The "new" band is starting out OK. I had to miss this week's rehearsal so I could go to my son's pre-school graduation. The drummer emailed me saying it was a "disaster". I'm awaiting details...not sure just what type of disaster occurred. I'm hoping it was an overreaction :-).
The guitar zoom deal sounds great! Cool.
An eleven rack is on my radar too. Anders and Douglas S. use it here and have great things to say about it. In the meantime, my Zoom G5 is filling my needs.