Captain Steve....today is my son's 11th birthday. On the day he was born (before we knew the 18th was the day) I thought of how cool it would be for my son to be born on such a momentous anniversary...guess I got my wish.

Hi this is chris, i was just wondering if anyone owns or has played a js1000 or js 1200, and what is the difference. I have a js-100 and want to upgrade and sell it.

cheese101/chris...the signature models have the digital rendering of Joe's neck (the neck is also truer) comes with DiMarzio's instead of Ibanez stock PU's, and the trem is of higher quality...high pass filter too....FYI...my JS100 has been re-fit with Seymour PU's & set up by a very gifted luthier to Joe's spec's...it's play's better than the JS1000's out of the box, but if you got the cash....signature series is the way to go!

Cool Perfect pitch test.Post your score! :D

http://perfectpitch.ucsf.edu/ppsurvey.php

Mace Man............ I think Joe is making a new cd......... not sure when its coming out hopefully soon. I am sure it will be awesome like the others.

DAMN,,why dont we just give JOE a break,,for CHRISTS sake,,opps,,DID I MENTION GOD..OPPS SRRY,,NO..IM NOT SRRY..Joe toured for MONTHS,,GIVE THEM A BREAK..Most artists dont do what joe & the boys HAVE DONE THE PAST 3 years,,Joe will be back when hes ready,, & HE WILL BE BACK WITH A VENGANCE!! TRUST HIM! LOVE YOU AGE,, HI STEEVE HI CHEESEE HI SATCHETES...DAKOOK

So our show this weekend was pretty good. I think we played very tight as a band this evening. Our sound guys told me that my guitar playing was much tighter this evening than usual - I think that's because I really played much more conservative than usual. The bar owner stiffed us a bit and only payed us 300 bucks though which isn't much considering we played for 4 HOURS!!! C-y'all

sj

night all.....it's been real, fer a Sunday night.....does tomorrow really HAVE to turn into Monday? Sigh.....

Dakook and Sugarbaby, you take care of yerselves!! And thanks for all the comments!!

As for my cheeselet and wanting to upgrade to a JS1000 or 1200, I'm leaving that up to him to decide and THEN figure out how HE'S going to manage such a thang.....the bank of mom is pretty permanently closed, LOL! When it comes to axes and gear anyway....I'll still pay fer his Dr. and Dentist bills...and a lil food thrown at him now and again....lol!

man, u know what sucks about life some times.. death , taxes, and BILLS fr***n bills, man, phone, internet,creditcards etc , man anyway thats life,

bet joe doesnt have to worry about that!

TO ALL: I just got a new CD/DVD player and it has the capability to play SACDs. Can anyone here recommend any CDs in the SACD format that are good to get?

Thanks

TomSr, if you have a DVD player and a 5.1 stereo setup, dont waste your time with SACD's, they cost more than DVD audios AND deliver less sound... Some great DVD audios available:

Deep Purple Machine Head - Staggering sound

Eric Johnson Ah Via Musicom

Eagles Hotel California

Gary Moore Back to The Blues

Yes Fragile

Last but not least, Billy Cobham Spectrum... Quadrant will blow you out of the room!!! Don't believe me? Just ask Michelle, she has that one too!!!

Well, if you can't even trust a hitman..

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese woman called in the police after a hitman she paid to kill her lover's wife failed to carry out the job.

The 32-year-old Tokyo woman was arrested Wednesday for incitement to murder, the Daily Yomiuri newspaper said Friday.

The woman contacted a private detective through a Web site last November and paid him 1 million yen in cash to murder her love rival, the paper said.

The 40-year-old detective accepted the money and suggested he could carry out the job by chasing the victim on a motorcycle and spraying her with a biological agent in a tunnel.

Things "FEMA" Might Actually Stand For

5> Featuring Enron Managerial Accountability

4> Focused on Equines, Mostly Arabian

3> Finally Ejected Mike's Ass

2> Forget Everyone in Mobile, Alabama

and the Number 1 Thing "FEMA" Might Actually Stand For...

How to dispute a credit card purchase

It's trickier than you might think. Here's what you're entitled to under the law, and the steps you need to take to make a successful case. By Lucy Lazarony, Bankrate.com

Don't you just hate it when you buy a product and bring it home, only to discover the product is damaged or poorly made?

To make matters worse, the merchant refuses to replace it or give you a refund.

If you made the purchase with a credit card, your card company may be able to help.

Credit card purchases are protected under the Fair Credit Billing Act. This law gives the consumer the right to withhold payment on poor-quality or damaged merchandise purchased with a credit card.

Just a few catches

Under the law, you do need to make a real effort at resolving the dispute with the merchant before you can ask your issuer to stop a credit card payment. There are a few other catches as well.

The sale must be for more than $50 and have taken place in your home state or within 100 miles of your home address. Few issuers enforce the $50 or 100-mile rule on purchases, but all are free to do so.

So there's a chance that you'll be able to dispute credit card charges on shoddy merchandise purchased outside your home state, over the Internet, by mail order or phone order.

"Many credit card companies will let you dispute that," says Jeanne M. Hogarth, a program manager in consumer policies at the Federal Reserve Board. "Technically, they don't have to."

Eager to please

Because card companies are eager to hang on to their customers, especially good ones, they'll often go above and beyond what's required of them by law when a customer is unhappy with a card purchase.

For example, Capital One issues a temporary credit to a customer's account when a purchase is in dispute.

"If a customer sends a dispute letter, we'll issue a temporary credit so they won't have to pay for it," says Diana Don, a spokeswoman for Capital One. "We're giving the benefit of the doubt to the customer."

Capital One then contacts the merchant. If Capital One agrees with the customer, the refund stands. If Capital One sides with the merchant, the customer must pay for the item, plus finance charges.

Some card companies may be less generous when a big-ticket item is in dispute or if you made the purchase while traveling overseas. It all depends on the card company and how much they value you as a customer. They can point to the limits spelled out in the Fair Credit Billing Act whenever they want to.