"I'm sorry, but I truly believe that audio is NOT the answer. Sophisticated guitar emulation is already a reality with Mega voicing, the new T3 guitar NTT's, and Korg's Guitar Mode. "

Th SD1 arrived in 2001 with excellent guitar immulation and captured realism way before Yamaha & Korg did , so the thought that you needed yamahas mega voice and korgs guitar mode to be realistic, is not accurate imo.

I would still take a SD1 over a T3 or PA2X any day. Just my opinion.