Meek_misfit, Thanks for your thoughts. You sound very intelligent and have a keen interest in philosophy, but again - why that dude...come on! Do you really think you are giving your self and other any new information through this dude? The reason I don't think he is credible because he is not. He is just a kid living in mom’s basement or college's dorm room thinking that he knows everything. If for the fun shake, please post some Penn and Teller Bullsh*t stuff. They are very amusing and educational. BTW, comment regarding the 12 string was a good one, but sadly 12 strings only works on slow boring genres like folks and bluegrass...may be in rock songs every now and then when rockers decide to play some arpeggios for rock ballets, which sucks anyways. So, for me 6 is just the right combination of strings. SS