Hi Duke,

Around 6/7 years ago I saw playing live in Terrasa near Barcelona in Spain and you were playing with the most unlikely gearI would expect: a semihollow body Ibanez Artcore and a small mid 80's Fender solidstate amp (the ones with the red controls).  I had played through that amp several times in jams and I always thought it sounded terrible, also when other people tried it.  A couple of my students had the same guitar you played that night and I found it very hard to keep in tune with a very unappaling tone.  And yet, your tone and tuning that evening was some of the best I've heard ever.  Any thoughts on your right hand attack and how you dial your tone in an amp?

Thanks so much.

Mario