Ibanezebra- Thought I'd chime in on your situation as well. I just finished catching up on 5 pages of posts.. I have never played a high-end JS guitar, but I did buy a JS100 earlier this year. I picked it up from a guy in town here for $300!!!!, and it is in MINT condition. Since then, I've spent $120 on new p/u's (PAF Joe in the neck and Mo' Joe in the bridge), $70 in parts from ibanezrules.com to install the push-pull pot on the volume switch (for the high pass filter) and to replace the coil tap on the tone knob, and $60 in labor to have it all wired professionally. I'm no math whiz, but that gives me a JS1200-ISH guitar for around $550. All that's left is to upgrade the trem system, as the LO TRS II (or Edge III) are not the highest quality systems ever made. I will probably go with a Gotoh style Floyd so that I can (hopefully) avoid routing the guitar, otherwise I would put an Edge in there as that's what Joe uses on his own. Personally, I love the feel of the neck on this guitar, it is damn beautiful, it sounds amazing, and for now the factory trem is doing just fine. It holds a tune fairly well, but I have a pedal tuner in the chain, so checking the tuning between songs is not a problem. I should have prefaced this with the fact that this JS100 was made in 2001, so the trem springs are pretty worn out as well. I suspect a new set would help the tuning immensely.

Until the Hendrix prototype guitar becomes a production model, I have no intention of upgrading beyond my JS100; this is all the guitar I need!

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai on their co-headline concert: A Benefit For Cliff II

Cappy, YAY!!!

Too Shay - All the best to your daughter ....

Rock guitarist Leslie West's lower leg amputated

That's a damn shame. Wicked disease too. My thoughts & prayers are with Leslie & his family.

Thanks for the heads up on that one T.

Satriella, congrats! Sounds like a beautiful day.

Satriella - what a lovely wedding, and how did our Pip scrub up?

Two Shay - good news about your daughter, fingers crossed.

Hi y'all . Waitin for new stuff Joe...

2 RUSH shows coming up...yeah!

Satriella...cool day! Happy for you!

Sad news about Leslie....Get well soon!

Thanks ladies.

T2Jers & Joe Satriani - i think i've bought a fake promo cd on ebay :/ and want to check with you guys and gals before giveing the seller negative feedback.

Dream Song promo < i just recieved this and the back of the cd is light metallic blue which seems like a cd you'd burn :/ can anyone here or even Joe confirm if there even is a Dream Song promo?

thanx Leanne (BigBunny)

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congrats Satriella! >=:) you couldn't of chosen a better song

Hi Joe

Just started playing full time again after eight years away in the military and loving it even more now. I have now found myself in Sydney Australia and wanting to know if there are ever to be any plans of coming to this side of the world?

If not then I will be making plans to see you in America when meeting friends in San Fran soon. Would be great to see you play.

In less than 24 hours, Alan McKenna will turn 25.

It's gonna get messy.

A Brit in Oz - congrats on moving to Australia, great place huh? We are all waiting for Joe to come back. I'm hoping to see him in the States too.

Poor Leslie West, ya gotta look after diabetes.

Happy birthday Al, didn't realise you were that old buddy. No doubt several beersies will be involved tomorrow, have fun, hope you get the last bus home.

Its our turn for a tour Joe!!

satrionic1 - sorry folks please help me. how do i submit an artwork on satriani.com ?