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Very cool ... stylistically reminiscent of Steely Dan.

This really good, Beamer ... thanks for posting. I never realized how much Myles Kennedy sounds like Bruce Springsteen. Slash's chops on any kind of guitar are impressive indeed!

First class choice, Bill ... many thanks! I had their first CD "Neck and Neck" (1990) when it came out, and played it to death. On one of the tracks, Mark & Chet are trading licks and chatting, and Chet makes this comment:

"You're pretty good, but you're no Mark Knopfler."

Excellent find ... didn't know they'd done this live.

NELA, I can't tell you how jealous I am that your climate allows you to phish year 'round! Our seasons are completely closed for 5 months of the year (October thru March) to allow our main species (trout & salmon) to go about their spawning & migration rituals unmolested. On top of that, our water temps drop so low that the rest of the lake dwelling species just hunker down for the winter, in a hibernation state. There's a few ice fishing species available during the winter months (white & yellow perch, stocked rainbow trout, smelts, etc.) but the ice is dodgy most of the winter, so it's not always safe. The few times I've gone ice fishing, I got bored quite quickly, even though a few fish were caught. Sitting on a stool and dangling through an 8" hole in the ice while trying to keep warm just isn't my cup o' tea. Keep on them Crappie, NELA!

I'd never heard of Willie, Badeye, so looked him in Wikipedia. It says he passed away in 1953, which would make this recording very old. Thanks for digging it out for us!

I never win either, Mike. Epiphone always has a monthly contest like this, and I'd sure like to see someone from our Chordie membership win one.

Just for a bit more perspective, here's an explanation and demonstration (following video) of a multi-scale guitar by virtuoso Andy McKee. The broken string gave the opportunity to talk about it, while he replaced a broken string on the fly. Multi-scales are commonly used by finger-stylists Don Ross, Spencer Elliott, Pierre Bensusan, Antoine Dufour ... to name only a few:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQX-WgT0ACQ

I'm lazy. I don't intend to stop playing a standard guitar, but am intrigued by the DADGAD tuning, which a multi-scale is much better suited for. Instead of tuning and re-tuning, I'd like to have a guitar set up for DADGAD so I can pick it up, practice, and put down when frustrated. It'll be a challenge, but for me that's a part of the musical journey that makes it so absorbing.

The saddest day will come when JJJ has to sell his bread machine to buy another guitar. Seriously, congrats on another great find ... Happy NGD!

Thanks, TP ... I saw that tip somewhere, and it was helpful. I had a wooden tongue depressor, and one of the tubes was "microphonic" when I pushed at it. The new tubes are in, and it's quiet and working great now.

When I saw Flamenco mentioned, I immediately thought of Benjamin Wood's unique twist on this style:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqHVM6cZI30

Very cool rig! I like the idea of having a "looper" type of device right at a person's fingertips. And since Fishman is known for consistently top-quality electronics, I doubt they'd have gone to market without making sure it worked first. Intriguing indeed!