Mr. A McKenna--Jayus! millie the fact u seen my photos during my random timeframe of making my phots public to show someone creeps the shit outa me..

There's no territorial dispute here...or is there? Truth is it was not my intention to creep you out. I have been on this forum for nearly a year and I feel like a fool at times. Maybe I should stay out of alanmckenna.com because I'm not welcome. My bad. Hurty feelings! ;-(

I may not even be welcome on T2J.....I'll leave that up to Jon Luini and Joe to decide.

Anyway, I won't allow myself to be curious about Alan McKenna anymore. So many interesting fans of Joe.....big divides among some. ;-(

OOOOOO.... dont you love organizing surprises....I do....except i cant wait to give the recipient the surprise...its guitarical!

Glitz - thank you for saying Hi! ......Muchly Hi back at cha!

Whammy Freak - Wow fantastic guitar work....how big is it and what is it made of?

Hugs Satriella xx

Joe Satriiani - It's life size can be played like any other guitar, though it sound terrible since I'm using fishing line for the strings and I don't have real tuning pegs.

But I made it mostly out of pine, the body is pine and the neck is pine, but various small things on it are made of other woods I had laying around.

I actually had those colors of paint laying around too...perfect colors almost...

Hey Satchland..

I am officially unemployed (again) for the winter. Signed up for my meager government handout yesterday. On a happier note I had a few remodeling jobs land in my lap...for cash of course...shhhhh !! The constuction trade is so horseshit up here I may have to go back to school and do something else. College at 40? Not so sure. Makes me think of Adam Sandler when he pulled up to the high school in an 80's Trans Am trying to be cool and everyone was laughing at him...lol...funny movie. Have a good day peeps !

Actually, Sammy & Mike almost always take the high road when talking about EVH. In fact, Sammy was very complimentary about VH in general during the CF tour. I grew up with VH (I was 15 when the 1st album came out), but Eddie & his follower brother Alex really made/make it a tense band.

Skippy - I was thinking more along the lines of a jam like CF did. The Stones have some great songs to jam/warm up to.

The value of a Catholic education and a pencil (this is too cute)!....

You don't even have to be Catholic to appreciate this one.

Little Margaret Mary was not the best student in Catholic School .. Usually she slept through the class.

One day her teacher, a Nun, called on her while she was sleeping. 'Tell me Margaret Mary, who created the universe?'

When Margaret Mary didn't stir, little Johnny who was her friend sitting behind her, took his pencil and jabbed her in the rear.

'God Almighty!' shouted Margaret Mary.

The Nun said, 'Very good' and continued teaching her class.

A little later the Nun asked Margaret Mary, 'Who is our Lord and Saviour?'

But Margaret Mary didn't stir from her slumber Once again, Johnny came to her rescue and stuck Margaret Mary in the butt with the pencil.

'Jesus Christ!!!' shouted Margaret Mary and the Nun once again said, 'Very good,' and Mary Margaret fell back asleep.

The Nun asked her a third question...'What did Eve say to Adam after she had her twenty-third child?'

Again, Johnny came to the rescue.

This time Margaret Mary jumped up and shouted, 'If you stick that thing in me one more time, I'll break it in half!'

Al Surfer, actually I do have the impression that Sammy doesn't miss one opportunity of putting Eddie down, but I haven't checked his interviews lately. I watched them at the CF beginning and I got so tired of that attitude that I skipped them ever since.

Sentences like "Joe is the best guitar player I've worked with" (that he insisted on repeating on each interview) are rude and inelegant, even if they are true. But maybe it's just me...

I have to clarify, I'm a big EVH's music fan. Don't know nothing about his personality, but I know he was the guitar hero (emphasis on the past).

jjc, if it takes long to feedback, it means you need to put it LOUDER!!!

Dudes and dudettes,

Remember me asking about the differences in capturing the guitar sound with a mic or sending it directly to the mixer via pod?

Well, here's a video of the performance that made me aware of the difference: Guitar Duel

I'm playing through a Line 6 connected directly to the mixer. The Marshall in my back is just for monitoring.

The other guy (Miguel) is playing through his Marshall and capturing the sound with a mic.

Truth is the video does not reflect the difference in the sound you could feel in the room, but I think you can still tell...

Well, you tell me what you think.

Happy birthday to Sammy Hagar...he is 62 (!) today...!

Happy X-Files day as well... ;-)

Death: I'm the guy with the Strat :) I think you might be right, but the main difference is the use of a real amp in the middle (I'm using amp simulation)

Good Afternoon Satchland..... How is Everyone?

Tomorrow, Oct. 14th. Cindy and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary. Yes, that's right.... it's not a typo .... 30yrs. Man, did I marry a strong women or what? ...lol.... Seriously I can't believe we've ben' together this long. It's ben' great. The old cliche' "Time flies when your having fun" comes to mind. It's ben' a great ride and looking forward to the next 30.

Hi dude, I just tried out the big bad wah. It's AMAZING:) Really the best wah I've ever tried out.

Happy Birthday Sammy

elpp - nice (Blues Saraceno). That solo is cool, sounds close to some Nuno stuff. Wonder if he still has a thing for plaid

Skippygirl - oh, THAT 6 hour rule.... yeah, whatever you say. And on cycling and football, surely that's a jersey? Coincidentally they're both irelands off the UK.... I bet iggy wears a cycle jersey ha ha : ) That Porsche... erm, yuk, soz

Do The Stu & Axe - thanks for the Cabo links

Roo - so you didn't arrange for top coat varnish with the artist or as part of the process? I'm surprised about that. So you're doing it yourself? RX8... no V8!?

Scubadaz - camera looking to have good definition. Have you got headphones on? Seems like you think the same about Channel Island clothing

Cheese101 - really good news

Michelle - sorry to hear about your Mum. Had a similar experience in 2006 where they were given the relatively all clear before it became bronchitis. Positive vibes to you & mum

CappySteve - not being Sarky... LMAO, very good

Keniko - congrats, that's awesome!

I think people are reading way too much into that Van Halen soundcheck video (here it is again). Yes, it comes to an end quickly, but if you listen to the beginning they were told to only play for 45 seconds.

One thing that does stick out to me, though, is that it sounds like Eddie goes into the bridge of the song instead of the second verse. It may be just a creative way for him to end the minute or so of playing, but if it's a true mistake it's a pretty big one. You can listen to a full version of the song here. The soundcheck clip ends at about 1:10 in this new video, and the bridge starts at 1:56. Either way, Sammy and/or Mikey should've come in with more vocals right around the time this clip stopped (but they probably didn't, because it's only a soundcheck).

Anyway...all bands soundcheck differently (and Sammy doesn't even soundcheck with Chickenfoot), and I don't think this means anything or was a sign of things to come in Van Halen. I do agree that the Chickenfoot soundcheck looks more FUN than this Van Halen one (or most other bands' soundchecks), but that's another issue entirely...

And about interview comments, I've always found Sammy and Mikey to be completely honest (positive and negative) about Eddie. They may be critical of his work ethic, but they also rarely comment on his drinking and have never commented on (confirmed or denied) his rumored drug use.

Sammy has said some things about Eddie that could be seen as mean (the way he plays "all over the place" in a song, how long it takes him to write, etc.), but those comments always come as a comparison to something else. Sammy will say Eddie plays all over the place when he's talking about Joe, who knows to hold back a bit. Or he'll say at a show that it took him 43 days to write a song in Van Halen because he's talking about how cool it is for Chickenfoot to have done a whole album in that same period of time.

I just thought I'd add my two cents...I'm usually very critical of Eddie, but I don't see reason for that with this.