"After years of consideration I've come to the conclusion that, within limits, gear is more important as a topic of conversation than as a way of making music. It's just not that important." - Chris Smither

LOL. I'm sure any minute now someone will post along the lines of "...Richard Thompson would sound great playing a beat-up piece-of-shit Walmart guitar. It's in the hands!"

Chris Smither has, I am sure, spent not only years considering, but thousands of dollars acquiring gear to get his live sound to where it is. I'm with Clinton -- you wanna be heard, you gotta have gear.

Currently, I'm lusting after the new Tech 21/SansAmp Para Driver DI, reviewed in the March `06 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.

Cheers,
Michael