hey people. im buying a new amp this week cos well i need one!! i was just wondering if ppl had any thoughts on the following amps and if they could help me make a decision. ive read some reviews but i trust satch fans more. ok the amps (in order of price)are:

Crate GT212
Peavey Bandit (transtube)
Marshall Mg250DFX
Fender stage 100

Delfino, Nuno Bettencourt is probably the best I can think of, with regards to exemplary material for arpeggios. He uses them to their best in a lot of Extreme solos, and they sound really cool.

If you can find some string-skipping examples learn them cause they sound awesome.....if not, let me know and I'll see if I can help out with tabbing some or something.

Arpeggios are something I need to work on too, but you should find them endlessly exploitable for all sorts of things. Apart from being the basis of sweeping, you can also slow them down drasticaly to write decent melodies which don't just sound like scales! For example, Love Thing uses bits of arpeggios, carefully structured to make that divine melody.

Clarky - I got the application form for that grant I was telling you about today; from the Music Sound Foundation. It's a thing set up by EMI. Hopefully, I'll get all the extra shit I need like the tutor references and written quotes by the end of this week so I can get it snt it off ASAP. Fingers crossed!!!

Matt King - I checked out your track and I have to say that I think that is probably your best work so far. Quite simply stunning!!!

To all who havent yet checked out my version of Crystal Planet I would like to know your opinions so Click here and check it out.

Aarren, I know there are a lot of good players on this site, but you are very, very good! I had a few minutes to listen to a couple of your cover tunes. You rock!

Michelle - Thanks for your kind words, especially from a seasoned veteran (lol!!!) like yourself. Glad you enjoyed them.

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I received an email from Fanfire with the web site link.

Michelle:thanks darlin,i figured as my partner had been so understanding as t allow me t go the full hog on music,the least i could do was give her a better place t live in.Needless t say shes totally made up.We,ve been livin in a shithole for the better part of 2 years & when it got the stage of walls startin t fall apart & small animals running around due t landlord incompetence...well,that gave the green light t get the F**k out.Could have renovated myself but its not my prob,typical crap y have t put up with when y dont own property.Gettin cable/lead/wire hell linked up & running smooth at mo,well... y know the score,been there done that,read the book,bought the t-shirt,lol

Ovation 1:Yo skipper,back from the storm? looked like hell let loose not just on US turf! Hope alls well with y bud

Hey Everyone. Back from Mexico. It was a very rewarding trip. I felt like I did a little good down there. It was interesting, I met a doctor from the town I went to, Oaxaca, and he does volunteer work with the farm workers here in Oregon! It was very ironic that the two of us were doing very similar things in each others countries because each country is too fucked up to take care of their own.

If any of you are planning to take a vacation. I would recommend going to Oaxaca. There are many interesting things to do, lots to see and the weather is good.

Well off to study. Nothing like two mid terms the day you get back from another country.

T2J CD Update - The two copies of the CD went off in the post to Guitarist and Total Guitar today. Lets keep our fingers crossed that they like it!!!

Hi Joe! Loved your show in New Orleans, LA! Got the chance to actually meet you afterwards and this was quite special too. Looking to see when I can catch another show closeby. Thanks for sharing the time to talk and letting us see that personal side of you that is often times missed with just listening to your CD's or watching your DVD's. Should you ever come south again and need somewhere to hang out, give this southern girl an email! Thanks again for being so nice.