Still not enough Nursing Homes and Retirement Communities in my area to justify a high arranger presence in the stores, Ian. Plus, the weather is so good, not too many shut-ins for the winter! That pretty much takes out 75% of the total arranger market except fro the toys for kids section, eh?

We are still more of a Spring Break, young families and singles area than old folks community, so the arranger gets pretty short shrift down here. Sorry it is so different up where you are...!

And yes, I DO like some real assistance on guitar. From actually PLAYING with guitarists, I realize just how pathetic even the best of the artificial MIDI guitar systems can be. This is why I had such great hope and eventual great disappointment with the Audya's guitar system. It WAS a huge chunk for them to bite off and chew out of the gate, and I still believe that technology itself has to advance a couple of more steps before its' promise is fully realized, but OS3 and now OS4 promise upgraded guitar capabilities, and this is what I wanted to hear, especially compared to the best of what the MIDI systems offer.

The Audya is being rapidly improved, and demos from a couple of years ago hardly seem relevant. And Yamaha have introduced an entirely new (and incompatible) guitar system on their newest MOTL and TOTL arrangers. A fair, unbiased shootout seems to be perfectly apropos right now. Let's HEAR what the best and worst points of each system are...

BTW, I am glad my diminuitiveness only extends to my stature, not my mind

Danny, if you're serious about a decent shootout (I really ought to use 'comparison', maybe the terminology - often used by trade mags, though - is what is upsetting some of us? ), how about getting together with TWD and doing some common changes, both complex and simple. I'd still like to hear acoustic AND electrics going head to head, also...

[This message has been edited by Diki (edited 04-13-2010).]