Dear Marty "friend"man, Before I start, let me just say I'm a huge fan!!!!! I've been a huge fan since I heard you and Jason in Cacophony, You two are and always will be the best guitarists I know. How is Jason by the way? Anyway my problem is I always seem to have problems with my guitars. I've gone through 6 guitars in 2 years! It's usually something like the electrics inside or the neck or the pick-ups frying. And each time something bad happens it dampens my love for music. It's like I'm not mean to play music. Is there any advice you could give me to stop all my problems? And another quickie question. What make you decide to move to Japan? Was it the food? The girls? Or did you just want to get away from the US for a while? Anyway please write back and say "Hi" to Jason for me, Phil Jones :)