John What great instruments you had and now have. Looks like you were very successful in a tough NY market, so you must have been "cookin".

Looks like there are a good number of us "former pickers" who made the transition to keyboards/arrangers.

Switching primarily to keyboards kept me working in a very competitive environment. Here in Kentucky, ther are hundreds of single guitarists competing for 1/3 that number of jobs.

Music and the requirements for doing it professionally constantly change. I really like my keyboards, but there's something special about a good quality wooden instrument.


It's all good...thanks for sharing!


Russ