow. I didn't think my little mention of that new Tele would raise such a rukus. It does LOOK cool, though - regardless of how it sounds. Interesting that it has only a volume knob, too.

Another nice, black Tele. This one is not quite available yet, but is due out soon. It's a "Jim Root" model. Love that black hardware. Seems to be retailing for about $900.

I like Mabry's voice on this. No knock on Jack (and I'm a MAJOR Jack fan), but this is an interesting and different take.