WashburnGuy

No. I feel almost exactly the same way about Wooten. He's a great player though, there's no doubt about that. Ditto! I spent ALOT of time working with kids in the high school jazz band when my kids were involved. My son played bass and sax, one daughter played drums/percussion and the other clarinet. The problem as I saw it was that kids in high school jazz bands are encouraged to "solo" and, they see him as THE player to emulate because of his solo work. They never really learn how to lock in with the drummer and play "in the pocket". As a result, everything gets overplayed. They learn LOADS of riffs and scales but struggle with finding their place in a song outside of the jazz environment.

Bought a Harmony guitar at a yard sale back about '81, gave maybe $20 for it...noticed that there was something rattling around inside it, but it played great and, other than the rattling, sounded very good. Lady at the yardsale tells me that she'd had a tenant that skipped w/o paying his rent, so she'd finally decided to sell his stuff to recoup some of what he'd owed and the guitar was part of hat. When I got it home and unloosened the strings, I found, taped inside loosely to the top, a baggy, wrapped w/ masking tape, with about 2 dozen rolled joints and $1500 in cash! Made for a most festive weekend... Happy HGD! GREAT score TAH!