Hey Joe, I went into Gary's tiny shop to ask him to strip some guitars and had no idea he did a lot of work with you... LOL!

I found the place on the internet as I was heading to the states only for a few days.. When I get there, I went in and thought "bloody hell, I'm not leaving my guitars here", it looked so run-down and a dodgy operation! HA HA HA...

Then I saw some of the framed albums around the place, got talking and the penny dropped... DOH! that's who he is!!!

That was funny. Do you still do work with him? Fernando (I think it was) was telling me about being at the 20th anniversary replay gig of "surfing" at the original studio. I wish I could have got to that.. Surfing was the album that got me hooked.

Did anyone have a boot video or cd of that whole gig?

CommodoreDrake...I hear ya. Maybe I prefer TAPS because I grew up in New England and they do a lot of research in towns that I've lived in or been to. And I agree that they have to keep things exciting for the TV crowd. My favorite episode is when they investigated the Mt. Washington Hotel in New Hampshire. Made the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up..

Ok here is a Joe related question..

Grandma's Don't Know Everything

Little Tony was 7 years old and was staying with his grandmother for a few days.

He'd been playing outside with the other kids for a while when he came into the house and asked her:

'Grandma, what's that called when two people sleep in the same room and one is on top of the other?'

She was a little taken aback, but she decided to tell him the truth. 'It's called sex, darling.'

Little Tony said, 'Oh, OK,' and went back outside to play with the other kids..

A few minutes later he came back in and said angrily,

'Grandma, it isn't called sex. It's called Bunk Beds.

hi

just discovered protest the hero, i <3 irregular time signatures :)

Guys..Still enjoying my time off while it lasts,, Just came back from the gym with some Judas Priest on the mp3. These two guys are another example of guitar players who compliment each others playing. Another example being Angus and Malcolm of course. But I guess what has always been the been the thing that drew me to Priest aside from the catchy riffs and driving beat was Rob Halford's vocal range.

Thanks guys...

One Monday morning the Postman is riding through the neighbourhood on his usual route, delivering the mail. As he approaches one of the homes he noticed that both cars were still in the driveway. His wonder was cut short by Derek, the homeowner, coming out with a load of empty beer and liquor bottles for the recycling bin.

'Wow Derek, looks like you guys had one hell of a party last night,' the Postman comments.

Derek, in obvious pain, replies 'Actually we had it Saturday night. This is the first I have felt like moving since 4:00 am Sunday morning. We had about fifteen couples from around the neighborhood over for some weekend fun and it got a bit wild. We all got so drunk around midnight that we started playing WHO AM I.'

The Postman thinks a moment and says, 'How do you play WHO AM I?'

'Well, all the guys go in the bedroom and we come out one at a time with a sheet covering us, with only our 'family jewels' showing through a hole in the sheet. Then the women try to guess who it is.'

The Postman laughs and says, 'Sounds like fun. I'm sorry I missed that.'

wooleyman, a new Vin man cd? That IS good news, my son will be especially happy to hear that, he's been waiting fer like....ferever for it to come out :)

Now we need the new Dave Weiner cd to appear *poof*

And the Chickenfoot cd *poof poof*

Did it work? damn.....sigh.....ah well, I have Jordan Rudess's Rhythm of Time cd coming, looking forward to that.

Mc.....a gig? Are you playing? What is this?? Congrats if you are :) And why the hell not, if you aren't? Don't let the "soccer" game distract u :D

me too Dave....I'm on Made of Tears right now...as far as I'm concerned, nothing better than Joe's music :)

Just for you Al a lil flight o the bumblebee played at 370bpm with some cute asian chicks thats not 2 annoying is it lmfao

Burly, I agree. Automatics don't belong in the homes of civilians. No reason for it. That's all I'm sayin'.

Roo, me mum used to sit and nap when we were kids, and when we'd tell her she was sleeping, she'd always say she was just resting her eyes. lol! Good memories.

SuperSwingDog, they did use the JS1200 as the foundation, that will be the $6,000 guitar you can buyhere...
IDK why they bothered with the other one... I guess they look the same from afar so for the broke ass punks like me the cheap one would be an alternative... I wouldn't buy it cuz the hardware is cheap, though... And, 'cuz I'm left handed...

Tracie, Dave Weiner has a new album coming up, he just came to M.I. for a clinic and he played three songs from it... It was pretty cool... He didn't have names for the songs yet and I can't remember him saying anything about a release date, but it's recorded already just like Chickenfoot!

Hey joe. . .thanks for makin such awesome music . ..love the new album.

only started playin couple of months ago. . .lol any tips greatly received!!!