To be honest, there wasn't any great idealism involved.

The amp came first. I was in a music shop and I noticed how light the fender GT100 was.   One of the amps it could sound like was a Fender Twin reverb, which I'd always quite liked. Its not an acoustic amp but its more than acceptable.

Then I had a go with the effects and the onboard effects were as good as the boss effects unit I had been taking round - so I thought, well that's one less thing to carry around.,

I've found about six sounds so far that work with the 335. As Dave the Gnome says - you need restraint and extra care with an electric guitar to optimise the extra clarity and sustain the electric guitar naturally gives you.

I've seen electric guitars used a lot in folk music over the years - often with great expertise. The Bully Wee Band, The Home Service, and Lightning Hopkins are deserving of honourable mentions.

However, I've always thought that after Jimi Hendrix - the electric guitar has possibilities other than being played like a loud acoustic guitar - there is a palette of sounds there for us to draw on. Has anyone else had similar thoughts?