Great vids Skippy, thanks for sharing...hard to believe it was such a small crowd...that's a shame since he traveled so far...but gave you a chance to hang!!

Gad damn, lookit Davy on stage with Chickenfoot, tradin lick fer lick with JOE!!!

The $750 meet n greet tix to the Chickenfoot show sold out already.....

Somebodies gots lots more monies than I do =|

Cheese101: it is in Vegas after all!

My better half said no to me flying to Vegas for that show. Even before I asked! :)

I guess that better judgement is why she's known as my better half! :)

Decided not to paint shielding pant on the guitar cavities, too expensive for questionable benefit. As one of the blokes I was talking to said. "you have 2 miles of wire wrapped around the pickups hangin out in the wind, and you want to shield a few cm of wire in the electronics cavity" - he made his point I guess.
Roo

Hi Joe, any chance of some blue whilst you're on hiatus from Chickenfoot?

Hey Austin - is that you in the SLT video?????

For Chickenfoot in Australia say "aye"!

Muse: I have mixed feelings about them. Never really liked them until I heard "Live in Wembley". Then I thought I liked them. But the studio versions... :S One thing is for sure: the song "Invincible" has one of the best solos I've ever heard! And the song is great...

All: Need advice (again)... Anyone knows a good way to reduce feedback? I read about EVH's technique of dipping pickups in hot wax (and how he screwed the first few trying it). Anyone has done this? Is it something an amateur like me can do at home? Any alternatives?

Skippygirl - Where in the video? I don't recognize where the crowd shots are from...I assume the Seattle road test show, since I don't think that footage has shown up anywhere. Does anyone have a guess?

If you're talking about the main character guy, ha! If only... ;-) No, it's not me. I don't have any tattoos and I'm taller/less buff than that guy.

While I'm talking about me...does anyone have a decent photo of me that I could use as a recent mug shot? Maybe something taken at one of the recent Chickenfoot shows (no, roo, not the photo of me chowing down on In-N-Out...haha)...?

I've been going through some photos and I don't have anything recent that's good. It seems weird to me that most of my photos on Facebook are from 2006/2007.

Anyway...

Listening to: Yes - Awaken

I guess this song will be for michelle and the other people on the East Coast. I need to get some sleep, though...

Death: I play Strat, but the pickup in question is a Dimarzzio Fred (more or less 15/20 years old) Do you know if it is hot-waxed already?

$750 for a meet and greet package!! Come on, the marketing people don't have any respect for the fans that are paying their meal ticket.

$750 to meet people that can play and sing, that's voluntary robbery, it's not worth the risk of having a cranky, hungover, or just an individual that is not in the mood to provide 100% for a service that has been paid for.

Even if I could afford it I don't think that I would pay it. Much like everything in the retail market, if we the customer buckle down and choose not to pay these outrageous prices, corporate marketing will get the hint and charge a reasonable price for an intangible service that is only a fleeting moments memory.

$750 for what ? A whole day of waiting for 30 minutes worth of chat or so, an overpriced t-shirt, some photo, plus the additional cost of tickets to get in. Why not throw in a full day's hang-out for that price. Give me a substantial memory and a day with meat not just dessert.

Blue Buffalo- Well said....

Here is an enjoyable little clip of Joe from the summer tour MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

Oh for a box o different dimarzio/seymour pickups t put in a decent guitar & a power o solder when i was 13 sleverin over a marshall stack

Slansh... (I feel stupid for asking this...) Please translate into a "dummier" english... I understand you're talking about Strats (my guitar) and Dimarzzio/Seymour (the pickups I use). There's even a Marshall somewhere (the amp I use) I don't understand the rest... :S

Slansh, thanks for the translation :) Actually, there is such box (not commercially) The Portuguese Fender representative has one of those. You can fit a number of different pickups in there and just try them. I think that's what you were saying...

thats why i plan a tour playing acoustic & electric the same ie straight t DI with no fuss, its by far the best plan so long as yer guitars are earth,d well & no 60 cycle single coil shit gets t the sound eng!

For $750.00 I should get a weekend with the band so they can clean my house, mow my lawn, wash my car, and change the batteries in all my smoke detectors. Oh, that should also include the show ticket and a t-shirt ;-)

I think a neck rub should also be part o' the packish chelle :)

Cap'n, my dad is coming along...doing therapy every day, not sleeping much at night, wants to go home but is being stoic about the whole situation....except when it's just the two of us and then he cries. Breaks my heart. He worries about my mom/his wife....and lately he's been talking about his realization that his time left is short....I hafta try so hard not to cry when he talks about it, because I know he NEEDS to talk about it and he needs support, not tears from me. I also have to be realistic and not try to say to him, "naaaaaah dad, lets not talk about it cuz it ain't gonna happen"....that would shut him down when what he needs is to deal with it. So we talk, I hold it in till later...and tell him that whatever time we all have left together, lets make it a DAMN fine time. I want to deny that eventual happening with every fiber of my being....but....I also want to help him with this part of his life, to deal with it, make peace with it, and have him know how much he's loved and that his life has been well-spent.