I was wondering if anyone out there was at the Beacon Theater show this past Saturday, October 16.

I have seen Joe about 8 times and have never been so disappointed with the sound quality. When I attempted to describe the guitar sound to my friends, who are also Satch fans, I could only paint the picture of loading a cannon with razor blades and firing it in someone's face.

Joe's guitar sound is now so raw and spreads so quickly, that it overdrives the PA and completely shadows everyone else in the band. I know it's Joe's show, but he's a much better musician than that (at least that has been my past experience).

I also found this to be the case at the G3 show at the Beacon last year. At that show, I was actually feeling pain from the decibel level, but couldn't drag myself out of the theater due to the fact that there was the greatest summit of guitarists I have seen up to this point (Satch, Petrucci, Yngwie, Vai and Schon).

I'm not sure whether the sound is due to Joe's new Peavey heads, but it is in my opinion nowhere near the smooth, compact sound he used to have that I grew to love over the years.