Holy toledo Batman - where do I begin! Lemme see - the kitty's name is Begonia (because she likes the flowers on the table) and she's the chief engineer and talent coordinator (she leaves the room if its bad or boring); she's collared because we lost a kitty and don't want to go through that again
The Les Paul is a very dark emerald and looks black in low light. Its a "Studio" model (no binding) but I absolutely love it. The tone, feel, brown sound, everything is truly cherry (or emerald in this case!) I know that PRS and some others have taken lutherie to a new level, but there's something so sexy about a Les Paul - it's like your bonding with the younger brother of the same guitar Ace, Jimmy Page and Joe Perry made history with.
I've heard about the wikky tape door on the MKII, so I try to be very careful. But I do like the fact that it is "powered" as opposed to being the flip open like the MK3.
And finally, as Brad pointed out - the drum machine is built-in to
the Zoom GFX707. It's 48 preset rythyms are extremely useful, once you get the hang of it. For drum change-ups, I lay down the drum track first, and then punch in with different rythyms and beats-per-minute. Then just paint the guitar tracks over that. Low tech, but I have great fun playing with combinations. Also, like I told Brad, I haven't played through a POD. But the GFX707 -- for lack of a better phrase -- just BAKES. Through my Printon Chorus, I can almost flawlessly emulate Eddie's tone on "Best of Both Worlds," and James Hetfield's crunch on "Sad But True." For just over $200, it's tough to beat!