GOOD MORNING MR SATRIANI...The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off ("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!") === thought that would make you laugh !!

@Ovation1 : yeah, well, was no real big deal over here, south of Tokyo bay/Yokohama was hit pretty bad I heard, Today is really hot and humid (as usual) and no clouds in the sky ... weird weather.

Yup, would be great to get together for a satch concert ! (though I checked the venues that were posted a while ago here, for Japan, and they had somebody else listed on the same day)

Okinawa ! man, I've always wanted to go there... I've seen so many beautiful pictures of this place...

Naty: Thanks for the good wishes! i am also entering my friend for aftershow, so if she wins, she better take me & not PhrDom!! :))

Austin: thanks for all your reviews..very interesting! I started & got as far as Starry Night, but been too busy to continue....will finish later!

PhrDom: hope to see you next Tuesday, & I hope its a good night...

Joe: I think SBM is your best album so far. It has an instant appeal which some of the others havent had..love it! Can't wait till next Thursday......2 days before my birthday, what a treat!

JSC1 - I think it's quite a rare axe; it's an RG570 Ltd. or something, but I assure you it's definitely an RG (it says on the headstock...) and it definitely has gold hardware... I might post a picture or something so you can see for yourself. Incidentally, I also got my grubby mitts on that VHS last night, so the video clip might be online by the weekend (fingers crossed...)

Pete Mulas - Thanks, man. When me and Danny (the guy who recorded it for me, also a guitar player and Satch fan) listened back to the recording he was like "you should have put a bend or something right after that..." but I told him I liked it the way it was, because everybody would have put a bend there... lol :) I'm still working on my own individual "voice", but I also figured that if you're going to sound like somebody, you may as well sound like somebody good!!!!!!

L8r, Neil.

Hello Joe !

In 1986 I started learning and playing the guitar. I learned with private teacher (former student of GIT California), after that I joined workshops at the munich guitar institute with Hoey, Hanson,Gambaly and other guitar prof.) and Jazz workshops at the free music center munich with a teacher from NY.

16 years of waiting to get a chance to enjoy your great music live, have an end. It is a greatfull pleasure for myself that I can see you and your band live at Honberg Summer Festival in Tuttlingen / Germany on the 14th of July. It is my Birthday - what a perfect day, You are playing live on my birthday.

I wish you and your team a great european tour and great concerts.

Maybe my dream comes true on day, to get a chance to attend a workshop by yourself.

Hey guys and gals, any of you own a JS-100? I just bought one from eBay and it should arrive any day now. Can't wait!!!! :-D

SSSSlllllick!

This question has probably been asked a zillion times but I don't understand why a lot of people were responing in a negative way to Stuart Hamm on the Live DVD.

Kind regards,

Arrrgggggrrrrrrr..... its STUUUUUUUUUUUUU not BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ovation 1 - I'd probably scrape all the gold off to allow myself to play it. DAMNIT! Why does Ibanez make it like that?!? Shouldn't it.... STAY ON? There's no point of it unless you keep it in a bloody display case. Hahhaha, believe it or not, I was considering converting my Jem into a hardtail. That means having the whole trem cavity and rear cavity filled it and putting a hardtail bridge on. Oh man, that would be one of a kind. I'm actually goig to do it to my RG though. I'll get pictures on somehow.

Master Yoda - Ah the ltd. What else is different from a standard stock RG570?

WEBCAST!! Nice........can't wait for that one.

Well my finger is messed up right now. I was paddling in dragonboat and I jammed my right 5th finger between the paddle and the gunnel/side of boat. It's all bruised and swollen and I got an x-ray today and the doctor told me that I cracked the tip of it and I can get a splint if I want. So now I'm trying to type here with a big metal sleeve over my finger. It ain't easy!

My piano exam is cancelled now, and everything is messed up. 5 weeks to totally heal.

I still don't like the new T2J section. I find it way too hard to navigate around. Is there any way to get to the last page of posts without cycling through every 20 or posting a new message? For some reason my computer chose not to have some messages set as unread.

JS CLONE 2: Man that sucks, just a few weeks back I did the same thing with my right index. Yeah the F.U. finger. i got to stick that thing at alot of people. Same thing. fractured tip. It's screwed alot of my tap work. In a way it's kinda good for me, I'm learned an alternate way to tap. It's almost healed now. however my original tap finger is still sensitive, but now it's made my playing stronger and more versatile because I can do crazier tapping techniques. I gained more experience, well something good has to come out of it. You'll find it. Joe Satriani rocks, I find his style easy to play. I began playing when i was fourteen. today I'm 22. I began with Jimi Hendrix, mastered his style and learned nearly all his songs from start to finish. today I've been studying Satriani's style. The only thing I cannot do cleanly is what Satriani does on that hammer-on technique trick on "Mystical Potatoe Head Groove Thing". When I play I have moved the notes from their original positions so I cheat by two-hand tapping the phrase up the fret board, its easier this way. He still Rocks though.