Hey Joe,

Firstly, cant wait for the gig in Manchester (UK) its gonna be great!! Second, can you convince ibanez to make a left handed version of your guitars? tried playing the wrong way round and it just doesnt feel good, but the necks on your guitars are the most comfortable ive ever used.

Also, if you ever get chance, i play in a band called "The Gonzo House" check out some of our tunes on myspace.

http://myspace.com/thegonzohouse

Michelle: that's the whole point! A couple of guys from a hardcore band we're playing with tomorrow night saw us, and I heard one of them say to the other afterwards when he saw my blood covered (and still bleeding) hand, that I was "hard core". I guess I'll have to be careful tomorrow, or I'll have a few hundred people to display my hardcore-ness to. Hey, cool! Don't want to lose too much blood though, I'm a skinny man.

Good Morning Satchland..... How Are We Today?

gottahavejoe...... I saw some posts reguarding picking techniques for you. One mag you should check out is Guitar One's Oct. 05 " Monster Chops" issue. There's over 100 picking exercises in there plus recommended picking techniques from Joe, Steve Vai, Mark Tremonti, Tony Morello, Yngwie and more. A cd comes with the mag so you can play along with these exercises. It's been the Bible of picking techniques for me and has improved my picking tremendously and strongly reccommend this for everyone. Click Monster Chops Hope this helps sweetie. Hugs

Have A Great Day Everyone ! ! !

BTW.... {Think Mary Poppins here}..... "Feed the Trolls toppins"....wait a minute. I'm sorry, "It's feed the birds". My mistake. Take care everyone.

Cuboid - It says 'Steve is my hero'! LOL

Zenny - 'Joe is a genius of sound', excellently put!

Keep rocking