Ethn - Im sure the situation cant be that bad! get some stuff up so I can hear!!

Plexihead Joe uses a 6100LM head, not the combo(6101). It has 6550 tubes in it. I feel that they are a good replacement for EL34's if you want a little tighter, punchier sound with more headroom for power section tone. The "electronic" difference is that they are more the "military grade" tube, as is the 5881's of the 6L6 world. Hope this helps.

Hi Joe, ...this is Alan from Peru, I wrote last Jan 1st asking if you could come to Lima doing a Show. After seeing that you are coming to Santiago in Chile and Buenos Aires in Argentina, could you consider visiting Lima Peru for a Concert this time ?.

As I told, I was at the Filllmore in Jan 31( first row ) but the web page does not show concert Pictures of that day. Could you make magic and make them appear ?

Ethn Hayabusa - More head to head battles would be cool.

hey joey im a big fann of your music. im a 28 jear old boy from the netherlands and i'vd growed up with your music ..............men your the best!! i play the guitar for the first time when i was 8,now twenty years later i finaly seems to undestand the instrument and most of all thanks to you .... yoey im not a gay but i love you men ,your in my hart.....

Nick - Summer Song is Mixolydian.. I haven't played along with it for years so I can't remember the actual key. If I recall correctly, the guitar is detuned by a half step too... so it may actually be in Ab Mix in concert pitch [A Mix on the detuned guitar]... If I'm wrong then I'm mistaking it with War [I know that one or both of those are tuned down]. Also, the modulation is minor... so if the track is scored in A [with the 7th notes shown as natural accidentals - which is more logical than showing the center key of D for A Mix] then the modulation is in Am [key sig is C]... The Bb part... well I don't know where that comes from... to be honest, I'd need to dig out the CD and have a good listen so all of this information above has been dragged out of my decaying mental archive...

A funny thing... I recall many years ago sitting in the drafty halls of the University of London... analysing and debating over 200 orchestral works from 1600 to 1950.. the great masters:- Bach, Handel, Hydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, Wagner, Tchiakovski, Borodin and the list goes on... sight singing Bach chorals with the other students, studying the impacts of instrument developments upon orchestration, making notes all over the score of Schuberts unfinished Symphony in Bm [awesome tune] detailing where the various components that comprise Sonata form occur... etc...
that being the case... what is the most played CD in my car?????????????????

Iowa - Slipknot

I think that says something........

Dragonchild, Joe's self titled is my favorite. It's bluesy - as opposed to The Extremist, which will rock your face off. Both fantastic cd's IMO. It depends on what your in the mood for. Check out the songs on each cd and see which ones you know and like better. NOTE would be my third choice.

philaka - the two necks are tuned differently, on the higher neck, all the strings are tuned to E and the lower is standard 6-string tuning (EADGBE)

chocoholic - well, no, just taking music at uni for now! hey if it all goes wrong i can always become an accountant.

master yoda - cool. maybe if i compose something with tricky guitar parts i can get you to come and record it for me, hehe.

happy birthday gmonster (can't remember your proper name)

clarky - summer song's not detuned, it's normal :) A mixolydian it is. and by the way may i note that you're crazy!

About the classical/pop thing, I know what you mean. One thing about music these days is that it's thoroughly easy to get into (most of it) and enjoyable (well, some of it). There are of course some great pieces which find their way into my cd player occasionally, such as stravinsky's ballets, a bit of saint-saens and some chopin nocturnes for that mood, but dream theater and satch are still played so much more.

btw do you know much about Vaughan Williams' 5th Symphony (in D). The very opening of the first movement. What mode would you call that? I'd call it C lydian straight away cause it sounds like a flying in a blue dreamish double appogiatura (d and f# resolving downwards to notes in C major (possibly c and g though, rather than c and e - C is in the bass). My teacher is pretty convinced it's D mixolydian but it sounded to me really like C lydian. I know they share 7 out of 7 notes but it feels like lydian to me. If you have it or can listen to it, could you tell me your views on the matter, cause I'm sure i'm right, hehe.

Invigor I take it you don't really live in a place called satchville!