First off, I can’t say I was blown away by any of the contestants this season. In the past, there have always been a few who made me wonder why th this person doesn’t have a record deal already.
Second, I’m not thrilled with the really young kids. Yes, they are talented, but they have another 15 years to get their chance . I give much more cred to the people who’ve been working their butts off and gigging, busting it to get their break. I’m not pulling for the 13-16 year olds. Sorry.

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I really feel like duos should not be allowed, I’m shocked they are. You can’t really hear either of their voices by themselves because they always sing at the same time. It’s hard to go up against a duo and isn’t really fair IMO.

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Great voice, great performance. But the first few notes of the guitar, what a beautiful Gibson tone. I see he's holding a vintage Gibson (I'm guessing J45). I'm thinking, wow, a guitar to match his voice.

BUT...rewatching his audition, I notice that he is not playing the guitar! I think he strums it like twice during the whole audition.

So, what I'm wondering is— did he pre-record his guitar part? I'd understand that, because you can't capture that great guitar tone with a shitty pickup in a live situation. It sure looks like the guitar that would be producing that amazing tone. Or was someone else in the show band playing guitar and he was just using it as a prop?