Pilot Program I got the Fall [2005] issue of Wood&Steel and took it with me on a flight to New Jersey, where I did the Springsteen “Light of Day” benefit at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. As I got on the plane with my gig bag, the pilot, who was standing at the entrance to the plane, asked me what kind of guitar I had. I said, “Collings.” He said, “I have a Taylor.” I said. “Oh yeah, great guitars.” Then I told him I had the new Wood&Steel with me and he asked to see it. He took it into the cockpit to show his co-pilot (I guess) and to read it. He came back out and we talked about guitars; he has a 314ce. I told him that I bought a Taylor for “a friend” and had played his, but that I had some really great acoustics and couldn’t really justify getting another one, unless it was something completely different.