scubz, who knew? lol! It was funny though.

Pip, I think you just like to use the word weiner. You could do what I do and occasionally sing the Oscar Mayer weiner song, or just go straight for the Dave Weiner WEINER chant. You could also buy a Dachshund, but if you get a puppy, everyone else's weiner will be bigger than yers. Some guys might point and laugh, but those babies are a chick magnet! lmao! I better stop before the moral police throw a hissy fit. LOL!

Austin, do you have yer answer for yer dinner guests yet? Nice MP interview too btw.

Bitten By Chad in Chicago. That show should have been filmed for a dvd ffs!!

Never get to meet anyone now. Goodby Blue_Moon, Goodby Guitarvibes.......Goodby Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and Steve Morse and MICHELLE and death cube k and Castle 49 and scubadaz and Cappy Steve and Keniko and ....

Woohoo: just purchased my backstage pack for universal city. Looks like i'm too late for backstage Berkeley though :(

So, Austin..... Up for a Roadtrip? :)

Anyone in sf and la willing to let me crash on your sofa/lounge/floor for a night?

Hey what's the deal with us and Canada only for some code? My confirmation said I'll get a code to redeem the pack but it's USA and Canada only? Anyone else encounter this? What's it mean? No magic 8-ball? "The future looks dim!"

Just a quick 15hr flight to USA to see chickenfoot, and then home again.

I can't wait!

Roo

turbo236 - That video has to be the most-posted YouTube clip here on T2J, at least in recent years. For good reason, of course...it's awesome.

I love what Joe plays from about 1:00 to 1:10...too bad the camera wasn't on him at the time. And the look on Grace's face at about 4:45 is nice too. ;-)

But I don't think the end result is that bad, and had he not said anything I wouldn't have known any better (if anything, I'd attribute the wackyness to Steve just being Steve).

He does have a bit of fun with the editing, but things never get too crazy. Here's Blue Powder from the DVD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AVXax5AXOA

And I thought the JSX 50 didn't come out until later this year. Your link may suggest otherwise, but I did online searches at the major US websites (Guitar Center, Musician's Friend, and Music123) and nothing came up.

Have you heard Slash's Snakepit? Scroll down on that page and you can listen to some samples. Good stuff...

I'm still working on the dinner question. I may end up with two parties (one music, one "other")...it's tricky because I'm trying to come up with a party where none of the guests have met.

As far as books go, I think The Truce At Bakura would make a good movie. I think that was the first expanded universe book that I read.

And Phil, yes, I think the seventh movie would be the cartoon. Unless scubadaz is talking about this, which would mean he REALLY hated Episode I.

And about the code...is it linked to your Australia billing address at all? If not, maybe you can have the VIP package stuff shipped to me (or another T2Jer) who can give it to you once you're out here?

Not sure if it's just me or family yet. If just me I can slum it, if family, we'll do hotels and she'll come to one of the concerts.

Who does the packs? I need to contact them to confirm I can get all the candy and how. Can you email me your postal address? I can then ask them to post to me c/o you.

Thanks mate!

Roo

Pip- I dont think those frets will ever be common but Steve is having them put on some guitars. Awesome for studio recordings...i always find myself tuning to what chords ill be playing and being careful of how much pressure i use..by Steves reaction, it clearly saves some time and headache tuning to perfection..heres the ... real link..see little pdf links in bottom corner for actual pics of Steves Axes

and...

Chad Smith on Chickenfoot checkout the rare clip of EVH and Sheryl Crow..right below

Joe and the Gang - I read the reviews on the road page and just can't wait to see you tomorrow in Kansas! Was able to get some great seats up front on your side of the stage. Hopefully I will be lucky enough to catch a pick from you. I'll be in the Orch Pit with my "chickenhead" shirt! Too bad I didn't get lucky and get the aftershow pass. I'm taking a buddy who will be seeing you live for the first time - can't wait to see the expression on his face man. Chickenhead Rocks!

Joe, I wanted to personally thank you and your management staff for the after show passes this past Friday night at your Chicago show. I truly appreciated you taking "YOUR TIME" and spending a few minutes to chat with us! It was an honor and a pleasure to be given the opportunity to meet you in such a setting! I can only hope that I have the chance to do it again in the future.

You are a true professional and nothing short of a class act! Your performances are ALWAYS the best around and there isn't anything that I can add that hasn't already been said about you and the rest of the boys Friday night in Chicago! Enjoy the rest of the tour and I can't wait for your next go round! Thanks again!

Austin-I loved NOTE when I was a child.I originally had it on a cassette that had Passion and Warfare on the other side.Whenever I would finish "Love Secrets", the tape would flip over and the opening chords to NOTE would begin.To this day, If I ever hear Love Secrets, I expect NOTE to play right after.

I think I just outgrew the album.The production is a pretty big turn off compared to modern recordings.It's not that I dislike the tunes, I still play Brother John on my guitar occasionally, and I do like the Dreaming #11 live versions of the songs.

The studio versions of "Hordes..." and "Memories" just sound silly compared to the D#11 versions.As far as Driving at Night and New Day, I don't dislike them, but I can go without listening to them.Just sort of dull.

I pretty much only listened to Sufing, Flying, NOTE, Passion and Warfare by Vai, 5150 and 1984 by Van Halen, The Best of the Dregs, A Farewell to Kings by Rush, Apostrophe & One Size Fits All by Frank Zappa over and over again until I was like, 11-12.

There were a few other albums that I would listen to occasionally, but it was mainly those 10 albums over and over again.Mainly Joe and Vai at that time.Shoot, from 88-90 I probably only listened to Surfing and Flying,When I got Passion in 90 is when I got NOTE.Weird.

So-So setlist, obnoxious performance from Vai, and the reused shots were irritating.They only had like, 2 different shots of Macalpine soloing, and they would just reuse them.

The cutaways to Vai changing clothes while Donati soloed were just irritating.I really HATE what he does in Bad Horsie.I would probably be tempted to leave if I saw him do that at a show.I can't recall if he did that during the Real Illusions tour here in Seattle, but I probably went to the bar to get a drink if he did.

I understand Vai didn't have a lot of quality footage to work with, but I just didn't enjoy it.I think that DVD was the beginning of my losing interest in his playing.

I coundnt dream up a better idea for a movie...only thing is Joe should be there too. It Might Get LOUD! Click on Trailer NOW!...its amazing!!!

axeshredderjc - The Yamaha Frank Gambale's signature model has something similar to Steve Vai's guitar, but only on the first two frets (more info here). I don't know how long that guitar has been around, but it's at least as old as 2002, when it appeared on the cover of the third GHS album (you can see one of the frets at the very top of the image). I remember there was a discussion here about that guitar when the album came out.

So the idea isn't new, but the extent that Steve Vai is utilizing it certainly is!

And I'm psyched about It Might Get Loud. I've known about it for a while (it's been finished for at least a year), so the waiting has been tough. There's a theater in Hollywood that's showing it at midnight Thursday night; that's probably when I'll go see it...cosmic_ape, I don't know if/when you have class on Fridays, but do you want to join me? Or any other T2Jers?

WOW thanks for all the great links peeps, it's been like a candy store the last couple of days!

Axe - is that Bryan Adams in the back wit EVH/S Crow?

Michelle - if Dachshund puppies really are chick magnets you should patent that fast! The question about which do you prefer - Steve or Dave - was genuine. I think you mention Dave more than Steve so am assuming you dig his music more? Not least because he doesn't dress in a girly way?

Roo - cool news about your CF trip. Do those SWTA picture discs normally come with a 'proper' sleeve?

Do The Stu & Scubadaz - thanks for the info on Astoria.

For me, I prefer Ep 2 & 3 although they cram way too much in to 3. I can't find much reference to it, possibly a site edit, but there was a lot of info on Ep 7-9, some of which is towards the end of this link. The emporer staying alive idea is a bit 'thin' for me

Axeshredder - I just figured if Steve adopts it - the vid implied he was having it on all his guitars(?) - then it'll become main stream. But looking at it in close up from your link it's a bit freaky. Not sure how much you'd need to adapt to that! So I take it back... the FG version looks more sensible

That movie looks COOL!

Pip, I do like Dave's music. Since Steve's catalog is bigger, it's not really fair for me to say I like Dave's better since he only has one cd out so far. I do like Steve's music - just not all of it. I dig Alive in an Ultra World, and I love the Live in Astoria dvd

Mornin' peeps!

Michelle - yeah, fair comment about Dave. He's local to you right - have you met him?

Roo - cool, thanks - appreciate it.

Turbo236 - I noticed that too. The black with white logo (to me) only seems to have appeared recently. On a guitar I don't think it works as well as the one he's been using for most of the shows (as per SBE vid).

Personal preference tho

Cosmic Ape - cool! Maybe the question should have been who isn't coming

Skippygirl - You know, I thought that guy in the back behind Sheryl looked familiar but I couldn't place him. I think you might be right about Bryan Adams.

Then of course something like R2-D2 being able to fly is lame. If he could fly in the prequels, why didn't he fly straight to Obi-Wan after the pod landed on Tatooine at the start of Episode IV? They could've destroyed the Death Star before it had approached Alderaan and the movies would've been over before they really got started.

Also, the prequels bug me because they make it seem like there are only a dozen or so people who play an important role in the entire galaxy. I think movies 7-9 could have introduced more characters than 1-3 did.

Reading your link, I think it's dumb for the emperor to stay alive. Surely there's enough of a fleet elsewhere with plenty of imperial leaders to where future stories could be told without him.

And I wrote a reply about the guitars, but then saw that Phil said exactly what I would have...haha. But I can add that I think he has a few of the black-on-white guitars, because he gave one to Conan at the Tonight Show and still had another to play live.