Yes, indeed, Maggie, I sure your Dad would by proud of his grandson! It sounds like Dylan has come a long way in a few short years. That Villa-Lobos Etude is not overly difficult, but it's not an easy piece either. You need to have some technique under your fingers before being able to tackle that!

Etude 11 by Villa Lobos.

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I've only played an electric guitar once. One afternoon, I was visiting a friend who was working as a bartender in a place that had jazz in the evenings. The place was practically deserted, and the lead guitarist's axe was sitting up on the bandstand. I mentioned that I'd never played an electric and my friend said, "Why don't you try the guitar? I'm sure (he mentioned a name I don't remember) wouldn't mind." So I got up on the bandstand, the bartender turned the whole shebang on, and said, "Go to it!"

I hauled off and did some finger-picking stuff like "Freight Train," "Railroad Bill," and a few others, then tried a classic piece or two. I became overcome with lust! All that brute power at the turn of a knob!

As I began to covet the guitar I was playing, it suddenly occurred to me that in the gear around me—amps, speakers, miscellaneous foot pedals for various effects—I was looking at megabucks worth of equipment.

Thinking of the state of my bank balance, I sobbed a mighty sob, then gazed at the skies and cried out, "Get thee behind me, Satan!!" and put the guitar down!

Wow! That was a near thing!

I love my classic guitar and the music I can play on it, and I would never part with it, but electrics are sure fun to play. . . .

What brand of electric does Dylan have?

Don Firth