Yeah Clarky!

It's funny you should mention the Low Blood Pressure thing... blood is the key to this issue I'm sure...

11 years ago I was diagnosed with a rare form of Hipoglycemia(spelling!?)... at times I would have real low blood sugar to the point that I'd Black Out... my heart would actually stop for a split second, enough for me to lose consiousness and then at other times it's as if I had so much energy that I could hardly control myself & my actions... like a diabetic shock (almost drukin state)... my family doctor accused me of being on drugs, drinking too much alcohol (that's silly because I can barely handle one beer).

For the record I've never smoked up, shot up, sniffed, swallowed, and I've been drunk maybe enough to hold 4 fingers up to count the times...

I knew I hadn't done anything wrong but unfortunately the doctor and I don't get along anymore, and I decided to find another doctor but never got around to it and again; unfortunately there are no doctors in my city taking patients anymore, and I haven't been to one for 6 years now... This thing has been a real kicker to me over the years... But I haven't had any serious problems for many years now...

Yeah I guess it's time to go, my girlfriend luckily has a doctor and gets along with him really good, so she's going to try to get me in with him as soon as her next appointment comes along... I'm crossing my fingers!

about signature guitars, I totally agree with Matt King. To me, a signature guitar is a collector's item. Not something you would use to perform with. Well, unless you customize it your way. I don't like to copy an artist, I will only be influenced. I think it's a natural thing. I play with my band, and we were experimenting with a bit of speed metal, but I kept slipping these bluesy Satch-like licks into it and I was like, "what the hell am I doing?" Ha!

But it does annoy me when another artist is using a signature series guitar. There's this local artist here, and he is quite a good guitarist, but on one of his albums, he had a picture of a JSY2K!!! I mean, who does he think he is? Korn used Vai's Universe in the early days, but it's because they could not find anything that plays that well. Also, it was only a temporary guitar, they got their own signature models later.

NARFACE...

I know how you feel man... the only thing about Ibanez is that you imediately think that it's a SATCH or VAI instrument, at least that's how I felt about Ibanez anyway... and then with Fender Strat that's a Gilmour, Clapton, Hendrix, Malmsteen, Vaughn instrument... with Gibson Les Pauls, that's a Page, Slash, Wylde, instrument...

I felt that in order for me to feel "myself" on a guitar, it had to be something that I put together myself! "Here's My Guitar"

It looks professional, and I had a hand in building it... I think truely if you really want to understand the instrument more then; take the time, be patient, and build one yourself! whether it's from scratch or from prefabricated parts, I say TRY IT!!!

these are the guys that helped me out http://www.warmoth.com

gleed - If you were just giving advice, you probably shouldn't've received that kind of reply. Sorry about that... I don't want to get into a fight, so I'll stop here.

Hey Austin, any chance you could email me the transcript as well? Thanks. :-)

Clarky... I have a random question for you. I'm not really expecting you to know the answer, but I guess I'll ask anyway. If you don't know, maybe someone else can help me...

There were a few times between a year and year and a half ago where I was calling the AOL customer service department. They put me on hold (LOL), and the music that they played in the background was really cool. I don't remember much about it, but it had a really cool piano part (it was mostly piano). There might've been some symphonic stuff in the background as well.

There was a certain piano part that was repeated every so often...it sounded very much like the harmonic intro to Summer Song (the thing around the 4th and 5th frets on the A, D, and G strings).

Do you have any idea what piece of music this might be? Your earlier comments about Summer Song reminded me of this question. And with your recent posts about different orchestral stuff I thought I should ask the question again... LOL. Thanks for reading this far. ;-) I'm sorry for being completely random.

I tend to agree with Matt on this Les Paul thing. I don't see my Les Paul guitar as a Les Paul the person signature series. It's the name of the guitar that he designed. I don't think, that when the LP came out, it was being advertised as "the guitar Les Paul plays", but nearly a new style guitar that happens to be named after the man that designed it. That's where most of the companies got there first models' names I'm sure. Do people buy PRS guitars to sound like Paul Reed Smith? Do people buy Fender guitars to sound like Leo Fender?

Jelly Man: you quoted Austin's same words before I did but I didn't read it until after I had quoted it...and I know your name is just a name I just wanted to say that stuff, you know, muckin around.

This fridge of mine...location??? I'm hungry, it's been 10 days...need fridge...need food...cold drink...mmm water...

The thing that i dont like about sig models is that most of them are WAY too custom. take for example the tom daschlonge stratocaster with a humbucker and a volume knob.. ALL you can do with that is punk 182. I love readin on HC how versatile that guitar is.. ive played one.. its either loud chank or soft chank.. single coils belong in strats.

Where as with a JS1000 (Wasnt me who started this??) I see that as a much more versatile guitar... i dont want one to sound just like satch.. Im sure it would get me there, but honestly, I think they are just real fine guitars, i like the pickups.. a little midrangy, but thats what a tone knob is for. The necks are beautiful on them.. fatter than the wizard, but thin enough to not get in the way/be uncomfortable. I first started out looking for a JS100.. just a simple guitar, humbuckers and a trem bridge, but then i decided why that? when i will want to upgrade everything anyway, i may as well hold out for a 1000. RG's and Jem's dont do it for me. Necks are too thin and the bodys are too pointy.

This s370 Im getting is real nice i bet, but its got a scribble, so im not sure if i can play it yet. believe me, it is definitely skewing my decision to buy a 1000.

In my opinion, signature models are just usually a step up from the "step after entry model"- for instance, a step above an american strat- with a more focus on tone similar to the artist.. SRV- thicker neck, hotter pickups... thats not gonna make you sound like SRV.. but its closer than a MIM with cold pickups. Which is why we will never see a eric johnson sig. strat.. because his #1 is JUST A VINTAGE STRAT! :)

Hey Joe,

Enjoyed your show in Albuquerque. This was the first time my fiancee and I saw you. We drove from Arizona with her parents for the event. It was well worth it. On the return home, we were detoured for six hours due to ice, snow, fog and a sixty car pile up on I-40. We are ready and willing to do it all again if you come back to the area. We hope to get to meet you someday or catch a pick to add to our Satriani music room. Thanks again for an awesome performance.