I call myself a professional guitarist because its what i do for a living. I play here in France in a sixties duo and also do a cabaret act where I play shadows hits to my self-made backing tracks. I play an American Standard Strat though a Fender FM212r (the cheapest Fender 100 watt amp there is) , a Behringer echo pedal and a Boss chorus pedal. I would never dream of playing in front of purist Shadows fans but the people i entertain seem to like it! I had a comment the other night 'oh merci, you sound just like Hank'' ( which i clearly dont). It goes to show that you can fool some of the people,,, all of the time.... etc etc!! Maybe one day I will be able to buy a Vox amp, a Meazzi echo etc but will i get more gigs? Dunno!!
mike