Gary...you've posted a lot of good comments on here, but for ME....this was the best.

I wasn't aware that "gear was always the main subject." I guess I couldn't "see the forest for the trees." Or maybe I just plain thought (selfishly) everyone should think like me and fall in line with MY views.

But I'm kind of glad I found out (10 years later) this is a "music equipment" group. Now I won't spend the time I used to do writing these long, wind-bag postings that I often do.

Actually, I'm kind of glad this is an instrument group. I spend so much time practicing that I'm not keeping up with instruments. I'll use my own saying "what's the point of having an El Supremo keyboard if you're not practicing music?" and reverse it to "what's the point of being a #1 player if you don't have a great keyboard to show your skills"

Hope you're hanging in there real well the same as you've done with everything else all your life!