dittos newz - I saw bajillionaire Bruce Springsteen here in Cleveland Monday night pretending to be Woody Guthrie as he introduced bajillionaire John Kerry as champion "of the people".
In case anyone is interested, The Boss was playing a black cut-away Takamine. Evidently, those homegrown Gibsons and Martins are just not good enough or are otherwise inappropriate to play out when you're trying to put a "global" spin on a performance. The Takamine sounded like complete and utter bullsh*t - thin and buzzy with some goofy electric-ee fake 'sustain'. The Boss read his lyrics and changes from a music stand.
Still, The Boss is The Boss is The Boss....(and Nebraska and Tom Joad are great albums)
He was fretting and fretting.
I thought Takamine was a pretty good guitar. Shame to see any kind of instrument put to such poor use.
By the way, I just started playing, and wondered who had the easiest fret board? My fingers have about the same girth as radiator hose.