Hey Joe when is the next time you are going to be in Canada I want to come to another show. I was highly impressed with your last show in Toronto that next time your in I will be there. Also when does the JSX amp head come out and what is the approximate price range on it, I am considering getting a cabinet amp of some sort maybe Ibanez or Fender and putting a amp head on it.

Later

What a day.

Watched the G3 '03 DVD last night for maybe the 2nd or 3rd time since I'd bought it. Damned near cried at how beautiful a song Little Wing is. It's not like I hadn't heard a few different renditions, but something about it just touched me. Very spiritual moment.

A few hours later, I wake up shivering and wanting to throw up....never did.....finally went back to bed, and felt just fine when I got back up.

Then I made the mistake of checking the mail. Too many bills. Can we say *lots* of overtime in the next couple of weeks?

Went from one of the happiest states a person can be in to "Fuck this" in a span of about 12 hrs.

*sigh*

Cheese101: I know what you mean about life being short and spedning money on concerts. I have very few regrets, but I do wish I had been able to see Joe in concert a few more times than just once (so far).

steven.....hi ,,expected yur mail.........how are ya?......will be calling yu on saturday.....reagrds to yur folks..........yu have mail......glad yu liked it all............peace and god bless.take care and cheers.HAPPY 500......

suzie2000.....thanks for asking ....my family are doing fine..jordan is completely ok now and he is his usual self again...regards...cheers....take care and god bless.

michele..........right o...family always comes first...now i know why yu are always so and so number of post behind.......hey why havent i received any mail from yu...what about the pic......hope to see yu in pic soon.take care and regards to yur kids.

marimari...i saw yu post about yu having dinner or something with austin(do the stu).......how is he...we havent heard from him in a while.....please keep me updated...i am interested in knowing how he is faring in life...cheers.

zenny..........hola...hola...jola..kola....mola..........how are yu bro?

alexandre..hello pal.....have a nice day.

lucysorets....yu have a very long mail....waiting for yur reply.....take care......

artanis................australia had an off day...period...i have to hand it to them....every team no matter how good has to have an off day...afterall they are not immortals or alliens...lol.......hewitt......well i loved what safin did...i think hewitt has a bigger mouth than racket...he talks and brags too much...remember what he did to kafelnikov in his(hewitts)first year in the atp tour..........anyway,,have to cut short or this message wont be accepted...cheers mate......

got 20 pages to read

Hey Joe, or anyone else in the "know".

For the Australian tour, will you be making a DVD, because that would be incredible, and I could imagine it would have a huge sale success, since you haven't been for a decade or so.

Please say yes!...

Cheers,

Kendal.

Zinc Yeah dude, I used to have a problem with 'the munchies' but since I stopped drinking like a fish and smoking like a chimney I stopped stuufing my face :-) I think that there is a place for excess in everyone's life at sometime but unfortunately some people are predisposed to gaining weight. I did a heavy manual job for years so I got away with eating loads cos I was burning it off - then I became a desk jockey and the pounds piled on, now I'm Mr temperance and Moderation - lol.

Steven Wilde What bikes did you used to race bro' ?

Michelle It's a good job that you can't post the music that lyric or I'd be on a plane out there to slap ya' - lol. Mind you I'd be ready to run, I might be 6' 1" and 192 lbs but I still don't fancy my chances!

Delfino Don't worry about your Dad man, statistics aren't worth the paper they are written on and none of them apply to an individual. I'm sure I once read that people who eat a lot of cakes when they are younger can live up to 20 years longer than people who eat a lot of MacDonalds :-)

Hey Joe

How's trick's, hope your 100% back to health, When you where between jobs did you like get your self up at say a set time and say right im going to get up at........ and play till......... or did you just gat up and play when you felt like it? did you have a set routeen?,

Stay Well.

Cheers,

morning everyone

hello people!

i've moved my little DOD amp into the loungeroom - currently i'm trying to work out the Astroboy theme song....i can't get it outta my head!

the closing song as well

Zenfish

how long u been playing guitar for ?

Delfino, you were probably meant to cook them then let them cool, to have them cold! Whoops! Seriously though mate, I'd go see the doctor.....you're better to be safe than sorry, right? Take it easy bud!

Also, I love your description of Searching, and thanks for the confirmation on the euro Vai tour, I knew it'd be after the summer!

Re. the Legacy tones - yeah the lead channel is much like you described. It is very warm and smooth, and sustain and harmonic response are very good. This is all without bags of distortion....it just doesn't need it. It makes up for it with killer crunch. I seriously think you can get a fatter crunch tone out of a Legacy than with a Boogie Dual Rectifier, as long as you use your pickups right. The lead channel is really interesting cause you can do so much with it - I actually use the "Boost" setting on a Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal just to boost the signal going into the amp. It doesn't change the tone or add any drive or distortion, it's just like a few percent of pre-gain. If you combhine that with the lead channel's gain set to about '3', and use a neck-single coil with the tone wound right on you get a decent Clapton/Vaughan type dirty Strat sound. It's awesome. then switch straight to a bridge humbucker and it gets hotter and more sustainy without getting massively more gainy. It's cool....doing that makes it feel like you've increased the gain and volume to keep the note burning longer, but you haven't, it's just tonal response, and is very controllable.

The clean channel has a "presence" switch on it. The switch add's a little brightness and makes all the notes slightly tighter and more brittle, it puts a kind of snap to them, and I never use it. I find it a bit too harsh and unnatural, and I don't need it. Without it, the clean channel is actually very warm and has a wide, clear spread of tone and a lot of character, so I'd guess Vai is using the presence switch on his. Combine that with a split Evolution and you've got quite a thin sound. I shall have to record some clips some time.....I will get round to it, I'm not exactly sure whe, but it will be fairly soon! I'll let you know when I have!

happy 500 bro!

Good day to everyone!

Clarky - Okay, sounds cool. I guess we'll need to meet up some time quite soon then...

Delfino - Happy belated birthday, man! Those guys at the Chinese restaurant sound like tools. Apart from anything, it's a little unwise to treat customers like that as they're unlikely to return... One more thing: Durka durka mohammed jihad!!!!! roflmao

civgeek,

I didn't notice the lack of sofistication in Medford, OR, I was so take by the natural beauty...if you come to NYC during the summer let me know...we'll hook up!

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cheese101,

I would have stuck around the Pacific Northwest, but when the leader of the band quit & left for Las Vegas to join a show band, and left us all high & dry I said..."hhmmm work at MacDonalds to survive, or go back to NY & start over"? 25 years later, and several bands later...here I am. It's sooo pretty there... God's country!

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andrew_the_edge...is he open to praticing with a metronome?

www.stevetrott.com

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