michelle and jblaze- i know this will sound silly, but when i get in those fighting, kick the crap out of the basket moods i find the best way to calm down, and this quickest is by listening to the music of vince guaraldi... its impossible to be mad when you have the background for charlie brown playing... :) although sometimes kicking the basket until the sides cave in can be very therapeutic! lol...

24fom- welcome back....

well off to do more studying for midterms, hope yall have a good day!

Mr Nick, anything DT must be hard to play. Hell it's hard to follow along in your head sometimes! lol!

juju, no disrespect to Vince, but that would probably irritate me more. lol! I like to listen to heavier music when I get in a mood. I popped the Korn cd in my car, and the third song was Y'all Want A Single. It's a precious sing-along kind of ditty. Any time I can sing along and throw down the F* bomb, I'm a happy camper. lol! Sometimes it's the little things that mean so much :) Happy studying!

Hello !

I'm recording a version of the Rite of Spring only with guitars, trying to imitate the sounds of a complete orchestra (reeds, woods, strings and percussion). I'd really like to send an extract to Joe, I'm sure he will like it. But I don't know how !!! (I'm new on the list).

Can somebody give me a clue ?

mikesb - lol.. yeah... before making such a crass and sweeping statement about Ricks.. the 4000 series bass did cross my mind... I think they sound great.. they look really cool.. and I love 'em... I'm a huge fan of Squire...

but then... you'd never jack such a lovely thing into a Vox... lmao...

amps... when I talk about 'clean' tone... I'm mostly interested that the amp isn't adding any over-drive, reverb etc etc...
right now, my amp is MOSFET [solid state]
the amp I'd like [the EL34 100/100] is valve

I have no preference to solid state or valve...
my only requirement is that the amp is nice and clean and sounds great...
of course you choice of head and cab will colour the sound... how can it not... a 4x12 cab will sound quite different to a 1x12 cab...

all you need is a nice amp that can stay clean at high volumes and a nice pair of 4x12 cabs [or 2x12 cabs if you prefer them]
also, some amps sound thin at low volumes and don't start working nice until they're hitting the 1/2 way mark...
what you need is flexibility and quality...

I think that all this stuff about the superiority of valves is a myth started in the 1970's....
amps are either great or not irrespective of what they are made out of...
your ears will be the judge
you have a great ear... trust it..
and don't let some shop-keeper try to blind you with bullshit
especially given that they most likely know absolutely fuck all about electronics and accoustic physics

when you come to mine....
I'll power up my rig... 2120-->8008-->pair of 4x12 cabs..
we'll give it large and see what you think...

are you refering to bald muffins verses natural ones???

by all means... try out as many as you can...

clarky..."are you refering to bald muffins verses natural ones??? "...whats that supposed to mean??

michelle - "yesterday was bad, wasn't it. I wound up kicking the crap out of my innocent laundry basket and throwing a small, quiet hissy fit in the basement"

I thought that was going to be followed by something like "EWWW!!! I saw a HUGE spider."... ;-)

Also, yeah...the DT DVD is AWESOME. I made it through the first hour and 53 minutes on Monday. I'll hopefully be able to finish watching it today...

bluedream23: im with ya...but i think we're shit out of luck...i cant believe he would blow us off....

JOE COME TO BOSTON PWEASE!

24fretmayhem: how are you? doin ok?

clarky: :}

did you know spooning leads to forking...........

Hi Satchland!
Good vibrations around here as usual ;-)
achoo: Oye Tobias,¡todo bien aquí! Ayer fue festivo en España asi que estuve disfrutando de algunas exposiciones de arte y del delicioso cocido madrileño mmmm.
(Hey Tobias, all nice here! yesterday was festive in Spain so I was enjoying some art exhibitions and the delicious Madrid stew mmmm)

Any queries about spanish? Here I am, get a B!

Jazzy: I'll be wearing whatever that free satch t shirt is that comes with the poor-folk Gold Package on the 21st. Ill be there by myself in aspiration of either winning the backstage passes or gettin' invited to the meet and greet. On the 23rd I'll be wearing some type of pimped out outfit 'cause I'll be there with my ex-girlfreind trying to win her back. Maybe I'm getting somewhere with her, she invited me over yesterday. And I went. ......... bark, bark.

Hi Joe,

I'm willing to ask you when you're coming back to Belgium? A couple years ago at the age of 14 I attended one of your gigs and I was overwhelmed, you immediately became my number one idol.

I'm attending guitar lessons for 5-6 years now and try to live up to everything they say or teach me. Gear: Ibanez JS100 ( fabulous guitar ! )

Hey all--- I want to throw this out there, and see the response. I have attended 3 Satch shows, including a G3 show, in 2000, 2002, and 2003. In the past 2 shows, the volume was REALLY loud (espiecially at the G3 show). In fact, it was TOO loud! Both times my friend complained about it to me, and most people around me had earplugs in their ears. It was so loud that I couldn't hear the intricacies or subtleties of the guitar, which is what I came for! All I could hear was the bass guitar. Although the shows were still REALLY enjoyable, I hope the upcoming show at the beacon that i am going to will not overwhelm me!

do the stu: The problem with Katherine Harris is that a majority of the voters were not even proven guilty. I dont know if it is a law to barre someone from voting before they are proven guilty (cuthbert?). Some of the "guilty" were apparently prosecuted in the future. For example the data had some prosecution dates dating to 2007. 2007? Not possible. More than half of the voters were Black. More than 90% were democrats. There were more than 35,000 names. Bush did not win the majority in the electoral vote. Isnt it convenient when your brother is the governer of Florida at the very moment? I personally believe Bush should have never stepped into the Oval Office.

I got my sources from Greg Palast's The Best Democracy Money can Buy. I believe a CBS report was aired about this.

"What an impressive crowd: the haves, and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite, I call you my base."
-George W.

Edit: Katherine Harris is kinda hot actually. I wouldnt mind seeing her in Playboy's Conservative Beauties edition. I hope they add some blonde fruitcakes from Fox News too.

jazzy: Word! she and I went to G3 together in '01(Petrucci snapped).Hhopefuly this will ignite an old flame. If I manage to "Run In" to Joe on the 21st I will ask him if he would let the both of us go backstage on the 23rd. Ill be in there for sure. But you're going to all three shows? Man that's dedication!! If I had it like that I would too!

Off to class, Be Back Later

Joe!

You can see lions... only in Kenya Come to Kenya we've got lions... You can see tigers... only in Kenya Come to Kenya we've got tigers...

Forget Norway...