cheers for the advice. Very true about the 'be origional point'. I try my best as i down tune my normal 6 string down to an 'A' and slap up the bass until the floor shacks, but i can never seem to get the bite that i want, and if i turn up the gain or treble or mid the signal always breaks up or i get that nasty hissing noise in the background.

any hints on that ?

also, what's the crack with Keys ? I've been playing for a while, but never really concentrated on the theory side, just what sounds right, so when someone asked me to play a solo in the key of E, i was stumped. I've recently been told that the key is determined by the first chord in the song. Is this true ? and if so, how can i use that to work out a solo ? The song in question was COUNTRY FEEDBACK by REM. chords = Em G D C.

please help.

thanks... Wedge.