SteveeT - Envy is already on everything, Our Blood, Space Time, all of the Shredz at an Exhibition stuff....

right now, she is a right hand RG7620 in black, restrung leftie, and has an EVO7 pickup at the bridge and a Blaze at the neck...

the body conversion means that I'll have a guitar that I can play standing [on stage], have full access to the neck [no longer relegated to riffing only] and the LoPro Edge get's converted to leftie.... so she'll be a complete l/h Ibanez RG7620 - Morgan Custom
and shedding the boring black finish in favour of the blue quilt means that she'll have a more J-Custom / LA-Custom look

Morgan Custom usually made PRS style hand made guitars.. absolutely top quality materials and craftmanship...
Envy should be awesome looking when she's done..

when Morgan custom have finished Envy, I'm going to have Avarice's neck reprofiled - to make her a little 'sportier'..
right now, her neck is a little chunky for my tastes.. imagine a big fat Strat neck but 7-string... feels nice, but for me and my style, I prefer a little less of a 'blocky' feel..

I've seen some of the Morgan's up close... finished and during manufacture.... they are simply breath taking...
there was a l/h one in there newly finished... Brazilian Mahog body and neck [no fingerboard.. all solid mahog]
it was a hard tail, glue neck [very deep into the body with a mega tight fit into the neck pocket... looked somewhere between a PRS and a Yam SG2000.. but better balanced..
2 humbuckers but they were made from single coils.. all hand wound to spec...
when using the coil tap, there was not even a hint of tapped h/b tone.. sounded pure single...

the neck was rapid.... the tone was huge.. clear.. made my hair stand on end....

I'm pretty sure that never again will I buy an Ibanez....

my next guitar will be a Morgan Custom to my spec...

they're a lot of dosh... but with out doubt... they are of the highest quality in all areas....

for the price of two Morgans, I could buy 12 L/H RG's - because the latest L/H Ibanez is piss poor bottom of the range... great value for money... but not a patch on the old RG550L.... and nothing that'd interest me... not now..

Hey Joe!

I became a fan a few years ago when I heard your music being played on an internet radio station in Los Angeles KNAC.com, impressed when I heard big bad moon, fairly rock based at the start and then when guitar solo came in I was a big fan.

I really want to thank you and your band for the concert on the saturday 19th in melbourne in march this year. I was one of the 26 that made it there, i got 2 of my band members to come along as well and we had a fantastic night. I was amazed that you were all able to play for 3 hours, and not have a cover band do the first part of the show. To have such great musicians fly over from halfway around the world to perform in melbourne was awesome. Out of your performance I have started learning how to play bass guitar for a heavy metal band called mozart on crack (we play a mixture of heavy metal with classical music hence the name ;) )

I am looking forward to the next time I get to see everyone play again.

Cheers,

Zenfish_ i agree with you about Dreamtheatre They have an amazing ablity musicly but lack alot of creativity much like rush.

SRV has of late owned my CD player and again i agree he has a real understanding of blues muisc and has brought a whole new level to the strat.

This is the same school that wouldn't let students use electric instruments in their band for the talent show last year. Things were resolved after Dee Snyder (Twisted Sister) got involved. He sang WITH the band for the talent show. Now this... it was actually front page in yesterdays newspaper. Today it's front page of section B.

Hamburg student makes the cut - District officials relent and say a mohawk hairstyle won't prevent Tyler J. Walthers, 11, from having his photo in the yearbook. By Mike Urban Reading Eagle

One day after it seemed his mohawk haircut might get him scalped from the Hamburg Middle School yearbook, Tyler J. Walthers learned his photo will be published, his mother said Thursday.

The sixth-grader prepared for school-picture day Wednesday by using glue to mold his blond hair into 4-inch spikes.

But Principal Stephen J. Seier stopped Tyler from having his photo taken and told him his mohawk wouldn't appear in the yearbook.

Administrators later allowed him to pose for the photographs that his mother, Jo Ann Walthers, had paid $38 to have taken.

But it wasn't until Jo Ann met Thursday with Seier and Dr. William N. Kiefer, superintendent, that she learned the yearbook would include Tyler and his skyward-pointing locks.

Kiefer also said Tyler, 11, could continue to wear the mohawk to school as long as it did not disrupt other students, said Jo Ann, a teacher's aide at the high school.

On Thursday, Kiefer would not comment on the case, other than to say the administration acted appropriately and resolved the matter quickly.

Though the school's dress code does not mention hairstyles, it does state that dress and appearance are part of a productive education atmosphere.

Speaking of that code, Kiefer said it is important in maintaining a structured environment.

“Otherwise things could get chaotic,” he said.

Seier referred questions to Kiefer.

Jo Ann didn't get the administration to apologize to her son as she requested, but said that didn't bother her.

If there is a disruption due to Tyler's hairstyle, the staff should punish the kids acting up, not her son, she said.

“This isn't something bad he's doing,” she said.

Tyler, who spikes his hair only for special occasions because it takes 20 minutes to do so, said his mohawk had never led to problems prior to Wednesday.

“I'm glad I can still wear it that way,” he said. “And that I'm going to be in the yearbook.”

Good Morning Satchland......

Does anyone have the Michael Angelo Batio "Speed Kills" DVD? What's it like and is it worth picking up? I know Guitar World rated this DVD very high. Just lookin' for a T2Jer's opinion. Thanks.

962...... I hope I didn't mislead you. I wasn't transcibing the "House Full Of Bullets" solo. I've been learning it passage by passage for the last couple of weeks. I've been using the Tascam CD GT-1 which has been very helpful in slowing down the parts in pitch to hear what Joe is doing. When a passaage is to difficult to play at tempo. I practice over and over again till it's right and move on. It's been a wonderful learning experence. What's also helping is Guitar One's Oct. " Monster Chops " issue. Great reference for picking techniques and warm up drills. I would recommend that issue for any guitarists library.

michelle...... Ha ! ! ! ! You obviously have the advantage... LOL. " Go Ahead...Make My Day " ...".Say Hello to My Little Freinds" .....( well...there your friends ) Is this movie quote day or something? LOL..... Take Care.

Webmaster, Joe and to ALL:

Wondering if there will be autographed versions of the new G3 available either from Fanfire, Sony or from here?

I loved having my last few releases (Satriani and G3) autographed.

Zinc..... When Joe's new CD is released....I'm hopin' for another meet - n - greet tour which I thought was a great idea on Joe's part and proved to be very successful. If that goes down we can all get the G3 DVD signed. That would be great. I got a pre- release signed ITLIS CD from Sony. When I met Joe at the meet - n - greet I brought it with me and he told me he had signed something like 500 of those CD's.

Keniko

I hear what you are saying and I agree - but with the last G3 - all 3 members signed the CDs and DVDs - it is really cool. Just trying to keep the collection going.

Otherwise - I will have to try to make it to a meet and greet - if I have the time.

Joe: Hello buddy how are you today? Hope you are good.

MarimariSRV: Hey thanks, that is a very usefull piece of info.

962: Hey man thanks, I thouhgt that it was better to. It is also true, I gotta have him. You did not really make me change my nickname. I thought about the Elvis thing and you were right.

Gotta Have Joe...... If Joe can't play @ your wedding for some reason. I'll play for 10k. I would be honored....Deal? LOL.....

My Credentials.... Click below.....LOL...

Last wishes

Ralph returns from the doctor and tells his wife that the doctor has told him he has only 24 hours to live. Given this prognosis, Ralph asks his wife for sex. Naturally, she agrees, and they make love.

About six hours later, the husband goes to his wife and says, "Honey, you know I now have only 18 hours to live. Could we please do it one more time?" Of course, the wife agrees and they do it again.

Later, as the man gets into bed, he looks at his watch and realizes he now has only 8 hours left. He touches his wife's shoulder and asks, "Honey, please .. just one more time before I die ?" she says, "Of course, dear."

And they make love for the third time.

After this session, the wife rolls over & falls asleep. Ralph, however worried about his impending death, tosses & turns until he's down to 4 more hours.

He taps his wife, who rouses. "Honey, I have only 4 more hours. Do you think we could.....?"

The Confession

An elderly Italian man who lived on the outskirts of Monte Carlo went to the local church for confession.

When the priest slid open the panel in the confessional, the man said, "Father .. during World War II, a beautiful woman knocked on my door and asked me to hide her from the enemy. So I hid her in my attic."

The priest replied, "That was a wonderful thing you did, my son! And you have no need to confess that."

"It's worse than that, Father. She started to repay me with sexual favors."

The priest said, "By doing that, you were both in great danger. However, two people under those circumstances can be very tempted to act that way. But if you are truly sorry for your actions, you are indeed forgiven."

"Thank you, Father. That's a great load off my mind. But I do have one more question .."

"And what is that?" asked the priest.

Words with two Sides

1. THINGY (thing-ee) n.

Female...... Any part under a car's hood.

Male..... The strap fastener on a woman's bra.

2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.

Female.... Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.

Male.... Playing football without a cup.

3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.

Female... The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner.

Male... Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys.

4. COMMITMENT (ko-mit-ment) n.

Female.... A desire to get married and raise a family.

Male...... Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one.

5. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n.

Female.... A good movie, concert, play or book.

Male...... Anything that can be done while drinking beer.

6. FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n.

Female.... An embarrassing byproduct of indigestion.

Male...... A source of entertainment, self-expression, male bonding.

7 . REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n.

Female.... A device for changing from one TV channel to another.

Male... A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes.

He said . . I don't know why you wear a bra; you've got nothing to put in it.

She said . .You wear pants don't you?

He said . Shall we try swapping positions tonight?

She said . That's a good idea - you stand by the ironing board while I sit on The sofa and fart!

He said . ... What have you been doing with all the grocery money I gave you?

She said . ....Turn sideways and look in the mirror!

He said . . How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper?

She said . We don't know; it has never happened.

He said . . Why are married women heavier than single women?

She said . . Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed.

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily Iraq briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

marimari: i grew up South West Scotland, Newcastle peeps are the dogs bits, we affectionally call them "Scots with the shit kicked out of em" lol.When you get to Glasgow make sure y get an umbrella! No idea at mo if i can make the Vai gig,takin sick time in this line of work is near impossible, its an all or nothing kind of gig,ie,excuses are out!! Hey if Joe can get up & make the gig happen when he is THAT bad, so can i,pro work is pro work, again darlin, it depends.

enjoy yer tour mari,hope y find great company on your travels hon

Clarky:Golf......19th hole!!!!!.......Think i,ll stick to The Speckled Hen & watch from the bar window as y drive another into the pond,lmao,good luck in the final mix bro,really lookin forward t hearing it

Zenfish:The difference with SRV & Yngwie for me is SRV touched the dead nerve in normal people & asked them subtlety to wake up & feel.All walks of life listen & love his music,Yngwie is more aggressive, a forced good food almost.A feast for guitarists.

Roy - You should go to the gig. Ask Mr. Vai if he liked your CD personally - bring another with you. Tony MacAlpine also has one. He asked me about you.