HEY JOE!!!! I have a very important question about the JS100 and the JS1200. Now I have a very nice JS100 that I was lightly considering about installing a Sustainiac pickup to. But I went on some forum and found a guy who said that when he installed the Sustainiac in to his JS100, he needed to slightly enlarge the guitar cavity to make it a little bigger to fit everything. And you had a Sustaniac pickup in one of your JS1200 for the recording of Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards. So I was wondering......Did you have to get the guitar cavity customized for the extra equipment, or is JS1200 completely compatible with the pick up???

Hi peeps....I loved the show last night. Makes me want to go to San Francisco for the road test show, hmmn? It is cool to see Joe having so much fun , the new album rocks! It is too bad for you if you don't like it. Why do people come here to bitch about it?

BTW...RTF was awesome , Stanley Clarke is a monster on that stand up bass! Chick jammed with Dweezil and everyone else in the band cep the drummer. Zappa's band came out for the last song [School Days] and had a big jam session. The lighting was dim but I took a few good pics , will share when I get them uploaded.

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Mahavishnu- I have had the yellow Hermiston watermelon , the regular seeded Hermiston watermelon & the seed-less Hermiston Watrmelon and yes the yellow is awesome....... Hermiston's claim to fame ................WATERMELON . :-)

dang i had to go out, and i think i missed the show.. bummer

i click on the link from the site here adn it just shows a pic of the band... oh well, thats the trouble living on the other side of the world.. you need a more convenient time joe for us aussies and Uk people too ... ..maybe next time.. or a dvd ?

Pip55 The jsx is a modern amp . i only played one a couple times it belonged to a friend . some guys love em think they are fantastic . they do have a good clean for sure .. the crunch was brittle to my ear .

Diezel's are a who different beast .. a friend of mine has a vh4 and a herbert .. these are monsters .. the cleans are so crisp and clear reminds me of a piano .. and the crunch can be as brutal as anything you have ever heard .. that said it can do blues if you take the time to dial it in ..

Cube _ Thx to share your knowledge.

I think it's harder to get good tone with Marshall than with Mesa. I'm currently working onto the VM (KT66 as you know). That's a long way bro.

Cube _ Yeap.. being face to face with the ultimate swing & heavycrunch player dialing in his own amp for you.. damn..

About 5150 amps, i remember that Joe said once here that he used one for the Crystal Planet album.. & lot of people consider this album as a master piece (even if joe says that he doesn't think that one of his album is a master piece).. so..

Duh duh dadaduh, duhduhduhduhduhduhduh dadaduh...

Heyyyy I picked a good time to log on for the first time in months I see!!

All I really know about amps is that I own a 50W Bugera and I am changing dials and knobs and pedal settings pretty much every time I turn it on. I don't think I've sounded the same twice.

I can sure understand different strokes for different folks with regards to the CF album. But my personal opinion is I think they all really took it up a notch on this one!!

As I went back through it last night and listened I was so impressed with Joe's guitar work. Not just with effects used, but the way the fillers were added, and the level to which they are mixed. The placement of all the little parts is just perfect...IMO.

Chad's drums have a little different tone to them. He's also not just beating the snot out of a drum kit....there's real substance in the way he laid down his parts. Gave me a very different vibe from the first cd.

Also, I am a HUGE fan of the way Mikey's bass was added to this new cd. He not only has far better bass lines, but they were brought from 20 feet behind the band to right up in the front with everyone else. No missing his bass lines on this cd, but again, I think the levels were mixed perfect. Bass adds so much to a song...but if it's stuffed so far into the background, the best bass lines just go unnoticed. And I really like the vocals. Yes, it gives it almost a more mainstream feel, but so what.

I really think Sammy also took the lyrics in the cd to a very different level. Sam seems to be a guy people really like or really don't like. The songs here have a much deeper story to them. Not just some guys who took a few weeks and threw some tracks together.

My favorite song had been Dubai Blues (And I REALLY LOVE THAT TUNE). But it's changed for me. I really like Something Gone Wrong. That song gives me goosebumps!! I love the accoustic and banjo feel with the electric filler. Feakin amazing! It's a slower tune so one you won't want to speed down the highway jammin out to....but I'm getting goosebumps thinking about the song now. It's very haunting and very well put together in my opinion. And I do really like the Untitled track on the CD. That's a good ole ass kicker right there!

Everyone certainly has different tastes. But when you really start listening to this CD closely you just have to be impressed with the music and mixing. Even if you don't like the songs....

Joe!!!! :D you're such a big fan of mine!!! I know you're in Cali. I wish one day ill get to meet u. Really look forward to it... Anyways, take care :)