Hi everybody! It's my first post here! I'm a big fan of Joe Satriani and I listen to his music as often as I can! My first language is French... Sorry in advance for the mistakes I might do in English!

I'm a 37 years old girl. I play guitar but I'm not very good, yet! I take weekly lessons. I started playing while waiting for a surgery after my doctor recommended me to find a new hobby. 17 months after the first surgery I've had another one... I'm now much more healthy and guitar has become my passion!!! (There is always a good side to each story!!)

What do I like about Satch: ses chansons sont extrêmement mélodieuses!!! (Excuse my French!!) The guy is a genius and he is humble enough to transmit his knowledge!

Every time I listen to him, I feel it's incredible to have such a huge talent and such a huge imagination!!

So, of course, I would like to be able to play like him! I don't have the same talent, but each time I pick up my guitar, I have a good time and It makes me happy!

I hope Joe will come in Montreal in the near future!! Meanwhile, I keep listening to him, watching him and I also keep practicing wherever I have the time!!

Hi Burly!

Thank's for answering to my post! You did it in French! It's cool! :)

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Do The Stu: I became a big fan of Joe during the last year and a half I would say! At HCAG (Harmony-Central-Acoustic-Guitar), someone recommended me to listen to him after I posted a short clip that I had recorded.

I listened to him on Youtube and loved his music instantly!

I have a lot of favorite songs from Joe but if I have to name just one, the first song that always comes to my mind when I think about Joe Satriani is Rubina.

I also listen a lot to: -Searching -Always with me, Always with you -Midnight -Circles -Surfing With The Alien

... and more!

I'm addicted to his sound! (And I wouldn't mind getting his new pedal, the Vox JS Time Machine Delay and/or the Peavey Mini-Colossal! Since it doesn't hurt to dream, I really like the shape of his signature guitars and would take one too! So comfortable!!)

I hope I'm going to see him live SOON!!!

Cheers!

/chocolati

Hi everybody!

I finally got an Ibanez S570 and I can't believe how light and comfortable this guitar is! I'm a 5'6'' girl and this guitar is a real back pain relief! :)

I got the S570B in white and I would like to change the pickups for some nice Dimarzio pickups. I really like Satch sounds and my guitar has a H-S-H configuration.

I want great crystal clear cleans and Satch/Vai distortion sounds.

What would work well with the light S mahogany body of my guitar?

(I hope this is the right place to ask that type of question!)

Have a good day!

Thank's Blue_Moon! I might go with the humbuckers you mentioned! Maybe I'll get a noiseless single coil though because I usually play at low volume and noiseless pickups are very useful in that situation!

So:

Neck: Paf-Joe

Middle: ? Noiseless single coil Dimarzio

Bridge: Mo-Joe or Fred... not sure yet!

Hi scubadaz!

I know that a good amp makes a big difference but since I changed the pickups of my MIM Strat and Tele, I became fond of aftermarket pickups. It made such an improvement!!

I have a little Micro-Cube that is fine to use outside. I also have a Laney Cub 10 which is a 10 Watts tube amp with a 10'' speaker. It has good cleans and loves pedals. I think it sounds better than a Pro Jr or a Blues Jr.

I upgraded the speaker in the Cub 10 and I have a couple of good pedals to use with it (EHX Holy Grail, Nano, TC Nova Repeater, EHX Black Finger, EHX English Muff'n, Radial Tonebone Trimode, Keeley Fuzz Head, Dunlop Dimebag Crybaby, Boss ME25 and some Cool Cat pedals...) I don't lack gears, I just lack talent! ;-) ... And time to play too!

My setup is thought to sound good at bedroom volume. It does the job well with Fender guitars for vintage sounds... I hope I can get my Ibanez to sound as good but for more modern sounds!

I know that tone is in the fingers for a big part... but I like having good gears, this way, if it doesn't sound good, I can just blame myself and not the equipment... It's like listening to music with 200$ headphones instead of 5$ headphones: the quality is there and it increases the pleasure!

Happy New Year!!!

...And a question about pickups!

I have an Ibanez S570B (H-S-H). I want to put better pickups in it.

I like the sound of these 3 a lot:

Neck: Fred, "F" spaced - Middle: Cruiser Bridge - Bridge: Tone Zone, "F" spaced -

Would they sound good in my guitar???

Knowing that it has a thin and light mahogany body, is it going to sound "thin" ???

Hi Scubadaz!

Tonally, what do I want... ???

First of all, I don't want anything too heavy-metal! The heaviest I'd want would be in the style of Satch, Vai, Andy Thimmons, Alex Hutchins, ...etc, types of distortion.

I like melodic music. I like to play clean a lot, but want something different from the "quack" of a Strat, the "Twang" of a Tele and the cleans/crunch sounds of an ES-335.

I want fluid modern sounds for a light, comfortable and ergonomic guitar that is back friendly. Cristal clear cleans, ambient sounds, nice crunch tones not as bassy as a Les Paul, nice lead tones with loads of sustain... similar to what I hear from the guitarists mentionned above!

My amps:

-Hugues & Kettner Edition Tube 25th anniversary -Laney Cub 10 -Vox Pathfinder 15R -Fender Mustang I

Pedals:

-Radial Tonebone Trimode //when the toggle switch does work! :( -EHX English Muff'n -EHX Black Finger compressor - MXR GT-OD - Modulation single effect pedals... and/or a Boss ME-25

Guitars:

-Fender Classic Player '60s with Vintage Noiseless p-u. -Tele with NoiseFree p-u from Wilde/ Bill & Becky Lawrence. -Es-335 clone (by Crafter)

It's hawkward - to describe a sound, and English isn't my first language, it's French - but this is the best I can do to describe what I want... ;-)

Questions about guitar necks...

I'm wondering:

How the distance between the frets on the neck is calculated to build a guitar???

When we fret the strings, we don't get the "perfect" frequency of the notes we are playing. It's always a bit sharp or a bit flat... That makes me wonder if more accurate necks can be built or, in other words, can a guitar neck be inaccurate???

I woke up this moring with these questions in mind!!

Quote: "choclati:-don`t know whether you`ve tried using this little tool on the dimarzio site

also to get a more varied opinion try posting on the ultimate guitar forums.....just copy and paste what you`ve said here into a new thread in the guitar gear and accesories sub forum. (just watch out for the idiots, but you will get some good advice from the majority of peeps.

personally i think the tone zone is the wrong choice after hearing the audio samples on the dimazio site, maybe a evo2 might be a better choice, get some more opinions first though."

scubadaz, I think I would be happy with either the Evo 2 or the Tone Zone... I like them both! ;))

I think I'll do what you suggested me: I'll post the question on the Ultimate Guitar Form!

I tried the "Pickup Picker" tool but still, it's not like hearing a demo! I'm listening to all the clips/videos I can find to help me take my decision!!

@Fuzzball,

Thank's!

But... Why 1/16th instead of 1/12th ???

edit: I think I found the answer.