I know iv'e been out of the loop for awhile, I got to say the artwork for the t2j project cd's are really cool any one of them would be awsome, I can't wait to buy one and hear it. how exciting it must be for the guys who have a track on there... i'm a little bit jealous....I've heard most the guys from there iuma sites and know there all outstanding players......

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Hey, does anyone know where i can get the tab to Crushing Day? thanks

what exactly is compression?

Anybody wanna help out with the expleanation of this one? I don't realy know that much about it, apart from it even's out the levels of the notes you play to make it smoother, give more sustain, and it promotes harmonics - Feedback Harmonics come a lot quicker with less hassle, but if you have a good guitar with good pickups and a good amp then you don't usually need that boost.

Sounds like you're using an awful lot of pedals there! Don't over-do it - you'll only end up with something that sounds like soup.

Well, Joe uses DS1's for his overdrive, but don't put too much gain on. Just crank the volume up and the natural, aquious overdrive tone you'll get will be pretty close. What amp are you using? Pickups are pretty important. Obviously Joe's pickups are smooth and cool compared to most significantly tonal players, so you'd best stick to your neck pickup with the tone wound off.

I use the following: Jem 7v; into Marshall Bluesbreaker; into Morley Bad Horsie Wah; into Ibanez Tone Lok Delay (DE7 i think it's called); into Ibanez Tone Lok Smash Box; into a Carvin Legacy Half Stack. It's a good versatile setup and all I can recommend is getting rid of pedals you don't need.

punkdude75 - Thanks for the info. Does it say what show the G3 songs were taken from?

I don't know how much time Joe spends practicing these days, but when he was younger he would spend more than 12 hours per day playing guitar. He was a crazy guy. ;-)

Joe's book on guitar techniques is called Guitar Secrets, and is probably available at Amazon.

PhryDom- Thanks for the info! I don't want to sound like Joe, I just want to understand how he gets that tone, because I love it and I'd like to offer my guitar the pleasure of releasing such brilliant vibrations to the atmosphere (c)2003 Miguel Pais (LOL). Now seriously speaking, I just wanted to have an idea of the amounts of this and that so I could get my guitar to sound closer to that smooth and noiseless sound joe gets. I know it also depends on the way you play, but an idea of the effects to use would be very useful.

AND THE UEFA CUP WINNERS ARE:

PORTO!! PORTO!! PORTO!! PORTO!! PORTO!! PORTO!! PORTO!!

(Never thought I'd be saying this...I'm a S.L. BENFICA fan, but we're all portuguese and we're all happy about it!) :)

Perhaps Benfica wins the Champions League next year... We won it once! We can win it twice! :)

Miguel Pais

Finally got round to recording a Satch tune and it is now up on MY IUMA. Go and check it out and leave me some comments. By the way, I learnt this song entierly (sp???) from memory so I appreciate that there are probably some wrong bits in it but have a listen anyway.

McDave Man, you didn't invent the rat race dude, like you say we all gotta do what we gotta do, it don't mean that we've got to like it but there's no point bitchin' and it's a pity i don't take my own advice sometimes ;-)

DAVE I've felt lighter to man, sometimes it doesn't take a lot to tip the balance, tomorrow's another day ;-)

MOWLIE Man looks like i logged on at the right time ;-) reckon i must be the first to hear that iuma track. Great fucking tone, super clean playing and a joy to listen to, it ain't a turd and it's worth polishing ! keep us up to date as you post more tracks man ;-)

slanshroom- couldn't agree with you more. Very seldom do I listen to the radio anymore. I hope your friend finds a place to shine.

Kell- I still have the Mesa Boogie 395 simul-stereo

has anybody heard from jblaze1?

mowlie_2000- Great interpretation of Love Thing! How do you get that tone? What are the settings of the delay, reverb, etc.? If you've got time, check out my IUMA and give some advice. Keep it up!

To all of you who have nothing to do at the moment you're reading this, just remember that my IUMA is always open for suggestions. :)

MY PROBLEM OF THE DAY: I just realised I've improved my left hand speed but I have no speed on my right hand (picking hand), so there's no use on having improved my left hand... and my left hand is still too slow... my teacher started giving me solos with fast licks, and I just can't play them... It's so frustrating! AAAAARRRRGGGGGH!! I need practice practice practice, but practice is boring boring boring... but I need it... Are there any alternate picking exercises that aren't too boring?

death cube K: It's great, I just finished playing her a couple of minutes ago and I really like it. It generally takes me a little bit to get used to a guitar but this one just seems to fit me really well. The condition is good too, which kinda surprised me. It showed up this morning at the shop and I had to wait ALL DAMN DAY TO PLAY IT!!! so I'm happy now.