OCPS470...very cool pics....what a sexy, beautiful guitar...give my props to your Luthier...nice JSX too!

sugarbaby6928...I'm waiting for my webmaster to post the pics & new song "Chromeboy & The Lava Lamp"...

Thank you for asking!

962... you should check out the 1000bp is awsome, it plays so smooth. i think its one of the best guitars ever. try the bp or the 1200ca. or maybe a js2 prm.... hmmm...thats what i want next i just need some money. but you should get one or two.

Mash er up buddy Mash er up!!!

it's like what I say before every gig...

Let Her R.I.P.

so here goes...

Dear Joe: My name is Pablo Alpuín (but my friends call me "paly"), I'm 24 years old. I live in Florida in Uruguay (South America). I am a big fan of you. My english is not very good. I play the guitar. When I play the guitar I try to imitate you. I love Rock Music. My favorites guitarist are Jimmi Hendrix, Steve Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Scofield and the list is kind of big :-) . I like Jazz Fusion Music and musician such as Allan Holdsworth, Scott Henderson, Fattoruso Trio (uruguayan band).

I would like in a near future you come to my country (city: Montevideo) because here you have a lot of supporters, more than what you can imagine!

Stevee T: I was playing the S470 Ibanez in those pics, but it's a great guitar too! I've relagated it to my outdoor gig guitar. Even thoug the custom is built like a tank, I don't want to chance getting it too hot/cold/wet. Thanks for checking them out though. When are we going to see some chrome boy pics?

ocps - bro.. I did try to kill myself with drink, drugs and whores... but my wife keeps stopping me...

she's a constant source of interference with the things I should be dying of

how can I be rock'n'roll and still alive at 40.....

Keniko, thanks for the happy 1300 amigo! Yeah, it will be a while until I can afford a JS1000 too......especially since I really want a Washburn N4 as well!

To answer your question - in terms of the technical side, I recorded it digitally on my PC, which I built specificallt for recording, using Cubase SX2 and arranging drum samples into a beat and making fills and stuff....then added bass and guitars.

In terms of the actualy artistic side - "how'd u come up with things like that? " - this tune started off with the rhyhtm guitar part. It uses an open drone note on the low E string, with a high 3-position power-chord sequence on the A and D strings. Having recorded that and looped it I tried to come up with a melody, and the first one I came up with had too many notes in it, so I simplified it and then hit on something I liked.

This is usually my process - either coming up with a bassline or rhythm guitar part and then a melody....haha, I'ts not that often that I think of the melody first! It's careful arrangement that makes something sound interesting though, and arrangement is something I find really hard. I can go into more detail on arranging techniques and ideas if you like, but I didn't want to swamp you in this response! haha.

Thanks again, for your kind comments!

962: i see, well all i've are like tools from the stone age, anyway what would be good recording software? i'm looking to at least get something better than the laptop's recorder...

i also come up with either a bassline or something for the rhythm. but i just can't seem to be really content with my stuff, you know coz im working with a half busted guitar and all.

Vai tomorrow!!!!!!!!

962/Suzie/Clarky/Mari - The Apollo is literally across the road from Hammersmith tube station, just outside of which - but also kind of inside - is a pleasant but small pub called The Pigeon, I think (defintely some kind of avian creature though...). I'm not working at all tomorrow, so the time is wide open as far as I'm concerned. We can also get quite a few down our necks considering it's so close to the venue. Unless of course you're driving. Don't drink and drive; it's just not safe, quite apart from the fact that the danger of spillage is increased by at least a hundred-fold. Clarky, I'll probably call you tonight sometime to sort stuff out. COngrats on the H & K purchase, Simon. Lucky bastard... lol. See you guys tomorrow!!!!

NM

Clarky, hey man, yeah I'll be around tomorrow. Looks like I'll be spending a lot of the day kicking stones 'cause everyvbody's gonna be busy! haha. Oh, I meant to say, happy birthday! Hope you had a cool day!

anyway, what's good recording software? Well I get on really well with Cubase SX2, it's massively versatile and powerful. It is one of the three leading recording packages - the other two are Pro Tools and Logic. These three are the three you will find in most studios, and you'll often find a combination of two being used for different purposes.

Because Cubase is what I've been taught, it's what I favour, but I'm sure if I had Pro Tools I'd get on with that brilliantly.....it's supposed to be the best, but Cubase and Logic are both equally great.

An external sound card would be really beneficial. You could get a USB or Firewire soundcard to use with your laptop and it would give you a fully portable studio! I used to use a Laptop but now use a PC, but still have an external sound card. That's the really important bit though. if you want more info on external sound cards just shout!

Neil, cool, thanks for sharing the inside info on the pub! haha. I'm going to be with family again so I'm not sure what they'll want to do, but will see you all at some point anyway!

Also, yeah man, I sincerely hope the dude gets the H&K in the post, pronto! The anticipation is killing me! You should monitor ebay for H&K stuff....there's not a lot, but this Attax 100 head only cost me a hundred quid.....can you believe that?! There was only one other person bidding on it.....the guy should have put a reserve on! hehe.

962 - Right now my DSL100 does everything I need it to do perfectly well, but the H7K stuff is really nice. The TriAmp is a phenominal machine. I was looking into getting an H&K amp a few years back, when my windfall was due, but I bought my bloomin' gorgeous RG570 Ltd. instead. No regerets!

Regarding studio gear, I'm a Logic man myself (sorry for 'eavesdropping'... lol). I can't get used to Cubase, no matter how hard I try, for whatever reason. My brother swears by it though, and he gets some great results form it. I use a PC at the moment too, but I might just be getting my hands on a second hand Apple G4 some time soon, which would be sweet!!! Macs are much better for recording purposes I reckon. But my next purchase, apart from some kind of semi-hollow jazz box, is going to be a decent audio interface. Then I need to upgrade my monitors. Any recommendations?