thanks beej. I followed the link and all I can say is: arf. I realize this thread is regarding his MM guitars, but I have to follow through on this one because I'm quite dissappointed. His response to the question of any future guitar hero type albums is basically that he's too busy recording uncredited guitar tracks for the likes of the nick & jessica show, producing other people's work and being a sideman. and to say that it's not financially viable to keep producing albums for a limited audience (refering to guitar players)...? I'm sorry, but how did he get the illustrious job of recording goofy bumpers and transition bits for nick & jessica and the real world? it sure bloody wasn't by knocking out material like "transmission OK." I fully realize that it's not 1988 anymore, but hairpick was hands down that was one of the great guitar albums of note. Saraceno is a great player and could easily knock out a followup. I know that people have to make money, but to go out of his way to belittle his original audience from when he was "16 or 17" is bloody insulting. I can't help but feel he's implying that guitar-centric albums and their audience are sophomoric, and somehow it's very sad. just to be clear, I'm not saying he's a bad guy, or a bad player, but what's wrong with throwing a bone to your original audience? it would have to be a pretty hard-core fan to run out and buy a melissa ethridge album because blues had a solo on one of the songs, or eagerly sit in front of their VCR scanning through tapes of nick & jessica or the "new hit show, Hawaii" for a snippit of his playing. oh well... don't mind me. I'm just bitter there's not going to be another Hairpick...