Cube.ca - good to hear man. Can you eat at all?

SupaaDave - Happy (belated) St. Patty's day to you too man! Representin' the island in Minnesota, lol...

ToneCapone - lmao man!

Mikeysan - lol, well Joe is a pretty slick mofo! I mean he named his dog Griz after all!! ;-), lol thanks for good luck on the play, it made some progress today. Oh have you gotten the new G3 DvD yet? You'll really dig Vai's set!

I hope Lars comes to my house to look for mp3's. He won't find any Metallica ones but at least he can sign my steel chair Lars Signature drumkit, LMAO!

Well I just played as much as I could before completely ruining my strings with New Last Jam. I thought my B was gonna break for a minute there! anway My guitar is back to normal not doing that unless I have a set bridge and some very flexible strings!

Nitefly Rob If I can find you after the concert then yea sure, I'll be with one of my friends because I bought two tickets...I didn't wanna go alone lol.

See Ya there

Trutina: Thanks for the tip on the les paul. I recently played one of those and it felt like a cool breeze on a hot summer day! That is definitely one of my primary options. I am keeping my options open, so if you think there are any other particular models of the LP that you feel work better, please post them. I will take a look at it for sure. I hope you are feeling fine and taking good care. Its the attitude that counts, positive attitude brings positive results (and you certainly doing that by all means!). When I tore my ACL while playing soccer, I had an operation and the doctors told me it will heal in 8 weeks! 8 weeks? were they crazy? It took me only 2 weeks. I did everything I normally would and my body healed accordingly. And to make sure I was fine and wasnt overlooking, I went to the doctors and asked them to examine my leg again and they said I was doing perfect, only after two weeks! You are doing great!

962: Les Pauls and Fender Strats are my top options now. I love the tones of both the Guitars, but dont have the money for both! Thanks for the tips on the JS2000. I am looking for a guitar that has a great tone and is pretty much hassle free. My RG is a serious pain in the ass, although it sounds great. Everytime I have to tune it, I have to adjust the intonation and this and that and everything.....And it breaks strings and all! At one point I came accross David Rusan, who has worked as a tech with Iron Maiden, The Who, built Prince guitar and worked with for a tonne of guitarists but he charged so much that it left me a really really bad impression of the Floyd rose! That floating bridge was mainly the problem. Therefore, I will try staying away from Ibanez guitars although they have a really really high quality and standard. So thanks for your info! I really appreciate it.

Flagg: I agree that Rob Trujillo is amazing! James, Kirk and Lars are talented too. I have bought every Metallica record since Kill Em All. But after the Black Album, I think their songwriting skills have depleted. I dont know what it was, but they started breaking away from their roots and experimented with this highly scorned thing called Nu Metal. I am not saying that people should not gradually change, but Metallica is simply worthy of doing better. They still pack arenas even though Britney Spears has a better song than them. People love their old stuff and are still waiting for that shining moment when they come up with at least one good song. St. Anger was a good song? No....well comparing to For whom the bell tolls, Battery, Ride the Lightning....St. Anger sucked. I listened to it with an open mind and shit, it was bad. Even my dog got mad at me for listening to that album. But whatever it is, Metallica rocks and I would pay a good amount to watch them live!

Mike "Bad Horsie" D: Thanks for the tip on the PGM guitar. It doesnt have a floating bridge? Thats good to know....but I am also tired of the RG body. The Fender and Gibson seem really attractive to me. I'd fuck them!

Hey Joe

Keep Rock'in...

See You In Manchester...

On the Vai DVD Thomas Nordegg mentions gauge 0.007 strings that he got for Steve - does that mean he uses gauge 0.007 strings? What a fuckin' poof... lol

T2J Song Contest - The upsets:

I looked at which songs were in the anthology and which weren't, and by that measure, the upsets were:

big bad moon lost to bells of lal the crush of love lost to up in the sky

two songs were pitted against other anthology songs, summer song lost to MPHGT- which was a close and epic battle, and slick lost out to an anthology song; this isn't really an upset though since it wasn't on there because of quality but because we demanded it.

personal upsets: slidey ones tended to lose- champagne? should have got through purely on the basis of the solo, nor sittin' round would have been nice to see too. summer song should have got through - I know we've all heard it so many times, but it's such a good piece in so many ways- it just suffers from a less exciting title, and not as much craziness.

do the stu: i lost my engines of creation cd (it got thrown away in an old cd player)- so i burnt from my mp3 copy... is that legal?

Hello, I run a metal news and reviews website, www.viewfromthepit.com (it'll be down for the next few days as my host's having a few problems) and i was looking to arrange an interview with Joe on his G3 tour when he plays in Glasgow Scotland. Anyone know who i would get in contact with to arrange this? Thanks

Hello, I run a metal news and reviews website, www.viewfromthepit.com (it'll be down for the next few days as my host's having a few problems) and i was looking to arrange an interview with Joe on his G3 tour when he plays in Glasgow Scotland. Anyone know who i would get in contact with to arrange this? Thanks

I am inclined to agree with Greeneyes. I like the tone and overall sound of Joe’s Marshall amps over the ones he used on the Denver DVD. They appear to be XXX amps from what I could see of them on the DVD. Does anyone know if they where the JSX amps, or modified XXX amps??? If the JSX amp sound like that I will be more inclined to get the ModeFore with the MF400B cabs, which is what I am leaning heavily towards as of now. I will however, wait to try the JSX with my rig before I make my final decision.

I saw the Passion movie today. It was very moving to say the least.

here's a couple shots of joe at the experience hendrix concert in san francisco...

joe 1

IS IT JUST ME... OR ARE ALL OF JOE'S GUITARS IBANEZ?!

You'll Know Who I Am In 10 Years

michelle: hehe on pleasing the pine trees, lmao!!.... You know, its the splinters that worry me the most!! rotflmao!! ;-).... btw, Movationsan, lol, it has a nice ring to it!!.... Gimme' some Movationsan, hehe....

MasterYoda: Tchnical Difficulties?.... lol, great stuff in there, a masterfully written song full of classical chops and heavy metal!! \m/

trutina: lol on the identity crisis, hehe, me and Sybil have nothing in common!! ;-).... btw, you can find a complete discography for Gilberto here and even more here ;-)

nightsky: That was a kuul show man, I never missed an episode, lol, and I havent seen Kill Bill yet :-0 but I'll add it to my list.... David is a great actor!!....

JS_JS: Right on man, and ROCK the church!! ;-)

Flagg: Yeah, but as long as Lars I like sticking my tongue out with that crazy look and beating on my tin chairs cause I suck at drums Ulrich is in the band, I say.... Nope....

Do The Stu: Ahhhhhhh!!.... You posted the harmonic intro to Summer Song!!.... I cant get it outta my head now, lol!! ;-) btw, congrats on getting over the mid-term hump!! :-)

Clarky: invading France is a national sport here.. rotflmao lol, all in good taste of course!! ;-)

mick87: I still await the G3DVD!!!!.... Argh!!!!.... It will be here soon though!! :-) btw, rotflmao on the Lars steel chair kit, he will never live that down, lol.... Oh, and I see you are the Promoter of KayaK, lmao!!....

Jazzy Boy: lol on the LP and Fender man, I am liking the Richie Kotzen Tele alot lately myself!!.... Im tired of the RG body also....

Thank's for those pics zonin!!....

Mikesan...Thanks for the welcome, but why would i leave after the album is released??? i just found this place and its great. I'm also a fairly recent Satch and Vai fan...but MAN those guys can play!!!

Still lookin for tips on buying that new guitar...i'd appriciate some suggestions in the $500-$900 Cdn range. Just getting into electric (been playing acoustic for years) and don't know the best things to check out. Tips on amps would be nice too. Thanks guys

GodGunsGuitars..those were the JSX prototypes in XXX housings {heads}...the JSX head wasn't completed until after the tour, that is my understanding of it anyhow....

Trutina...hey thanks...I had a Laney combo, but it was the solid state amp...I wanted [and got] an all tube amp..so I am very pleased, you can really tell the difference in tubes and solid state...harmonics are better for one....and the tones are just warmer............and I am very glad to see that you are recouperating well...

I just ordered a set of EL34 groove tubes for my new amp...it came loaded with 6L6's, but, all reviews I've read on tubes say the EL34's have better tone and distortion...so I'm gonna try em and see......Does anyone here have any advice or comments on tubes? JOE, you wanna gimme yer two cents on this?... I read somewhere that the JSX head is loaded with EL34's....

Satch......Spain¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

One kid spanish.

The tips of my fingers and the knuckles on my left hand are all achey now. I think it's called 'Shred Hand' or something... lol

Mikey - Yeah, it's one of Paul Gilbert's finest hours, IMO. We were set a transcription assignment at college so I decided to pick that track. It's not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but you get out what you put in with a course like this.

Michelle: I voted for All Alone (I think). It's nice. SMF is kinda boring. "et tu, Brute?" "you too, Brutus?" ... famous line from Julius Caesar (that's Brutay by the way).

Trutina: "cringe" is the exact word to explain the LISF menu.

Adrianorb: arg arg arg. (Sarcastic laugh)

Pino: no, you definitely aren't an Ibanez, and yes Joe does have a whole heap of Ibanezes...I wonder why? Could it be because he's an endorsee(-er...whichever)? Surely not...

Ovaition: "metal chairs" hahaha

If I put my "Metallica" CD in my computer and create a "Metallica - Enter Sandman.mp3" is Lars going to come out to Tassie and delete my file too?

File sharing deal thing: big deal about what the law is/should be. As long as whenever you come across someone who makes the songs available smack them in the chops and tell them why what they're doing is a bad idea. (Denying the artist / copyright owner. Actually, forget the copyright owner. Just tell them the artist doesn't deserve their music to be made free if they want to sell it.)

THE TRAVELLER and <empty> for G3

IS THERE LOVE IN SPACE?