Thanks Rich for the updates. Apart from the tutors at GT it's stories like yours which spur on the rest of us! The progress you and your band have made in such a short time is really impressive. Plus looking at the pics brings home how difficult it must have been to get things together for a debut gig in the open air. I've been reading your thread on the issues of sound balance and it's clear that running a band poses more than musical problems. So your posts are instructive as well as very encouraging for other guitarists. Cheers, Steve