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!!!

Ape..Another lefty? I couldn't imagine playing left handed being right handed like Alan,..and he plays very well.

Good Afternoon Satchland.......

How is everyone? Man, I miss this forum. Just stoppin' in to say Hi.

Checked on Joe's messages and excited about Chickenfoot. Also. Joe mentioned Brenda.....

Michelle.....I'm far behind on the posts. How is she if I can ask? God Bless her.....

Hi Joe, well I will skip the obvious (OMG YOU RULE) I was at the 2008 Toronto Concert and i must say... It was such a great pleasure seeing you play live... Ur much taller then i thought :). And wow.. your hands look like rubber when you play (Cool 9 Live Sweep) Ive been watching all your interviews and i got your Satchurator but for some reason i cant seem to do a lot of the harmonic fun you do on stage. I figured out how to do your Scream but any tips on how to make the harmonics last longer.

I am playing an Ibanezs7320 hooked up to a Spider II Line 6 30 watt amp.

Also if you dont mind you get alot of feedback when you play... as in you get the feedback but then manipulate it to your needs. Yet i cant get the feedback to do the same things (looking at what note your playing and copying it onto my guitar)

Roo:- Regarding vibrato technique:"Play what you feel and feel what you play". If you can hear what you want to sound like in your own mind,and if you can let your heart and soul pick up on it, your vibrato will come naturally.This is a clip of me just dickin' around at my mates place which should show you what i'm talking about. Hope it helps. C'MON AUSSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cosmic_ape, that's good news also, I knew both Dave and Vinnie were each working on a new cd but was kinda fading away waiting for them to come out.....they just need to hurryitupatitch!! :)

oh oh, chelle has started the Weiner chant....now it's stuck in my wee fuzzy head.....but I always put the emphasis on the "ner" part of his name...u know...wei-NER!! wei-NER!! wei-NER!!

It'd be cool if someone had video of Dave playing those new songs.

oooooooh, Alice in Chains is coming out with a new album this summer tooooooo.....and lets not forget DT who are finishing up on their newest....

*smootchies*

Ya know, ya can never have enough Weiner. My favs are Dave's party Piece and I'm The Hell Outta Here.

scoobadoscoobadee, nothing like a little Weiner between friends. lmao!

keniko & Burly, thanks for asking. My sis is doing pretty good. I stopped in after work yesterday and took her for a walk around the block, then sat with her for about an hour and a half. She says the pain isn't to bad, but she's taking it easy. She's trying to stay active and not just lay around. They told her that would be the worst thing she could do. By "active" I mean using the steps and walking around the house a bit, as well as the occasional walk around the block. Tomorrow will be a week since her surgery. Next week she might get the stitches out. I took a phone pic of her scar when we were walking around the block so she could see what it looked like. Her hair was sticking up and I said her scar was waving to the passing traffic. I told her I could send that pic to 100 people and maybe 2 would guess what it was. We had a good laugh saying what they might guess - cigarette butts in the gutter, caterpillars on a railing - just stupid stuff, but we had a good laugh. Today after work I was toast. I had to come home and melt into the sofa, so we didn't walk today.

kt, how ya doing man? Nice tune.

For Al

Scubadaz I went snorkeling a few years back at one of Disney Worlds water parks. In the pool were Hammerheads, Tiger Sharks and stingrays. My daughter was about 10 and was pretty scared so I was trying to act brave for her and after the first trip through the length of the pool, I was hyper-ventilating. I eventually became comfortable with it and had a great time. I could reach down and touch a couple of the sharks. (4 footers)

Skippygirl Hang in there, the noise can't be worse than a beginning trumpet player. How far do you live from the wild country that we see on TV and movies? Any Crocs nearby? Now that would be scary. Not a big reptile fan.

Burly: actually it's funny, some of the crocs are MASSIVE! Steve was a nutcase getting that close... I went to the Australia Zoo (in QLD - the one owned by the irwins) it is very cool, specially the croc show.

The funniest thing is when people from other countries come to live here. My daughter made friends with an american family who recently moved here. We were chatting and have a great laugh because they don't realise we have like 10 times more deadly common spiders and snakes and stuff. It's not uncommon to regularly hear of people being bitten, eaten or stung around here. You really do have to listen when you are told to wear long pants and firm footwear when you walk in the bushland even just across the road.

And I live 7 minutes from the centre of the city!

what with red-bellies, brown snakes, redbacks, funnelwebs, stonefish, sharks and everything else crawling and flying around here, it's almost like eat-legged freaks to get your car out of the garage.

And I'm arachnaphobic! :(

You know when Steve's program first began airing, I would get so mad at him, yelling at the TV "PIT IT DOWN". I would take it as long as I could and then change the channel. I eventually grew to like his shows and understood how great of a guy he and his family were. I can not stand snakes. Being a rice farmer, it is very common to see Cottonmouths. As long as I know where they are and can see them I am OK, but have almost hurt myself several times after nearly stepping on one. On one occasion, I fell backwards on top of one in the mud and water. We were both trying to flee one another as fast as we could, and would have probably been comical to bystanders.

burly - yes lots of great and wonderful wildlife in Oz. The crocs are mainly in the north of Australia particularly northern Queensland (heavenly blue pristine beaches...) and the Northern Territory.

Here in Victoria it's mostly the marsupials (kangaroos, wallabies etc), koalas, platypus, emus, spiders and snakes (correct me if I have missed any my fellow 'burnians) and penguins because we are on the southern coast (they're CUTE!). Growing up in the country it was mainly the tiger snakes and redback spiders to worry about so all the kids I hung out with wore boots outdoors.

Yes do put Oz on your bucket list it's a wonderful country :0).