*Side journey in aid of making a point* My daughter has enjoyed watching The Voice this year, a singing competition on tv. It was fun and entertaining at first, but as they started dismissing candidates more regularly and really narrowing the field, it became a lot less enjoyable due to that competition aspect. The contestants started to seem like "Tributes" from the Hunger Games in a way. Also, I am not sure the competitive aspects was always good for the singers in terms of improving their craft. Some of them seemed to start to try to be like some of the others that were perceived to be "good" rather than develop their own strengths.
*back to on point* I can only imagine a guitar competition would yield similar results if the public was willing to listen to enough guitar to have one. I think Spud makes a good point about those that survive and thrive while being themselves.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson