Well, I was bummed that the Eagles lost...although it is cool to see the Bucs in their first Super Bowl. I hope the Raiders beat them, though. :-)

Everyone has to choose a side now...hehe.

JS Clone 1: Your statement on: "You either use whammy huge or nothing. If you use whammy only a little bit, floating bridge can only hurt you. Multi string bending is made very difficult, sustain is lost, setup time is tripled and strings break more often." I couldn't agree with you more!!!! I almost bought that JEM90HAM which would have been a HUGE mistake!! I'm trying to get a PGM300 with a Fixed Edge, if not, I will fill the cavity and do it myself, lol!! It's nice to have a floating trem for those VAIolent moment's, but in the end, it isn't worth the trouble unless you are rich enough to have Mike Manning as a guitar tech., lol :-)

michelle: That was too funny, lol, talk about instant pain to an already painful tattoo sore!! LOL, I'm sure he wasn't thinking about who won!!....BTW, I got my gold toof ready.... ;-)

dandaman: Beautiful story bro'!! And Welcome :-)

Ethn: That's kuul new's about John!! He better not call it quit's now though!! lol....

Later all, /\/\ike

You know what the best part about having MONDAY off work is? No dreading Mondays hehe!

<b> Does anyone remember a tune called "Nameless"? I found it on the internet a few years ago. Supposedly, it was a song that Joe put on a cd for a guitar magazine.

It's an awesome song, and I can't find it on kazaa or limewire. If anyone can email it to me, I'd be very grateful. I have the backing track to the song already (without the guitar melody). I will gladly email this to anyone that wants it!

Thanks!

Sorry about the double post. On the fixed bridge thing, I couldn't agree more. Floating bridges and I simply don't get along. I tend to play a bit too sloppy/heavy and take pretty good bites at the strings with my pick. On a floater, this causes a real mushy feel that i simply can't stand. Not for heavy rhythm anyway. I should work more on a lighter touch but I should do a lot of things. Right now I think I should go to bed. Goodnight all.

trutina...yeah..the list is endless when it comes to monty python sketches...virtually all are classics..spam.spam spam spam..egg bacon and spam, spam egg bacon and spam,egg sausgae bacon and spam..lol..

ya ya gakk..happy 21st birthday

quantum..ok..i'll ask him if he wantrs me to tell him his adress sop you can add him so you get backing tracks off him

jsclone..600 posts..well done

crushing day....same with quantum..if you want this guys msn thingy so he can send you the backing track..tell me..and i'll ask him

ymob..yeah, i hatre sundays too..cos i ghave 5 pages to read of t2joe here on monday morning..i.e, now

h302...this person on petrucci's forum has loads..he's on my msn..so, if you want, i'll ask him if he wants you to add him.

anibur and dragonchild..happy 100th post :)

stu not boo..i'll choose the winnnig side :)

Narface: Great new's there dude!! Thank's for the info....

I read about the NAMM show....JOE went on after VAI (or vice-versa) and then PG did his thing....I heard it was great!! That must be great to be able to go to that, and see these guy's walking around and greeting!! :-)....I also read that EVH showed up late at the Peavy booth (like 2hrs.!!) and then wanted to sign a renewal contract on the spot before he came down to the booth!!......It's amazing what this man, a legend, does these days.... :-(

BTW, here he is at the show: EVH

lgu89 - what am I talking about????? I've no idea... it's alright for you ... Clarky is a complete mental case.... and I have to live with him.....

There is a chord change that is known as a 'perfect cadence'. This is a move from chord V to chord I. This is the musical equivalent to a full stop. It is used to end a piece of music and to establish a new key. In a major key chord V is major and chord V7 is a dominant seven. In an minor key chord V is minor and V7 is a minor seven. For a perfect cadence to work chord V has to be major or V7 has to be a dominant seven. In a minor key during a perfect cadence, chord V is modified into a major chord [and chord V7 is modified into a dominant seven chord].

To get from the key of A to Em a perfect cadence must occur in the key of Em.... this means that V7 in Em during a perfect cadence is B7.... so the bridge section in the key of A works towards landing on a B7 chord to create this cadence which acts as a springboard into the key of Em. To get back, we need to create a perfect cadence in the key of A. Chord V7 of A is E7...

I hope this helps....

tyrantduke - the only problem with your chord voicings is that the note 'B' is not always the lowest pitch. Having for example F# in the bass throughs the chord into inversion....

You missed the easiest fingerings: starting from the 1st string: 9, 7, 7, 9, 9, 7: which is a Bm barre chord on the 7th fret and the 9th is added with your little finger on the 9th fret of the 1st srting.
and my favourite: 7, 7, 7, 11, 9, 7 - very moody

Another little trick [which is allowed] is to drop the 3rd.... If the music is in the key of Bm and you play B5 add 9, then the minor 3rd is 'implied' by the tonality of the music. In isolation [just playing the chord on your guitar without accompanying music and listening to it] this is obviously not Bm add 9... but in a live situation with a band you'll find that in some cases this will be acceptable..... [2, 2, 4, 4, 2, X]

When I'm in a position to put a band together for this I'll shout and you'd be welcome to try out for the roll....

Did anyone actually try to play the chord progression to "I Love You So Much I Could Shit"??????

Happy 100, dragonchild and anibur.

New guitar thingy: I'd sort of fancy a Tele, but since my present guitar has a fixed bridge, I think if I got another one it would be nice to have one with a whammy bar, maybe an iby jem, but then again, people seem to like mavericks at the moment. Oh well, why am I thinking of this? I'm far to skint to buy anything decent. I never quite recovered from my last purchase!

MR NICK, I'm not on MSN.