So why don't we completely abandon all electronic effects and processing gear   
   and just insist that all music be performed live with only acoustic   
   instruments? I'm sure some on this thread would be very happy with that state   
   of affairs. But 99.9% of the    
   rest of us would miss the last 60 years of popular music. The guitar player   
   next to me has an astonishing amount of signal processing in his pedal, and   
   has learned to use this power very tastefully and artistically. I just want 3   
   resistors and a switch.    
   Seems like I should be able to talk about this without people who have never   
   heard me play make all sorts of judgmental statements about my musicianship.    
      
   I am strictly an amateur musician, and my day job is designing chips that are   
   likely in the signal path of equipment everyone on this thread uses. I play in   
   bars and restaurants and VFW halls and do it for free. So let's say that you   
   are all correct and    
   that the guitar player is too loud and sometimes I don't play with enough   
   dynamics. So should we bash all those amateurs and substitute string quartets   
   in their place? I must say I am offended by the high-handed snobbish attitude   
   that is evident in these    
   posts. All I asked about was 3 resistors and a switch.    
      
   Bob   
      
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