alien32 --- That's really odd! the first time that came to mind when i heard that barre chord segment in "chords of life" i immediately thought of "all along the watchtower!" well, not that that detracts from the song cos it's still a great song and i actually liked the fact that there was a little Jimi in it!!

As for KWS, perhaps you should listen to his more recent stuff? i know his first album sounds very much like another SRV clone but the "The trouble is..." album was really good and had more of a rock vibe. I have to say that KWS isn't that much of a clone of SRV except for the gear he uses. ONce you hear that SRV tone, you might just dismiss KWS as playing the same kinda stuff that SRV plays but that's not true. Many songs dont' sound like SRV e.g. trouble is, was, in 2 deep, slow ride, blue on black...

sweep_pick --- i think Ibanez will stick to the tilted output jack; I believe Joe has some control over his signature model but so does Ibanez. Get used to it, cos my JS1000 has the tiltet output jack but i also prefer the normal one.

JBALZE, thanks for taking notice...but don't take away the M&M's!

ANIBUR, it was the white sticker that holds the top of the cd together under the shrinkwrap, so I'm pretty sure yours had one on. They come from the company like that. It's still stuck to my windshield too. lol!

Listening to New Last Jam on the headphones right now. On the opening riff I always imagine John Bonham (sp?) is going to come into the song with that killer beat, but in reality, it's our beloved mechanical monkey, Jeff. LOL!!! Don't anybody flame me for that one, I'm just joking. I love Jeff! LOL!

CAPS LOCK DOES NOT CHANGE PEOPLE'S OPINIONS ON TILTED JACKS!!!

austin how about stu's hamm. haha

yo....i just bought your dvd concert from san fran....its awesome....i only heard a few mistakes...HAHAHAHAHA

Everyone that's talking about EOC - I agree...Champagne? is probably my favorite song. Then there's Borg Sex, Devil's Slide, Clouds Race Across The Sky, Until We Say Goodbye, and Attack.

ROVER - Go to the tour page and click the "a" next to your gig. You can add yourself from there.

Ya Yo Gakk - Have you ever been to Knott's Berry Farm? Montezooma's Revenge goes from 0-60mph in like 5 seconds. That's probably my favorite roller coaster.

Here's part 5...

Mind Storm - I love it. This was the first new song title that we knew of, and I think it has definately lived up to all of the hype it got on this site. I was a little worried about what Joe might do with a seven string guitar...I didn't know whether or not I would like it. Of course Joe did not disappoint. I like a lot of little things about the song, such as the guitar fill from 2:45-2:49. Of course the rest of it rocks too. :-)

Any comments?

JSC1 - I've been getting a bit of grief from IUMA lately too. Every photo I try to upload ends up on the site as a big mass of grey. I can upload new texts and stuff but not pictures it seems. I hate to think what's gonna happen when I try to upload new songs in a few days... Regarding EOC also, I said in my last post that I've really been getting into it lately. I used to think it kinda sucks the whole way through, but I decided to give it another listen just the other day. I still don't like the first three tracks or "Attack!" that much, but from "Until We Say Goodbye" until the end of the album it's absolutely minbblowing. My favourite song on the album is "Clouds Race Across The Sky" and my favourtie little bit on the whole album is that two-part contrary motion figure at the end of what I suppose could be called the chorus. So simple!! I dont do pot anymore but that song, along with Slow And Easy and Engines Of Creation, are the sort of music I can imagine getting really hammered to, and just sitting there chilling, y'know? lol

Local Dude - Damn striaght I'll be at the front! I'll be the guy with the blow up guitar, probably wearing a Dream Theater t-shirt...

Austin - Okay, I meant Sleep Walk... Who did that originally?

Tilted Jacks? Who really cares. If you don't have one but you want one you could just buy one of those cables with the L-shaped Jacks. If you have one but you don't want one, then why did you buy a guitar you weren't 100% happy with? Don't buy a JS Series just because it's a JS Series...

Whoever it was enquiring about wireless systems - If you get one you have to be prepared to buy a really expensive one, because I have a relatively cheap one and it sounds like crap. It muddies up the sound like you wouldn't believe, so I just bought a really long cable.

Over and out, Neil.

OKay, sorry this might be off topic, but if there is any drummers hear, can they tell me what sticks JeffC uses, i know there Vic Firth, but what weight and size are they?

email me mezza85@blueyonder.co.uk

MasterYoda- i think The Shadows did Sleepwalk origanally....

AUSTIN- ya man, last time i went i was 5 and there wasnt hardly anything there... sounds like it's changed...but on that show they showed superman the escape...that shyt scared me man...no way would i wanna freefall that high up with a bunch of screaming lunatics.

in other news this is ya yo's last message until around the 8th or so...ya yo is going camping at pismo beach....too bad you got a world tour joe, cause i'd invite you along...