Brasciole for Din Din..........hhhhmmmmmmmm good!

A little Cabernet Savignon....voila!

Nummy, Nummy, Nummy, I got luv in my tummy

Joey Baby...you should be roundin the final stretch in the illness stakes!

You'll be back amoung the livin again!

(o) (o)

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To All: I'm way behind in my posts and my emails...I'm Sorry! I'm trying to get all my printing and photography stuff ready for NAMM! I'll try to catch up with you before I leave....promise! I'm leaving on Saturaday Jan 15 and it will be here before I know it! :-O

Alexandre C: I'm so sorry to see that Goncalo won't be at NAMM! I'm here but just very busy trying to get everything ready! I was hoping to meet him! Maybe I just have to come to Portugal next year......hmmmm sounds good to me! hehe! I'll email you before i leave....promise! Hugs and Kisses~~~~

~~Sea Eyes~~~

~~mari~~

Powerslave214.

In answer to your compound-radiusquestion:

First, I will assume you know absolutely nothing about "radius".

(even if you do, at least someone out there probably does not).

I believe (?) the radius is smallest at the nut (top of fretboard) and increases at some rate to the largest radius at the bottem of the fretboard (by the body).

Say I took 2 trees; one tree is 12" radius (24" diameter), the other tree is 16" radius (32" diameter).

Then I sliced off a chunk from both trees, top to bottem. naturally the piece with a 16" radius would appear flatter than the 12" radiused board.

The strings are closest together at the nut, so it would be fairly easy to finger all the strings if the fretboard has an extreme (rounder) radius, like 12".

But, the strings are farther apart by the body, so it is easier to finger all the stings if the fretboard radius is flatter, like a 16" radius.

Hope this helps you or anyone else.

Ed Burton, KD6AAJ

VFRrocker its a comp for world vision..

marimariSRV,

Hi...any good news....I hope?

good morning everybody_______glad to be back again to the place where the sun never sets.........where there is peace,happiness and joy always.........this community rocks.........cheers guys,,,,

steven....thank yu for the inspiring and touching mail,,,,,,,yur really someone i can always look upto for inspiration and encouragement ,,yu are simply one of a kind......my folks says thank yu for the card....they are so touched by it.....god bless and take care...regards to yur folks.... ps____tell yur dad i and my folks sents our BEST WISHES to him,,,,i hope he GETS WELL SOON....my prayers are with him......and all yur folks always.... peace...

cheese_____thanks for the mail......hope yur dad recovers soon...best wishes to him........also dont worry too much about yur son...it is just another stage of life where people likes being adventurous and try out new things.......just be patient and hang in there and everything will be ok.......have faith in god and put yur trust in him and he will lead yur son to his promise land.........cheers..god bless ....take care and SMILE.

michelle_________thanks for the mail.....so kind of yu....i appreciate it.......btw..my family are ok as we are located far away from the place hit by the earthquake and the tsunami..we are in north east india and the place badly hit is located in south india...moreover,,ours is a hill station..often referred to as "THE SCOTLAND OF THE EAST"....SO dont worry,,,tsunami wont be able to harm us....cheers,,,good vibes to yur kids.....peace.

alexandre.....hello back....takecare.

zenny.....thanks man..........take care and keep on rocking.......

joe________get well soon.

Alexandre I'm good thanks bro', I hope you are as well. No new bike, the VFR is away in the garage for 'winter', although more because it needs some money spent on it and it's not a priority this time of year (did I really just say that?) lol ;-) I'm ashamed to say no new songs yet, I've not played 'seriously' since we moved but that is about to change. I thought about you last night as I watched a TV programme on food across Portugal.................. they also mentioned a type of blues music called............ fado ?? or something like that. It seemed that the main dishes (apart from fish) are mostly made from pork. We might becoming over to Portugal for a holiday this year, any advice on where to go ? We'd be bringing the little one so it would be family orientated. How about you ? Are you still busy at work ? Still writing lots ? I must check your site out soon. Take care man.

Re: SupaaDave Michelle.......did you get a chance to read "Dennis the Menace" in the paper today? That is so you....LMAO !!! Dennis tells his mom that "She does'nt have to worry about the fly buzzing around in her bedroom because the big spider took care of it for her"......the look of panic on her face...lol !

it wasn't Shelob was it? :o

*runs and hides*

people_____the number of dead is rising by the second......help is needed ...donate generously...god is watching us.....let us be thankful to god for sparing us from such natural disasters and give all that we could.god will bless yu all for yur generosity.

joe____g3 and all......how about a concert for the tsunami victims.....it would be great...joe,vai,petrucci,gilbert,brian may,knoffler,fredman,wes borland,kirk hammet,jason newsted,van halen,rudess,portnoy,,,,,,,,,,,,,jimmy page,aldi meola,,,,,,,all the great musicians together....imagine the amount of money that can be generated from such a concert..............this is a noble way of thanking god for the talent he has given yu.........hopefully in the very near future we are going to see yu organising a concert for the victims of the disaster.........any god damn artist will do as long as yu are the leader....c'mon joe...take the initiative.............believe me,,,,,GOD WILL BLESS YU EVEN MORE,,,,,if yu perform such an act.......heed my words...it would be wonderful if joe can come and perform in india for the victims...in this way he will be helping the needy and also enhancing my chances of seeing him perform live.....c'mon joe,,please come and perform in india...we need yu.

Schumacher donating 10 million dollars....bettering even Bill Gates..........what can we say.........well done schumi.....there is no beating yu anymore......2005 would surely once again belong to schumi if not for anything,,,for his kindness and generosity ........schumi rocks!fullstop.

Stevee T, thanks for checkin it out man, I appreciate the feedback!

Also, I didn't know Shcumacher had given 10 million! Good for him....I'm not surprised it's more than Bill gates gave!

The JS1000 has the same pickups it's had for years - DiMarzio, PAF Pro in the neck and Fred in the bridge - and new ones get the new design of Ibanez Floyd Rose-licensed bridge, the Edge Pro, which allows all the whammy abuse it can take. Unfortunately, this isn't as much as it used to be, cause the new bridges have a tendancy to shatter. That said, they've been making them over a year now, so maybe they've ironed out the problems?

The JS1200 is a slight revision of the JS1000. Same bridge, same body, neck, fretboard, everything. The only physical difference is it's neck pickup - it gets the new PAF Joe, which aparrently suits the Fred slightly better. Interesting cause the PAF Pro suits the Fred so well, you wouldn't think it'd need changing. The only other difference is aesthetic - the JS1200 is red with chrome hardware, the JS1000 is burned blue with metallic black hardware, kind of like very shiny gunmetal!

vfr - Picture at an Exhibition by ELP is their own reworking or the original by Mussorgski - which is largely the same as the orchestral original, but with drums, bass and keys...

1 - the higher the guage, the greater the sustain and the thicker the tone - also, from a tuning point of view, they are generally a little more stable
2 - the lower the guage, the less resistance is offered by the string in the form of tension.. so they feel easier to play... especially with techniques like bending and legato..

so... to answer your strings question.. it's a trade off between what you feel most comfortable playing against the tone / sustain you need.... and this is considered against what your jog is as a guitarist... riffer [medium to heavy guages]? shredder [lighter guages]? both [lighter / hybrid guages]? jazzer [medium to heavy]? metal moshpit maniac medium to heavy - to regain some tension due to the drop tuning]? bluesman medium to heavy]? classic rocker [light to medium]?.. and so on... note that guys with a cleaner tone will generally for for a heavier guage.. [apart from the drop-tune nutters]...
generally, 9's or lower are considered 'light', 10's / 11's 'medium' and 12's and above 'heavy'

in fact, these days, lead guitarists use so much more overdrive / distortion / compression that sustain is less of an issue than it used to be....

in general, 009 guage are most common and are fitted as standard by pretty much all guitar manufacterers...

you my want to try a set of 10 guage to see if you get on well with them... personally I find the plain strings [1st, 2nd, and 3rd strings] a little too stiff for my playing style...

me - I use Ernie Ball "Skinny Tops, Heavy Bottoms" this is a hybrid set... the plain strings follow the guages from a set of 9's, the wrapped strings follow the guages from a set of 10's
makes for a nice slinky feel for the solos and a slightly tighter and thicker tone for the riffing.... [best of both worlds - and you don't need to touch the truss rod]

I think Satch uses a standard set of 9's