Emmantas1 - Its a fulltone ultimate octave

JOE, do you think that a guitar that is a waffle-iron that revolves anf hangs upside down on the ceiling would be cool? yes...pretty damn cool...

SLICK!!!

Artanis I - There's a cool backwards thing on a Guitar World compilation CD that I have. I forget what song it is, and I forget what the backwards part was...hehe. I'll find it and post it here later.

HI JOE ! now that i´m a pretty fresh part of this community, i wanna tell you that my one and only concert with you in 1993, NEU-ISENBURG, GERMANY, is still present in my mind. not really because of your sonic performance which blew me away - no - i got some sort of mindprints concerning your FACIAL EXPRESSION while you were playing. even a DEAF guy would have been able to get a ticket in your sonic world. that was really amazing to watch your face as an optical converter. every power-chord, every fiddling, bending, each flageolet, glissando or what ever was visible in your face ! you´re really connected to each single tone.

what´s left to say ? hope you´re keep goin´with your excellent songwriting, your ideas and inspiration. and never be afraid to make a thing sound too SIMPLE!´cause even my son KORBINIAN, 3 1/2, is gettin´into it !! thanks for all you´ve done, volker.

This is to everyone Is there anyone who lives in or around the kent area in the U. K. that fancies a jam sometime?

Post here and let me know.

yaya gakk...kids are alright...its a great song..now we know the true meaning behind it..lol

r6rocker: lol dude on the overdrafts piling up on guitar gear!! I had to get tires for the Van (lol, my Xmas gift), and I'm getting TSI Shocks to lower it too, lol, now I will look kuul listening to SATCH, VAI, CLARKY, KOTZEN, GILBERT, PHRYDOM and the list goes on ;-)....Thank's for the well wishes....HEY BTW, on guitar tone!! I love the dude on Trans Siberian Orchestra!!!! I don't know what the name of the git playa' is, but his tone is Fabulous!! And his solos are gutwrenchingly melodic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Check em' out!!

chocoholic: Thank's..... :-)

Master Yoda: Happy nananananananananineteen!! The average age of the Vietnam Soldier was....19, 19, nananana- nanineteen!! lol, remember that one??.....

MrNick: Everyone beat me to Mr. Morse ;-)

Clarky: Right-on brotha on the retake of "JTB"....And the cover, kuul idea!! Shred and Metal meet Mona Lisa, lol!!!! I'm also verry happy your not rushing this project like so many people do today ;-)

Thank's michelle, especially for those words of wisdom :-)

MegaBoyd: Thank's for that info dude!!....I got to buy tires first, lol, I'll mark his site in my faves!! BTW, Yessir!! Mike Stern reminds me so much of SATCH, but in a Jazz sort of way, lol!!!!

C'mon everybody, stand up and let's hear it for SLICK!!

Nite all, /\/\ike

A-GAIN TO JOE. what about a G3 with nuno and dweezil as a tribute to papa frank´s 10th day-of-death this year ???????? the ENSEMBLE MODERN, FRANKFURT, which were recording and performing YELLOW SHARK with frank and for which i´m working as an audio engineer, will perform in L.A. on dec.6th at the ZAPPA FESTIVAL !! the guys might love it - don´t you think & do so:-) ? well i don´t know how familiar you are with the two guys, but it definitely would be (not only) my favourite line up to gain for. O.K. - i admit - STEVE could be introduced as special guest this night to make an extraordinary G4-extension gig... so - any plans for the festival ??

nick - a point worth noting is that most of us are in bands that have a singer... this means that only around 10% of your playing is solos.... the rest is riffing and grooves.... yet many folks spend less than 10% of their practice working on chords, riffing, timing, phrasing - which is essentially 'the day job'....

Also, the way that you approach a solo and the note selection used is directly connected to your chord knowledge.. this about being aurally aware of how notes interact with each other...

For Shedz at an Exhibition I am trying to do the right thing by not rushing... but it is all taking longer than I'd like... I was hoping to be done with the writing last August so I'm behind schedule.. but I'm also aware that I really want to put my best foot forward... If I took my absolute best work to Favoured Nations and they tell me to walk then I can live with that... it's either not good enough or not what they're looking for... If I give them something I knocked up on the quick and hope to get signed and then fail... I'd end up beating up on myself over it for ever...

I can only handle failure if I've put in 100% or more

clarky,,thats true..i write instrumental songs..but i spend time writing and re-writing the rythmn, i dont concentrate on the melody much till i know thats the rythmn i want, cos its the rythmn that gives the feel, groove and overall sound of the song. yes the melody is the bit you listen to and sounds cool to play stuff to do that, but i spend most of my writing time, doing the rythmn - that gives the song depth, once the rythmn is sorted, the melody sometimes writes itself

Joe,

EXTREMIST - Man, if you can play those MR lead lines, i'm very envious, have you got an IUMA site or similar ?

YA YO GAKK - Man you kill me ! lmao

DCK - Perhaps they closed the site down for attracting undesireables ;-) btw Tony McAlpine rocks and what can you say about AH ? His stretches are abnormal ? lol

OVATION - Bro' don't spend your money on the truck to look cool, living in Okinawa looks pretty cool from here already ! I've not come across TSO, thanks for the tip i'll look them up when i'm out buying next ;-)

CLARKY - You take all the time it takes man, your forthcoming album is probably my most awaited purchase! Are you using any of the material off the iuma site? I'd love to hear a well mixed version of Talking to Stone, and curiously enough it was the backing track that stood out !

Hi JOE, seeing as how you are posting again would you tell us if you are making a DVD of this tour, you know we'll buy it. Don't forget to wear those trousers and that denim jacket.

HEY, EVERYBODY GO TO THE VIDEO THREAD at the Stu Hamm forums...