Hi everyone... I'm back after an awesome weekend.

I read all of the posts but I don't think I saw an answer about the Warmoth guitar. Who here built one recently, what was it, and about how much did you spend total?

The scary thing that someone posted here recently reminded me of the funny race car driver insanity test. Does anyone have a link to that?

webmaster - Thanks for the updates. :-) You said that the Amsterdam SBM footage isn't DVD-quality, but what about the G3 footage you filmed at the Warfield in 2001? Is it possible that some of that might be used in any new projects?

Led Zeppelin did some weird stuff when they recorded John's drums. The drums for When The Levee breaks were recorded in a stairwell of a castle. John was playing them on the bottom floor and microphones were hung at the top. Awesome.

One last thing...are you planning on going to any JS shows in October?

Well, folks, here we go again. The Rubber Guitar Man is gettin' his junk tuned up for yet another dose of Satchohol at Jones Beach this upcoming weekend! WHOO-HOO!!! Can hardly wait, totally stoked! Missed a show just down the street from me just to have an excuse to travel back up to New York this weekend, that is truly my second home. (Give my regards to bin Laden...UP HIS!!!) Seeing Joe with Dream Theater is going to be money. 'Course, I think I'm making Gannman drive the Progmobile up so I can catch some sleep if my work schedule remains as gruesome that Friday night as it's been lately. 6pm to 6am...12 hours a night starts to take it's toll...

Ovation1 --- Guess what I'm up doing right now, dude? Putting the finishing touches on the last few measures of the drum track in "Fly To New Planetary Systems"! Finally!!! PHEW!!! This song has taken me a year to record and I'm finally in the home stretch, it's a really good feeling. I should be sending out your Prog X demo CD sometime in Mid-October. So hang in there... :)

masterdrummer:

hehe! strange is a great song!

The Local Person - You're absolutely bloody insane. :)

JSC1 - I'll get scanning that music right now, and mail it to you later in the day. Trouble is, if it's bigger than about 1MB then I'll need to wait til my dad gets home to use his e-mailer thingy. It's yngvaitriani@hotmail.com isn't it? Incidentally, my RG570LTD has a Lo-Pro Edge and I don't have any such problems with string breaking. The only time a string ever breaks is because it's really fucking old, or because I try something dumb like a perfect fifth bend, or I just grb the whamm bar and pull on it as hard as I can, and I just snap the bloody string in two!!!! lol My TRS bridge never seems to break strings either. The saddles and other parts of the actual bridge block break, but never the strings...

Today is the day that i'm ordering my JS1000WH....oh goodie....i was told that it won't even take that long to arrive...i can't wait !!!! i'm so excited.....i don't post often anymore, but this was something i really had to share with fellow satchers...

I'll keep you posted on it....

Oh and Joe, uhm...did you ever get that cd i left at your pedalboard at the Amsterdam concert ?? it's from a great friend of mine, i was happy to do him a favour by getting his cd to you.....

Hey there, Joe Vai! How's your brother?

I have to say, every time I hear "Bad Horsie" I grab my guitar (tuned down to C major) and play the riff thingy. I reckon it is a heavy song, but only because of how low it is.

F#-G-F#-C-D#---C-D-D#-C-D-D#-D-C-...

Clarky: That's exactly the same thing the guy at the guitar store told me....He told me not to worry about the JEM's floating bridges (or other models)....Not much of a concern as it will work as advertised........JS1 brought up a good point about hardtails though....Case in point: Paul Gilbert, IMHO, does fine without a whammy bar, and there are many tricks he uses to get some awesome effects without the use of whammy squeals or divebombs....I think overall though, it is more convenient to have a Lo Pro Edge, for example, so that you can cover all aspects of playing.......

Glad you had a great time Michelle :-)

masterdrummer1: I'm sure you've heard eariler RUSH, like Moving Pictures, 2112, etc....No-one does it like Neil!! BTW, I think Matt's drumming is even better on SBM...He seems to be letting it all hang out lately!!

It is Stu not boo: I think you missed my response after your original post...I said that Plum Loco had built one from there and was wondering if he could fill us in on the details, but he mustv' missed my post....I didn't know Steve Smith was the "S" in Stoooos GHS project!! I will definately have to order those cd's, thank's for letting me know :-) ....Steve Smith is awesome!!!! BTW, right now, it doesn't look like I'll be heading up to "mainland" Japan to see JOE as the plane tix. prices are too expensive :-(...Playing it day by day......If the timing is right, it will happen!!

Prog X dude!! Glad to hear your putting the finishing touches on your album!! That's a tough schedule to work and get all that done at the same time, lol!! I'm sure it rocks, and I look forward to it's release!! BTW, Say hi to JOE for me,....I'm sure he will see your guitar, lol!!!!! :-)

DADA DA DADA!! Bad Horsie!!,,,,What a wicket song ;-)

Cockroaches suck. I was chasing one all around my dorm for over two hours last night. I emptied everything out of my room and sprayed it to death. There was a white spot (the bug spray) on my carpet about 6 inches across that surrounded the cockroach when I was finished killing it...LOL. Those things are fast, though. I tried to kill it a dozen times. I tried to drop a cube (24 cans) of soda on it twice and the little freak wouldn't die! Cockroaches and Keith Richards...man...

Furious George - I think this site has been around since JS95 came out. I don't know for sure though...I've only been here since EOC came out.