i've been toying with the idea of running everything we do live through the mixing desk - a little like we did for that gig up in newcastle, blake. so i've bought a pickup for the autoharp and installed it, and will look into contact mic-ing other things like the typewriter, toy piano etc in the next few weeks. the obvious instrument that might not enjoy that so much is the guitar, though. however, i've noticed that logic pro has this - http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/plug-ins/ - a bunch of amp modellers etc. does your version include something like that? if so, we could run your guitar without an amp while still getting a great (perhaps even better than now) sound.