Hi everyone. The answer to the guitar debate is 42.

Narface - What website are you looking at? The BTB is only available in some countries, so it won't show up on a website if it's not available in that area.

Austin: 42?!? I had 38.5 dammit. I will never understand this new math.

Jamming a little Beck right now. Got inspired and started playing my Strat. Haven't really played it for 2 years now. I think the songs I've been recording have been missing that single coil tone, now that I hear it again. Gonna have to write a new tune.

lol MegaBoyd: Mark London ROCK'S! That's you death cube K, right?!?! Keep it up....BTW. MegaBoyd....I'll be picking up "SBM" here in a couple of day's....Will let you know....

austin:Isn't that just the answer to everything?

phew!! that was a lot of posts to go through! i had to read over 20 pages!

I missed the Joe chat at guitar-guitar.com but i'm not too pissed about it, particularly since everyone has had such negative comments concerning it. hope Joe does something like that again soon and it works out well.

the great debate--- signature guitars eh? I feel that I have to throw in my own 2 cents. I myself play a JS1000 and have no qualms playing one. It's a great guitar and I don't see how it would affect me if i was a professional musician. I'm sure you'll be able to make it big as long as you have talent.

Look at how many modern day bands use PRS guitars into Mesa/Boogie amps and have this heavy, scooped-mids sound? they sound really similar and this hasn't affected their popularity. So even if you sound anything like Joe it probably won't matter. Also, most people listening to your music probably don't know and don't care what equipment you are using. just because i have the same taste as someone famous doesn't mean i'm not original.

just my own opinion.

MegaBoyd: I am on the chat now, I must have missed ya'!! I had the day off today, so I've been on back and forth....I don't have msn or anything as I just pop in and out, not enough time in the day to have one, lol, and thank's for the idea of the cd swap.... :-)

anuj - yeah I agree that Shine don't sound like an LP... I wondered if anyone in here would have known to confirm or refute this... Also, I'm really not that familiar with the sound of an LP with soap-bars.. I have a rough idea of how they sound but I couldn't just hear one on a record and know it straight away... lack of familiarity I guess...

Eating sweets does not cause diabetes....

If Vai played through an ES335 he'd sound exactly like Vai...

If I played through one of Satch's Chromeboys I'd just exactly like me..

The reason for me not to buy any JS model is because I don't like any of them...

This argument is bizaar... If I played the Ibanez 'Geezer Down the Pub' sig and it turned out to be the finest thing I've played then I'd have no prob getting one... so that I can play just like me on a real nice guitar....

trutina - nah, i'm still local, maybe i'll change my name t the local jelly man... nice compromise i think.

clarky- sounds cool, i'll look into it.

Clarky: Yo' man you have ANGRA!! lol, I knew you'd like it.... There are many moment's of brilliance in their music, and it is a shame that a group like that has not been in the mainstream like DT has....The thing that I like most in their music is their power ballads!! I have yet to hear a group make better ones.. Their new singer is awesome and they deserve some credit!! BTW, when I pickup MegaBoyd's "SBM", I will look around for some trad. Oki. music to send your way for inspiration :-)

Nite all, /\/\ike

SILMARIEN - Roll with the punches. If you don't bend with the wind you break ;-)

DRAGONCHILD - lmao.

DCK - Can't argue with the Les Paul debate dude.

ETHN - Hey, I like my pink pickups, it show's i'm in touch with my feminine side 8-)

OVATION - ROFL, If it's an Iby it's DEFINITELY cooler (no offence)

TRUTINA & CLARKY - A long time ago, when i hadn't been playing too long but already had the Jem, we had just finished band practise when a friend of the vocalist walked in. Now i'd been playing all evening with a shit sound (as usual) despite a Jem, a JCM 800 and a Boss ME5 (that dates it for you). This guy says mind if i play your Jem, no attitude about it, picks it up and starts blasting out Malmsteen type shreds. Before he started he tweaked some effect on the ME5 and it sound great, like i never could. For years i thought that it was in the effects but later when i could actually play a bit better i realised exactly what you two were saying. It's amazing just how much player input does effect the guitar sound really, and i think that is one of the hardest things to get over when you first start playing.

lol woa!! :) people, I'm not trying to flame up wwIII here on t2j haha I do understand that fact that the les paul is indeed a signature model, but more these days, it's more a standard model, that's the only point I was making!! :) As for other signature models, I agree...play what is comfortable!! BUT, would you really wanna be promoted with it? That's just the point I was trying to make lol my own opinion on it...and my own advice!! hehe I'm not going to force feed it on anyone!!

Sorry Matt, just got the wires crossed :D

Just a friendly(pseudo, hehe) debate, that's all.No hard feelings, right?

I think I understand where you are coming from.

And actually, I plan on begging Vai to let me have my own variation on the Jem produced.I like the neck, hehe.I suppose I would have the monkey grip drilled in my own copy of my signature guitar anyways if he didn't give me the go ahead, hehe.Just so used to that stupid grip.

He has said he would like the Jem to have it's own life apart from being associated with him (Im paraphrasing here), so I see it being possible.It makes sense, the guitar doesn't say Vai anywhere on it, unless you get the 10th. I might have to wait till he dies though.

JUST KIDDING, btw!