AR, it was really good to see you guys at the event. Very cool that you were flying the flag by wearing the Juan Dela Cruz t-shirts.
Here's the funniest story in the aftermath of the Clapton concert: The following day -- all inspired by the guitar orgy and imagining ourselves to be Trucks, Bramhall, and EC -- Joey P., Anton P. (of Overdrive) and myself troop down to Tom Lee to see what was brewing over there (ostensibly of course, the purpose was not only to have a look at the gear, but also to sling about some oily blues licks in the hopes that the REAL Derek, Doyle, and Eric just MIGHT be milling about to hear our 3-guitar version of Layla.... and immediately offer to take us on tour with them
. this of course did not happen
).
Over the entire afternoon that we spent in the store, we noticed that about 90% of the guys who actually sat down to try/play the gear that day were pinoy
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We couldn't believe it. All the guys who we ended up talking to had attended the Clapton gig the night before, and they were pretty good players too. Here's the funniest/saddest/most tragic thing: in spite of all the pinoys wanking on the gear (including us three bozos), the only guys who we saw actually walk out of the store with a guitar or an amp were the non-pinoys who couldn't play!!!
The moral of the story: If you spend all your time playing, you can't buy the gear..... If you spend all your time working, you can't play.
