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I hate that! Of course, usually it's the other guy. hehe I'm going to run my own monitor from now on so I can be sure to hear my vocal and guitar better. I've now moved from rhythm to lead for our band. The bad thing is that I now know both parts for every song! So when the other guitarist doesn't play something that is expected in the rhythm part, it is very distracting.

Oh Sure!?!? And I suppose the next thing you're going to say is that I should practice more! 🙄😡 Sheez! Truth be told? I could much more wisely invest my time in practicing rather than shopping. And the real time culprit for me is forums! Not just here but a bunch of other ones. PRS, Gear page, My Les Paul, etc. Soooooooo much time wasted.

For all us SRV fans, Texas Flood: The inside story of Stevie Ray Vaughan was just released recently. What follows is from Andy Aledort's Facebook page. It made the NY Times Best Seller List. Andy is co-author and a teacher over at TrueFire and a contributor to Guitar World magazine. I don't know anything about the other author, Alan Paul. "TEXAS FLOOD: THE INSIDE STORY OF STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN We just got the amazing news that "Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan" made the New York Times Bestseller's list. Thank you to everyone who made it possible--all those who spent hours talking to us and trusted us to tell the story as it deserved to be told. And a huge thank you to everyone who bought the book. This is a very great honor for each of us individually but it is most exciting because it shines a bigger, brighter light on Stevie, a person and a musician of the highest order. May his memory and music live on forever." It adds to the credibility of this book that Jimmie Vaughan, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton all contributed to this project with epilogues and forwards, etc. As soon as I finish this post I am clicking on the "Add to cart" button!

Andy is great. I have seen some of his Guitar World stuff. He has a series of lessons at TrueFire called "The Kings of Blues and Rock. Play in the Style of....". They are style lessons of Eric Clapton, of course the three Kings, BB, Albert and Freddie, Jimmie Page, Duane Allman, T Bone Walker and Johnny Winter. They are older ones and not of the video quality of newer HD lessons. But a year or two ago TrueFire had a sale and these were really cheap. I grabbed them.

I have several Martins and always wanted a Clapton. I've played good ones, great ones and ones that were just ok. Martin just raised their prices so thats an issue too. I do love the short scale on it and have an 000-18. The clapton is rosewood and is numbered 000-28EC. Those that have them love them. I went custom shop OM28 and love it. The custom shop is a step above the standard or signature models. The new OM28 modern deluxe is something to look at too. Check the unofficial Martin forum site for some excellent deals on used Martins. I got my custom shop there and it was mint. It did come from MyFavorite Guitars and you can call Jon and he will help you out and talk you thru them. He knows how to design a custom shop model and probably has several in stock. There was a clapton one for sale in the martin forum and at Nazfest . message me and i will put you in touch with the person who has it. Im sure you could beat the deal on the one from the shop that got away. lHe got a sinker 0000--18 and is selling it. Its a sunburst one in great shape. Tom