thanks for all the input on the compressor thing. i guess i am going to look into them. another prolly "doh" question is, do you run it b4 or after the other pedal except in the slansh's case where he runs mulitple? i might even try that too. i love fiddling with my sound and nothing is sacred to me so i might try just about anything. the true by pass thing was an interesting read BUT, most of us don.t use 2' cables between our pedals. i have 6" little patch cables and keep everything nice and neat.

happy thanksgiving to all who do this. i have a bird and some fresh veggies going on and the house smells fabulous. already into the tiki drinkies too. salud to you all!!! todays drinks are the tropical itch(no rash cream needed) 1oz of vodka, 1oz of rum, 1/2oz of triple sec and 4oz of passion fruit nectar. mmmmmmmmm. next is the ever popular banana daquiri. 1oz of rum, 3oz of cream of coconut, 1oz cream de cacao, 1 whole banana, 4oz of pineapple juice. put it all in a blender and viola. all you need is a little paper umbrella. mix these with a guitar and you have some BIG fun.

Hello everybody! Happy Thanksgiving Joe and to everyone!

I did a four-mile race this morning. I placed in the top 50 out of 800+.

Does anybody watch "Deal or No Deal"? I like that show a lot. I saw it last night and a lady from Minnesota took a deal of $260,000. Pretty good don't you think? When they opened her case to reveal what she could of won, she had 2 Million. I was dumbfounded and fell to the floor. I felt so bad for her. Anyway, watch the show when you get a chance.

Do the Stu: That is awesome to see the Black Crowes. That makes two of us because I have to work Thanksgiving as well. Christmas is in question.

SuperDaveMcCarthy: Hang in there man. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving with your family. Prayers to you and your family.

Skippygirl, roo, and to all the Aussies: Good day mates and Happy Thanksgiving. What's the weather like down there? I would like to visit Australia sometime, as well as Canada, and Europe.

Well, gotta go. I have to take care of a couple of things and then get ready for work.

tikimon:If y put the comp after Ov/dist y get more of a smooth legato Holdsworth effect, b4 more grit but with the 2 on @ same time Ov in the middle with the gain down early malmsteen clean solo with balls & less muck ie Egyptian 4 comps on Cmin prelude, comp b4 Ov on Flymans y,ll have t ask Clarky what he uses for his solo on phoenix... good luck on da search bud

really strange hearing the rec quality now on that first cd "eech"

Slansmyspace

GG:Y got t keep it funky gal

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I have to work (think of me when you're reading your local newspaper tomorrow morning), but I hope everyone else has a nice day off.

Anyway, this is a bit of a tangent so I'll leave it...

I'm not listening to Alice's Restaurant because KLOS isn't doing that this year for some reason...boo! Maybe they changed the time or something...oh well.

Happy Thanksgiving anyway...

Hi Joe, I have a project at school and i have to talk about my passion. And one part of my homework is to talk to someone whose do the samething like me. My question is: why the guitare is your passion and why do you like that?

Thanks to answer my question :)

Happy Thanksgiving to all the american folk......sorry to hear Do the Stu that you're not going to have a day off...prob the only guy in the whole of the states!!

Got a copy of Chinese Democracy for my birthday, and I'm very pleasantly surprised. I wasn't a fan really the first time round but I'm finding it very listenable. When Axl keeps his vocals in the lower ranges, he really does have a nice voice. I can't stand all that nasal vocal screeching in the higher ranges though...

Hey Satchland

If Jimi Hendrix still lived he would be 66 years today! Lets all have 1 minute silence for such a great music legend!

Riviera_Grande: Check out the "Road" section for the tour just completed.

I saw Joe at the Metro (Sydney) in 1995 and also Melbourne shows, plus an in-stoore private jam at Allans in Melbourne that day, that was awesome. I met Joe three times over 2 days, After show in Sydney, on the plane and we chatted for a while, and at the in-store at Allans.

Then I missed G3 - had a massive deal on at work and couldn't get away, so pissed at that, we also lost the deal, so it was a double loss.

Then in 2006 he did the ITLIS tour, only got to the Enmore in Sydney for that, but got backstage and met up with Matt/Jeff/Galen and Joe again. Got to really meet Mick for the first time then.

Then this year I went to the Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane shows, got to catch up with Joe again 3 times. Thank you so much Joe, Mick, Galen, Stu, Jeff - you guys rock.

At the Brisbane show my friend couldn't make it, so I had a spare aftershow pass, I gave it to a guy next to me after we were talking for a while and he said "it would be insane to meet the guy, but how the hell do you get the opportunity?"

Unfortunately, since then I have collected probably another 20 or more unique items I didn't have for my collection, so there more left to sign Joe LOL!

So to answer your question, YES Joe has really come to Australia, and yes it was insane to see him play live. There is no other experience close. The Albums are awesome, and the bootlegs and live dvds etc, but LIVE is the BEST without a doubt. You completely get pwned by the music! LOL

Riviera_Grande - you sound like you've been bittten by the Joe Bug like the rest of us hehe. I am sure you will be 18 by the time Joe tours here again so save your pennies to get on the Spirit and come across.

mjs99 - your wife met Joe??? Wow, I need to catch up with you guys on the next tour - it would be great to have other women to chat about Joe with and enjoy the show/s.

Glitzy you are a legend. I struggled around the oval this morning at 5.45 am - I must have hit a 2 week-mark wall or something but I had Joe and SWTA in my ears to get me round as best I could - when does the freaking fitness start to improve?????? If it was basketball I'd be fine but running - ugh.

fatape - you sound like a very happy man, good onya.

Morning roo!!

OMG: None of you havent even said one word about Hendrix today!

Skippygirl: why, what cd can you send me? :)

Seriously, If we discount the obvious fakes, then it used to be easy, but it's quite a lot harder now.

Some bootlegs were produced by backyard boys anyway (I think "Cotton pickin" was made up by someone who got a copy of an original Cotton Club and wanted to make a cover for it. And I think "Joe goes to war" was only ever on a second rate production in cardboard sleeves), and I believe some of the originals were mailed around as CDRs and some guy later made up the slips and had them professionally produced to resell. So it really depends what you are looking for.

In the past it was sight unseen ordered off a mailing list, but I pretty much got exactly what I expected each time, no bad experience. Now with ebay, and so many smart counterfeiters out there, I can probably say I don't really care about original originals, As long as I get a cd that looks professionally produced, then I'm happy. And it has to be a recording that I preferrably don't have. I know for instance that "Luminous Guitar Giant" and a few others were only ever produced in a very small batch as CDR with stick-on cd labels. That is the original original anything that looks more professional and is called that is a copy!

Hope that answers your question.

Happy Thanksgiving Satchland,

Railton--Jimi Hendrix started it all for the guitar as a lead vocal instrument. Let me add my gratitude for Hendrix as well. What a way to inspire a guitar hero in the making! AND JOE DEFIED DEATH (HENDRIX'S) BY PICKING UP THE AXE AND CONTINUING A TRIBUTE THAT MAKES GUITAR HEROS IMMORTAL!!!!!!!!

THAT IS WHY HE IS CALLED ST. JOSEPH!!!

Maritime--Thank you for JOHN PETRUCCI's Rig Demo. The equipment used with the electric guitar blows my mind!!

Tracie & Michelle--Happy Happy Thanksgiving to you great goddesses of the message board!!

Do The Stu--I'm glad to hear that rock n roll radio stations are thriving in your listener area. I don't suppose KRLA, Pasadena still exists, does it? Thanks for your tips on police/security guard etiquette/behaving responsibly.

Cool pic's Al

Al, did u explain to Joe that yer cd cover picture is yer reflection off yer blue guitar? Hmmmm, did ya!