Hello out there,

Clarky - Cool. I'm meeting old ACM buddies at around five-ish, but if you're available any earlier then gimme a bell; I'm probbaly gonna go up to London in the early afternoon. I don't go up there often enough, so I'm gonna get one of those all zones travel card things and have a look around. Go to Denmark Street and see if I can haggle myself a nice Strat for under a tenner. "They have it cheaper next door, mate" lol...

OCPS/DCK - Thanks man. I've heard pretty bad stuff about Behringer gear, to be quite honest. A friend of mine has a pair of mid-price Alesis monitors, and they sound awesome. I like the Tascam USB-122 interface, and I've borrowed one off another friend of mine so I know it's compatible with my current setup. As far as monitors go, I'll just shop around for the best sounding ones at the most reasonable price. That said, I know somewhere I might be able to pick up some Yamaha NS-10s pretty cheap... lol

MASTER YODA / CLARKY / 962- Hopefully will catch up with you all before the gig (The Pigeon pub nr. the tube station?) Unfortunately can't get the afternoon off work, but Matt and I should get to Hammersmith around 6.30ish. If you are still in there we may see you... except I won't recognise anyone, have to rely on psychic powers, depends how packed the pub is!!! Mari is going to post in a minute as well, she's going up a lot earlier than us.

Looking forward to Vai!!!

Suzie - Just look for Clarky; he's the great big fucker with the pony tail, and probably a pint of Stella Artois... lmao

962: Simon look for me and Clarky after the soundcheck about 4' ish if you are there early. Do you know what I look like? I imagine you've met Clarky before so as long as recognize one of us it's cool..... Looking forward to meeting you.

MasterYoda: Have fun on Denmark street. I was there yesterday with Matt (Suzie's hubby,cool guy). Nice shops! Can't wait to see you.

Clarky: Happy Birthday!! I didn't know....hope it was fun! Nice to talk with you, can't wait to see you and see VAi also! I'll briing a few VAi photos to show you.....We a watching Live In Astorai DVD gearing up for the show......it won't be long now!

962....ya the candy apple red is good lookin to. the 1000btb is awsome too ive never seen it in person but from the pics it looks kool. where can you find js2 prm or js 10th from?

MasterYoda- LOL!

JTWO.....I'd drag my balls across a mile of glass to see Jeff Beck do a G3.....lol ! ......seriously, I would.

N E W S ~ the Crue

CARNIVAL OF SINS TOUR 2005: CASPER WYOMING - Tommy suffered 1st and 2nd degree burns on his arms while suspended 30 feet above the stage during a pyrotechnic explosion at a Mötley Crüe concert in Casper, WY on Wednesday, October 12. He was treated as an outpatient at a local hospital and is expected to fully recover. Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil said, "He didn't look good while the paramedics were treating him backstage so we chose to err on the side of caution and send him to the hospital." No shows were cancelled.

From Tommy's Journal ~

I'm getting better!! ....... I have 1st & 2nd degree burns on my arms, singed hair eye lashes, face, etc!! .....everyday I get better, and thank God I'm home tonight!! Our last show tonight!! [Sunday] Home for a few weeks then Japan, Australia, Hawaii!!

Master Yoda, I personally disagree on the PC vs Mac thing, but I can understand why people dig macs. Regards audio interface.....M-Audio stuff is good. But everybody has their own suggestions based on what they use themselves! haha. I like my Firewire 410 but I'd like many more simultaneous inputs. You should definitely look for something with enough simultaneous inputs to record a drum kit so you can at least multi-track a band using all real instruments!

And regards monitors, Alesis Monitor One MkII are THE daddy's. Well, you can get better if you've got 20 grand to spare, but for 200-or-so quid, Monitor One's are a steal. My good mate uses them and they are stunning, the tonal response in every frequency band is perfect. They're active too! I know that GAK have been carrying them for a few years and still do, and it's definitely worth the investment. I honestly haven't heard a better, more real monitor sound, you will hear absolutely everything!

Regards H&K stuff - yeah, I'm perfectly happy with what I get out of the Legacy, but I thought for a hundred quid....bollocks to it, I'm gonna treat myself! I still intend to get a TriAmp at some point though, if only to take it round my mate's place and prove that H&K isn't merely a poor man's boogie! haha.

Joe: hey man how are you all on this beautiful day? I am good. I have been listening to you like all day. Its awsome. I cant wait to see you again. It is going to be so cool. I have a couple of questions for you (If some of you in here know maybe you can help me out.). I was wondering, are all your backstage passes the same price? If so, how much are they? Also can you even buy them or do you have to win them? thanks for your time. Have a great day Joe.

Hello every one. How are you all today. Hey just wondering, how many Pantera fans do we have in here?

JS_JS: long time no talk, wouldnt you agree?

962...... I like the Mac. I boought a G4 Dual about 2yrs ago and got extra ram. The G4 is running at 1Ghz with 768 megs of ram. I went Mac 'cause thats what I learned on and also for iMovie and iDVD. I agree about inputs for recording live instruments. I got a Digi oo2 with an Octopre. The Optopre is a 8 ch. mic pre with Adat light pipe. It sweet and I patch it in with the light pipe. I love my Monitor Ones. I have one of the first pair made. I also have the RA100 power amp. I want to get the Event Precision 8"s. They are the best bang for the buck for powered monitors. Check out my site. On the media page I recorded and filmed the band live. I mixed the tracks in Pro Tools and imported them into iMovie created the movie and then burned in iDVD. What was sweet about that is the syc issue. I bumped the first track around until it loocked to the video. Because it was hard disc recording I didn't have to worry about tape speeding up or slowing down. From the first song the rest of the tracks were locked. I loved it.

Hey everyone . soz i aint contributed with the posting ................ been learning sum more hendrix stuff ............ i am trying to learn little wing the way satch vai n yingwee played it on the g3 2003 .................. 9only thing is will the rest of the band wana learn it......

Stoppped by the chat............ Nobody home. Some other time maybe. I'm going to rest up for VAi now. Past my bedtime. Very big day tomorrow......

We are going to seriuosly Rock & Roll Wednesday Night!!!

DCK: Okay man...the truth moniter I heard sounds prety similar to me to the makie moniters which I hear every time I go to do sessions, but moniters can be tricky, so I can understand if you dig other ones. Also, maybe they sound better in my room, since I needed a smaller moniter since they are kind of stuck in a corner. It's funny, the Alesis ones are usually the ones everyone pans...hmm. Beats the hell out of me.

Mari- Looking forward to meeting you too!

OCPS - Thanks for the tip, dude. I'll bear that in mind.

962 - Yeah, for a hundred quid it was a steal. Why the hell not?

ONE week from today...... happy dance, ohhhhh happy dance continues..... LOL!!

HEY JOE!! Coooool cover picture and article on you in the November 05 Guitar & Bass mag...I just got my issue today!! :) Some really great info on gear, a pretty detailed review of the JSX amp head.....FAB pics of Joe and nice interview to top things off!! It's a keeper, LOL!! Love it!!

(Sung to the Oscar Meyer Weiner song....) "Oh, I wish I had an Ibanez Chromie, that is what I'd surely like to seee-eee-eee. Cuz if I had an Ibanez Chromieeeeee, everyone would be in luv with meeeeeeeeee....."