Hey Joe,

Have a moment to "talk shop"?

I'm curious about how well your guitars hold up to your playing. I've heard about guitarists playing instruments to death... Do you have a stock pile of spent instruments that you salvage parts from or do you have maintenance work "tune-ups" on your guitars often? Is your playing style even that demanding on your instruments - I've read of EVH completely wrecking the frets on his older guitars in one touring!

Have you ever broken a wang bar or a string while playing live? If so, how were you able to keep the song going?

I read about a lot of guitarist amassing collections of guitars... Do you have such a collection or are just a hand-full of instruments all that is needed? Is there one guitar over another that you play the most (something in the line of a "Pearly Gates" or "Lucille")?

I'm really curious about your guitars because I had the opportunity to play an older, used JS100 series at the "local" [for a one hour drive] Guitar Center and had a blast with it... I should've bought it, it was on sale for $250.00! But, I didn't for some odd reason, but am considering trying to get a JS1000 someday.

I've only been playing guitar for a little over 3 years now, but your music has been a great inspiration for almost 2 decades!