matt king..the songs are very satch like..

Ymob..glad to be of service!

Guitar Guard?!!!? Great idea jblaze!! Think of the possibilities. Maybe it will catch on and other acts that treasure their axes will contract you as well. I always heard that SRV paid a guy to carry and take care of his strat. It's a really cool concept. Good luck.

Hi Joe,

Its been almost a week since meeting you aftershow in Boston, and I'm still absorbing the vibes. Great performance, thank you.

You autographed a piece of chrome off my Harley Davidson, a fuel door, and I gotta tell ya, I re-attached it and went riding...and the view that reflects off the fuel door is of blue sky with white puffy clouds, and your signature floating across the sky. Its too freakin' cool, to the point where I need to force myself to keep my eyes on the road. Hehehe. The mission now is to somehow preserve it so I can run it without fear of it being removed by damp/rainy weather. I'd like to send you a photo of it somehow. Would you accept a photo??? All I can think is ALBUM COVER!!! Thanks again for your gracious hospitality and all you do....

ok thats me and mr nick on the petition, who else?

1. kinger
2. mr nick

cut and paste in to your post and add your number and name. we cannot let these crimes be repeated, its for the good of all satch fans everywhere :-) and who knows it might work...

Ah! Back from vacation. This has to be the most active forum I have ever seen. Over 1700 posts in just three short weeks. Any way... gald to be back.

Hey Joe, I've got a suggestion for your next tour. I've been with you since the late 80's and I remember your improvised intro's back then were just mind boggling. It seems that with your longer set lists these days, you don't have much time to just "go off" like that - I'm thinking about "Ice Nine"/"Memories" from Dreamin' #11 and "Echo" from Time Machine. I saw you at Burrus Auditorium on the Va. Tech campus in late '88 or early '89, and your presentation of "Rubina" still sticks with me. I'd like to see you revisit those earlier days - consider a shorter set list and allow yourself time to just take us where you're musically feeling.

theory posse - so here's the next bit.. let's look at a scale. A nice place to start is the 'diatonic major' scale. This can be used as the basic building block upon which the majority of all theory is based. I can therefore use the major scale as an item with with most other stuff can be compared....

So, we now understand that a scale is like climbing a flight of stairs where you can only stand on specific steps... we can take this further...

A 'diatonic major' scale contains 7 steps [degrees] and they have names.

1 - tonic

2 - super tonic

3 - mediant

4 - sub dominant

5 - dominant

6 - sub mediant

7 - leading note

These names are useful because they allow you to talk about and analyse music without getting too hung up about all of those nasty sharps and flats.

The major scale consists of a series of predetermined distances [intervals] from the tonic and these have names. I'll add the intervalic distance in terms of fret number where the tonic of the scale is an open string so that it can be applied to a guitar.

The 'spelling' of a major scale

1 - tonic ---------- n/a-------------- open string

2 - super tonic --- major 2nd ----- fret 2

3 - median -------- major 3rd ----- fret 4

4 - sub dominant - perfect 4th -- fret 5

5 - dominant ------ perfect 5th ---fret 7

6 - sub mediant -- major 6th ----- fret 9

7 - leading note -- major 7th ----- fret 11

1 - tonic [up one octave] --------- fret 12

Note that this is not how you'd finger a scale [we'll get to that later].. this is just to demonstrate who the octave is divided using the template of intervals that corresponds to the major scale.

The short hand way of writing this is as follows:

1-2-3-4-5-6-7

The numbers have nothing infront of them to indicate that they have been altered therefore this is a major scale...

For example: the minor scale in short hand is:

1-2-b3-4-5-b6-b7

[where the 'b' marking indicates that the note is 1 semi tone / 1 fret below the corresponding note in the major scale]

don't worry too much about the minor scale at this point though... we'll look at them later in more detail...

jblaze - that would be awesome if they let you be Joe's "Guitar Guard". Maybe when Joe is not on tour, you could be actively trying to find his previously stolen guitars.

I read that George Harrison once followed a trail half way around the country to find one of his stolen guitars. He finally found the guy who innocently bought the guitar from a guitar shop, and they made a deal.

!! JOE !!

Ive been a huge fan since 1987. I remember swinging my hammer to your melodic tunes, wishing I could play even a single lick at half of your speed. eheh.. I also remember hearing rumors of you teaching guitar classes in Berkley, right in my back yard. Guess I was born too late. ; )

Anyway, I am going to be attempting to play one of your songs, "I Believe", at my wedding (11-17-02). I have the tablature for the song, but the solo isn't in there. Guess they didn't want a bible sized tab book.. 8) Ive got the basics of the song down but im struggling with the solo, who wouldn't 8p. I have an RP12 to help me muddy up my mistakes but can't really find a match for what you are using there. If there is any advice or help you think you could throw my way, I would be pretty much the happiest camper alive. 8)