962: No idea, all I can think of is that it was already damaged...Brought off a friend of a friend by my mum in USA. 18th birthday present... She sent it over and it cost a bomb to send.

Split up the neck-absolutly beautiful neck Wizard II is the best next i've used so far... Only got it in june-ish and i treat my guitars like my life depended on it. always in the case when out of use...

Girlfriends enjoying me moaping about... Won't be able to get a new guitar til next year now...Kills me it really does, especially as i played at least 6 hours a day everyday...

Hi fellow Satchites, Question - Having just watched G3 in Tokyo I was wondering wether to get some John Petrucci stuff anyone got his new album? Worth gettin? What about Dream Theater what kinda stuff is it? If along the Satriani lines which album should I start with?what about Eric Johnson's stuff is he more countrified? Not too keen on country so much, although he was pretty good with G3 and what about that other blokey can't remember his name, haven't got that G3 DVD yet what's he like? Come on 962 you can answer this one I'm sure - missing you!

Zenfish - thanks for the apology sweety, you must have missed my post that said I don't take offence at much, I might raise an eyebrow and say OK but that's about it. As I have mentioned before, we are all unique and have different opinions, but hey we are all human beings no matter what our opinion and so we have a common bond as well as being Satchites of course. Anyway you wouldn't get far with your Symphony if you were not serious sometimes eh?

js1200js1000 - It's what the heart is that counts and you got a lot of good heart. LOOKS EH!!!!!!!!!!!

Clarky - Just listening to PRM and Time Space for the sqillionth time - Question - Are you nearly done yet? When it gets to tomorrow, will you nearly be done then? Will you be done soon? Are you nearly done now? I Can't wait any longer......you must be nearly done now!!! hehehehehehe just going back to my childhood. Seriously though, just love your work!

Zen......i respect your passion and vision, everyone who has achieved has the quality of " a reach that exceeds their grasp" your thoughts and insights are both lucid and ethereal. A genuine approach that is "art for the sake of art"

On another note:

A man walks into a bar smoking a cigar..he leans over the bar and shouts rudely to the bartender "Hey!!! can you pass the ashtray!!!!" The bartender politely and calmly replies: " I think so.....but I'm not sure I can swallow it."

962 - By the way, just listening to your songs too, right now. Do you know what - All GREAT ARTISTS with probably no exception, think that they could do better, and what they have done is not quite good enough. I guess that's what makes their stuff great, cos they are always striving to do better. But the thing is they are GREAT ARTISTS - You fit the bill, absolutely. Airhead, is playing at the moment, great stuff! Love The Jester too, actually love them all, cos as you say in a lot of them Happy whatever and I'm a fairly happy person most of the time, so therefore I think they are FAB! Time Boogie is great too, took me back a lot of years when I was into the Stray Cats. Bye the way, you say that was the name of your first band, what's your band called now? Or are you following Joe, Steve, Eric etc and being the main man with a few helpers?

Am I tripewriting or do you get what I am saying?

death cube k...great interview...congrats!!

Remix - Chromeboy And The Lava Lamp

hey there Joe, how are you today? Man I am watching the new g3 and it is on Foxy lady, gosh you do such a good job singing that. I love it. Keep goin. You must come back to Spokane when you go on tour again. Please!!!??? Thanks. Lots of love. Have a great day.

Michelle: lol ok, I will be wearing a black shirt with white lettering that says Fender, and as far as the poster goes,lol I would if I could but I cant. Also what day does that show come on any way? Or is it different for every one?

962: Hey thanks. how are you today?

Keniko: what are you up to?

How is every one today?

have a great day!

Satriella, your continuing support and encouragement is a real inspiration, so....thanks! Yeah, the first band was called Time.....right now I don't have a band. I've been pretty busy working, and have, in my spare time, just been putting my own tracks together, which are the ones you've heard. I do intend to put a band together at some point. On thursday I went to the school where a couple of my students go and helped them out with a lunch time practice session to improve their collaboratve skills.

Helping us out was a fouteen-year-old girl playing drums and she was great, so I might put my shark hat on and tell her I'd very much like her to play drums for me! Basically, I'm formulating a plan! haha

In response to your questions - Petrucci's solo stuff is going to be somewhat different to Dream Theater. Dream Theater is "progressive metal" so it's all heavy, all serious, and all pretty epic. It's pretty cool, although I have almost completely gone off it now. There's still a few tracks which I can listen to all the way through, but I've passed through that particular phase in my life!

Eric Johnson is nice and varied. He does one or two country/bluegrass tracks, lots of blues-rock stuff and some much more jazzy stuff. He also writes a lot of great happy tunes, and also happens to write some of the best vocal tracks you'll ever have the honour of hearing. He can really sing too. If you liked his stuff on G3 '96, then I recommend that you get a copy of his Venus Isle album, and go from there. he is my absolute favourite musician, so I adore all his stuff, but for those who aren't so sure I would recommend Venus Isle, Alien Love Child: Live And Beyond and Bloom as albums you're likely to enjoy.

Ah Via Musicom is hiding it's age brilliantly and has some amazing tracks on it. I truly believe that Eric Johnson is the best guitar player around, and Ah Via Musicom and Venus Isle are packed with tracks that are good indicators of this.....with his CD's being so cheap, especially on amazon, it's worth getting some. If you hate them, sell them to me!

As for Yngwie Malmsteen.....get that G3 DVD first.....he's like marmite. You either love him or hate him. You should get a good idea of whether or not you like him by getting G3 '03, and even if you don't like him, it's worth having 'cause Vai's set is killer!

haha, no you're not 'tripewriting' (love it!!), you're making perfect sense! Hugs back at you xx