LOL. Better hide your wallet.

Heh, true enough. Based on some of this discussion I might be waiting a few months longer than I figured before buying a guitar. I spoke with my buddy (the who's letting me borrow his strat for gigs) last night and he said he'd "be my best friend" if I got the Veriax. We're going to try to find one locally this week and take a test drive, as well as the Roland system if possible.