962 - My RG has the real thin wide neack. I just put a Tone Zone and a Fred in it. It's nice to have the humbucker sound in the neck position. I'm thinking of getting a S model. We'll see. It will cost me about $1000, which is what a JS would cost me but the S is a little more versatile. I could also get a floral Jem for $1500 so I'm thinking about that also. Time will tell.

Jazzy: Actually the Chellee Model One competes with the JS haha!

962: I've noticed some of the same things about the through neck RG's. A student of mine has one, and while it plays nice, it seems to be all lows and low mids...lots of detail gets lost and it sounds kind of muddy. I think the bolt neck RG's sound a little more open, although nothing seems to have an overall great tonal range than a mahog body and a strat scale maple neck. The SA is mahog right? Hey, I was wondering, does your RG feel fragile/unstable to you? The though neck that my student has just seems to feel less stable than my bolt neck RG. When I use the trem on it, it almost feels like the neck and the body flex a little.

Hellee guitars...hehe

I am looking for a JS guitar with a Maple fretboard. are any of those made?

civgeek: I tried the S guitar. They look beautiful. But I am looking for one with a maple fretboard.

Re: Dev

i have Tom Waits new album - it's gonna take me a while to get used to it i think. i really love the song 'Make it Rain' i saw him perform it on Letterman last year, that's why i bought the album. he's such an unusual musician. i love his lyrics though - don't know if this is exactly right 'they sharpen their knives on my mistakes' i love that line!

Re: Steven Wilde

things are good here thanx :) but we've had alot of bad smoke over Perth the last week. a bloody firebug has been lighting fires all over the hills east of Perth. poor firefighters are having a tough time keeping up with him! :( i hope they catch the bastard & lock him up!

BigBunny... . . . .. on her way to the Lonely Mountain

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RE: BigBunny

I know what you mean about taking your time and letting album reveal itself to you. Standout tracks for me are "Hoist That Rag" "Sins of my Father" and the amazing spoken word "Circus". He reels off such strong imagery with the greatest of ease. Who else would sing about 'Horse-faced Ethel, bottle-feeding an Orangutang named Tripod...' : ) I know Vai is a huge Tom Waits fan. I was wondering if Joe was too...

Zenfish:First up,i,m waiting t get the Peavey,it really depends if work starts again or not this Feb,a little annoying cause what is saved for the amp i have t live off this month,however.I,ll be speaking to another friend,also a guitarist, who has a much better recording setup than me,he also has a Mesa Boogie & various other amps.i,ll keep y informed on how that works out,again i hope t meet him also at this Sundays jam session.

Sat:Eruption mood & Zenfish we,ll record for sure

Just to recap,there is no problem with you recording & jamming with all your pedals,bring em all! Its only for the Sun night jam sesh y,ll have t cut back as there is so many musicians t get up t play with little/no time t setup,no doubt leads,pedals etc get lost or go missing in the mayhem,i would love t bring my setup anywhere i go t jam but its just not feasable.Try cutting right back t 1or 2 pedals if poss.You probably wont be able t play eruption mood etc,but for a blues jam y should be ok.

Oh yeah Tura is my better half,my wife,sorry thought y knew,lol

Jazzzzzy:Yeah,I know a number of banjo players,In Scotland trad music is all over y like a rash,you cant escape it,i hated it as a child,apart from the new year when my parents house would fill out & the session really got goin,ha,little did i know in later years i,d play pro in a trad band,lol,so yeah i,ve come t know through the years unheard kings of bluegrass & trad music from England,Scotland,Eire & America & yes its great fun if you understand how to back any tunesmith,as they call themselfs,a simple jam sesh its equally as enjoyable if they have a knowledge how t back you.Also, if they have a good memory catalogue of tunes & great technique you can learn a hell of a lot in a single sitting.So yip well worth your time bro,go for it,if y find time,check out irish banjo wiz Jerry o,connor & be prepared,this mans no slouch when it comes to a pick!

962: Steven Wilde:

listening today guys,surprise call from a friend last night

The Farting Gnome, ah, I have heard of Giants! Cool, I'll try and remember to check 'em out! I have such a poor memory for some things!

Those DVD's sound pretty cool. I can't really use ebay any more....I'm sort of in trouble with it, cause they reckon I owe them money and I reckon I don't owe them jack-sh*t, so that bridge is burned, so to speak! And yeah, the Chrome-Top Jem is pretty wild isn't it?!

I hope the Nyquil works bro, sleep deprivation is not something you need! You're looking for maple? Hmmmm. No JS has been made with maple. If you really want maple, either stick with the strat, or get an Ernie-Ball guitar or a Washburn Nuno model. the Washburn would probably suit your metal-playing nicely and is solid as a rock, but the Ernie-Ball route would probably appeal more to the sensitive side! a Strat could do both if it's the right strat! take it easy dude!

962:I wonder who it is that inspired you t write Shining Light/Revolve etc....lets see BB King yeah thats...no thats not it em....Keef...yeah Keith Richards thats i...no no not thats not it either eh,lol well done Simon a big nod t Satch for sure

Steven Wilde:I,m goin t echo Stevee T on Before Dawn,i,m a sucker for that dreamy vibe,seems like your starting t get t grips with other guitar techniques 2.I wish you all the very best friend & good luck on the learning curves,play on!

Re: Dev

have you seen Shrek 2 yet? Tom Waits does the voice of Captain Hook, he plays piano at the Poison Apple Pub (i think that's the name of the place)

i love the wicked trees from Snow White in the background :)

Big Bunny,

Not seen Shrek 2 yet. Heard that Tom had a song on the soundtrack though. His voice actually appears in the film? If so, then cool... Will definitely see it soon.

Could hardly believe the other night when I was watching Mystery Men (Ben Stiller, William H Macy, Janeane Garofalo) and this weird guy introduces himself to the 'superheroes'.. and it's TOM WAITS!! He plays a crackpot inventor in the movie. I nearly fell off my seat...

Do you like Mule Variations? That CD got me into Tom Waits, but I began to discover the real depth of his imagination with albums like The Black Rider and Bone Machine.. I still don't have his entire catalogue, but I'm getting there... : )

michelle,

thanks for the look at last year's NAMM...I hadn't seen the selection..

cheese 101,

very nice words of inpiration....I enjoyed the passage

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If Vai's chrome JEM is listing at about 3500.00 US, shouldn't Joe's Chromeboy be less, as Joe's guitars are always priced less than Vai's?

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Zenfish,

dialetctic...fer sher dude.....what do you prefer.....absolute bliss, or the a mixture of bliss with a shot of pain? TGIF

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Tom Waits....just a uselss piece of Jet Trash.....I've always loved that line......when I listen to Tom, I always feel like a part of a great troupe of Circus freaks...truth hurts...if you don't like the reflection starin back at you....DOWN, DOWN, DOWN

The most popular gay couple in America ~

SpongeBob and Patrick

Give me a mother effin break!

The hate and intolerance in the country just effin amazes me!

Let's get the attention off the REAL issues, and focus on a kids cartoon. How many 5 year olds are sitting around wondering if SpongeBob & Patrick are butt buddies? How many 10 year olds? NONE! It's the f*%#ing Christian conservatives (not all, settle down) who have dirty evil minds, then try to convince everyone they're right. It's amazing how religion is used to spread hate and fear. Just effin amazing.

good mornin' michelle,

how many cups of joe are you on??lol

is it their abstinence that fills up their Dam to overflowing?

THE AMBIGIOUSLY GAY DUO...now that's a cartoon, but Popeye is still the strongest...

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cuthbert1776,

Here's the news (right off Ibanezrules.com) about the new Chromed - JS2PRM - New for this year is the ultra limited 2PRM [I could not find out exactly what PRM stands for, but like the new JEM7B, probably something to do with Rock Mirror]. This is esentually the guitar Joe has been playing on tour for 2 years now, leaving his original JS2's at home in an effort to keep them in his possession. The basswood body is covered in aluminum which should prove to be a much more durable finish than all previous "chromeboy" attempts. This is not a catalog model so I'm going to assume it has Joe's current flavor of pickups, the FRED bridge and the PAF JOE neck, but Dimarzio has chromed the tops as they did the JEM10 and JS90's, although this is supposed to be a new process that is much more durable than the process used on those pickups. Only play time will tell. Added to this model [and I was told requested by Joe] is the phase switch to change the humbuckers to out of phase giving an even added tonal option to the already versatile JS. Abalone dots inlayed into slightly larger mirror dots and a headstock overlay like the one used on the Crystal Planet's but in chrome. Rumored to possibly come with a chromed case although that's many months from confirmation. Limited to 60 pieces worldwide with 38 coming to the US. $5329.99 List price, includes case.

New Chromeboy Then scroll to the bottom of the pagedown past Vai's chromed Jem to Joe's beauty...thar she blows!

Nice touch on the phase switch Joe, and thanks for making these available to us...wonder what retail will be....$3570.00?

www.stevetrott.com

Thanks michelle for the link.

hello all... hope everyone is well... guess what? i finally got signed up for guitar lessons and start on monday once a week, my instructors name is dave devine :) how perfect a stage name is that? :) anyway hopefully in about 187 years i will have a faint idea what all you guys talk about on this board... lol...

962- i checked out the pics of your cat, she is very cute! We once had a cat, bob, that looked remarkably similar to yours...

Michelle-i was once watching a special on the history channel about america and fast food and it said that "a long time ago" when sundae's where first introduced they were so popular and so good that church goers were convinced they had something to do with the devil and where therefore outlawed on sunday.... that is how they got their name... can you imagine food being so good as to scare others, pass laws, and be banned on gods day... strange strange strange... lol...

so last night i watched donnie darko for the first time and now i am all sorts of confused... ;) so i decide to check out websites to gain a little clarity on the last five minutes, come across donniedarko.com and it is this whole other set up where you need clues to advance and become part of the quest and are let in on some secrets, but none pertain to my questions.. lol... so now i am hooked on the website and getting more confused... :)

anyway... hope all in satchland have a great day and weekend....

DCK, like holy *&it it is -23C and frikkin windy this morning in the big smoke, enough already!!

My daughter had to take my old Aria classical to school today to try out for the "Guitar Club" I fear for the finish, hope she does not open the case toooo quickly..

My fingers are numb to the bone...................