Soukous is Africa's most popular guitar sound, based on brilliant guitar work, mainly on strats, often with a lot of echo. Hear it once and you will want to play it. It sounds incredibly hard but it's not really all that tough to play -- if you've got the speed. Find out more by joining the new Soukous Guitar tribe, tribes.tribe.net/soukousguitar -- !! Never heard of soukous? Very popular for decades already in France and Belgium -- because it comes from Zaire and Congo, and tends to speak French when it's not singing in the Congo language of Lingala. We've really been missing out in the US. Pay no attention to the fact that you can't understand what they're saying (they're mainly love songs, but fast!!): Just listen to the guitars - you'll be stunnned.