R.I.P. Dennis Hopper

Rest in peace, Dennis Hopper.

There's a slight Satch connection here...Dennis Hopper played King Koopa in the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. movie, and Speed Of Light is in the film and on the soundtrack.

RIP Dennis Hopper...he was such a bad guy in the movie Waterworld, gave me the shivers he did!

Here visiting Chris,relaxing in his humongous room, we just found an Electro-harmonix Metal Muff pedal at a garage sale, he's madly tweaking and playing with it right now.....sounds very fuzzy and "Hendrix-y"...in fact he's playing Foxey Lady right now, LOL! Ran all over the place, got him some supplies and stuffs, went to Applebees for lunch, just got done seeing Letters to Juliet (OMG I cried, such a sweet movie!) then got coffee and came back to his house where we're hangin. Soon I'm heading up the road for an overnight at a casino with some friends. The weather is gorgeous and it's been a good day :)

Take care peeps. It's always so hard to leave Chris when I hafta go but he'll have fun with his new pedal and the movies we found him :)

Welcome back Scubz, glad to hear yer all settled in now, that's gotta feel great!

Wooleyman - Allen Whitman is the bass player from the SF-area band The Mermen...Joe mentioned them on here a few months ago. I like them...they have a cool surf rock sound that's almost mixed with a jam band thing. It'll be neat to hear how that blends with Joe.

Listening to: Dave Weiner - On Revolute (current song: On Revolute)

Phillies won! yeah!!

Flyers lost. boo

Got my Weiner CD today. Very cool yet simple artwork on the cover. It's even cooler that he took the time to personalize the autographs. Looking forward to some 7 string goodness.

It would be cool if Joe Satriani used a 7 string on a song or two on the new album; it's been awhile. It would be even cooler if he released a signature 7 string this year (my vote is the CA one he has played the last few years... G3 Tokyo Searching)
Or I'd even be ok with this one from the SBM tour...

4USA - Just because you disagree with Joe it doesn't mean his decision is anti-American...actually, his freedom to protest any way he sees fit is quite American. I don't agree with him, not entirely, but I'm glad he's standing up for what he believes in. I'm still a fan of his music...I'm sorry to hear that you aren't.

Dear fellow Satchaholics, I don't know if this is worth a toss, but if you could kindly click on the link HERE and then the 4th button top right which is "Tour Wishlist" then fill in the form requesting
1. Joe Satriani and
2. Chickenfoot and
3. Whoever you reckon
and say you're from Melbourne and hit save (there are some other fields too) I would very much appreciate it.

You never know!

Pls post here if you do it, so's I know how many we might have achieved.

Thanks!

Mornin' peeps!

What?! The DVD was amazing!! It was very bold of Joe to make a cool retro psychadelic concert video! Probably like the ones he saw of bands like Cream back in the day.

I thought it was bold to try and make the concert itself be more musically legit by sort of, taking the focus off of all the craziness of the guitar playing. I write instrumental songs and the minute someone hears you play some fast they freak out on you, and think you're just trying to be showy. I put a lot of soul, thought and sweat into my songs and I would hate it if everybody only focused on the techniques involved with its performance. I don't know how Joe feels about it these days but I think people do just only hear "guitar playing" more often then not.

Any attempt to push the musical (pictures in the mind, movies, feelings etc etc) aspects of the music I think is a serious step forward. It's like we get to see what images and colors are going through Joe's head when he plays those cool tunes. The performance of "Overdriver" brought me to tears! I was on the edge of my seat! And that was do to the assault on my visual and sonic senses... overload!!! Brilliant. It would be my dream come true to see my songs portrayed in such a way.

Too many guys these days are trying to emulate via the simplest method: technique. The effect its having on the quality of the compositions of the new guitar instrumentalists is detrimental.

Concept is king! Keep leadin' the way Joe!

Hey Mark..Sorry to hear about your Mom..RIP

Hawk-all i won was a discount card and a shirt too big to even wear...lol...this thursday is store finals....details of prizes are here http://gc.guitarcenter.com/kingoftheblues/

Joe- just read an article on "Are Signature guitars worth the $" and surprisingly the JS was used as a perfect example...check it out.....

So why did I buy a signature guitar (Js1000BK)? Well for 2 reasons. Firstly I have been a fan of Ibanez guitars since I bought my RG550DX back in the early 90’s and secondly because I have been a fan of Joe Satriani for 20 years. AHA! I hear you say, you bought it because you were a fan, not because of the product development cycle! Wrong. That is exactly the reason I bought my JS1000. This guitar is something that has been refined for 20 years by Satch and used on tour year after year. Unlike Vai, Joe is happy to use new guitars not favour one old one in particular and this is the important factor. From the years of touring and studio recording Joe has sculpted what was once a humble Ibanez 540 Radius into something that is an incredibly versatile, comfortable and amazing sounding guitar. The multi-radius neck gives the guitar a vintage feel when you are playing in first position and yet makes shredding easy up the top end of the fretboard. The bridge pickup was designed by Joe. The ability to split the coils on both humbuckers enables all the clean and distorted tones you will ever need and if that wasn’t enough there is hi-pass filter when you pull the volume pot maintains high frequencies at low volumes which is a great feature. This guitar in my opinion is a perfect example of a Signature guitar and worth the money. In fact, they are actually pretty reasonably priced compared to the Ibanez JEM which in Australia will set you back $4,795.00!

The JS is the only guitar I Love!..:)