The guitars are just gravy.

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If you go, plan on dropping at least $80 per person as the tickets are $50 and there's a two-drink minimum. Kind of dickish but you are seeing a jazz legend play guitar.

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The Smart Wood has grown on me as I've gotten used to its feel. It's made from some different woods than a regular LP and is virtually unfinished. Tonally, it's distinctive.

I'm not a huge fan of my Gretsch and am probably going to give it to either my dad (blues/jazz guitar for 45 years) or my little sister. I got it because it was cheap and it's a baritone guitar, so it can do double-duty as an impromptu bass.

The Firebrand is a 25 year-old guitar that is a solid hunk of mahogany with a black coat of paint and no maple top. It's bare bones and packs a wallop. My first guitar was a Firebrand. They're nasty little guitars but because they're so stripped down, they've got personality. Part of me wants to take my old Firebrand back from my little sister - beaten up finish and all.

My Studio is nice but is, at the end of the day, a chambered LP with that thick finish that kind of kills the warmth of the wood. The V is so much better if only for the fact that the nitro finish lets the wood breathe. It's a very straight-forward, unpretentious guitar. Everything about it is very natural.

One of my friends hated Vs until she saw it in person. She picked it up and tried fiddling with it to get a feel for it. Afterward, she said that while the look is a little off-putting, that the guitar itself is a piece of art and she could see the appeal. At this point, I couldn't part with it. I could give up all of my others, but the V is special.

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