Putting aside all the expressions of puritanical musical moral outrage, what I   
   am interested in is whether or not there is s market for such a device.   
   Sometimes I play jazz jobs and have no mic at all , the  and other times I'm   
   playing in a funk band,    
   and when the guitar player stomps on his solo switch , I want to do the same.   
   Why doesn't the guitar player just set his volume higher and then play more   
   softly? Because when you turn up the volume , you amplify the hum and noise   
   and fretboard sounds.    
   Same for me, if I set my volume high and then back off the mic during non-solo   
   periods, it picks up every little clank and rattle of my 1954 vintage sax, not   
   to mention all the other Amps and drums around me. So my suggestion is a   
   practical solution for    
   real-world musicians, and if it violates someone's concept of a utopian   
   musical world , then I can live with that.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)