Hey Axe -

Glad to hear there is still hope on getting your gear back. Hopefully these guys slipped up and they can track them down.

Sure, there is no substitute for playing in a band. With the technology today and the quality of backing tracks you can find on the internet, it surprised me how satisfying it is to play and record over backing tracks.

I had to laugh at your comment on throwing picks into the crowd! They've recorded video of other performances and put them on the store's website. If they do that with our performance, I'll definitely put a link here.

Assuming the weather holds out, our first practice is tomorrow night. I'm nervous and anxious at the same time :-).

We just bring our instruments and leave our amp at home. That's fine because I don't need to be lugging my amp - too heavy! I'm hoping they have decent amps for us to use.

I'm still torn as to which guitar to bring. I think I'll bring my strat for the first practice session and go from there.

Cheers!
Rich