ETHN - As regards for a good setup for a floyd-rose guitar check out the Jackson web site as they provide setup details for any guitar with a floyd-rose installed. Heres a link: JACKSON TECH TIPS

This should give you all the help you should ever need.

Can anyone tell me if joe has had his guitar returned to him yet as, I'm sure a lot of you will know, having a guitar stolen is like losing a family member. An amp can be replaced but a guitar is a completely different story.

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Steevlan1: Its not the hardest technique to master but is certainly one of the coolest. Before attempting it go through this check list - 1. Plenty of drive, 2. bridge pickup selected and 3. some delay (not essential). This also requires a good pinched harmonic technique. Right, how to do it. First reach round and grab the whammy bar with your fretting hand. Next hit a pinched harmonic on the Gstring with your picking hand. As soon as you have hit it depress the bar quickly (lower the note) and slowly raise it. You can then hit a different pinched harmonic and depress the bar again.

And there you go. Hope this helps

Fret Goblin - I have to say that I have never noticed him use a volume pedal as he uses this technique all over the stage. Also if you watch any of his live shows he doesnt use a volume pedal in his setup (check his setup on the rehearsal - no volume pedal there)

Matt King: I saw your poster and yes I agree it is very good......but, why do you try and look like joe??? I understand that you are a huge fan of joe's but the world doesn't need another joe (i'm talking about the sun-glasses, the pose, the guitar, THE SET UP). Try being yourself and make people appreciate your music and your style - you'll get more praise and go further for it.

Matt King: I hope you didnt take my post as an insult as I can assure you that it was never meant to be one. Why do you think that looking down is 'unprofessional'?

Who wanted a backing track of "Crush Of Love"? As i've got one.

Let me know at aarrenmowle@aol.com

McDave Please don't put a low pro trem on your guitar as I tried it and it completely recked it. The only thing that it was good for was slide/bottle neck as the action was about (and no I'm not exagerating) 1cm away from the fret board even with the trem set as low as it would go. Get the original trem set up properly and you won't have any problems with it. Also the collars that hold the original trem into the guitar have to come out as the new action screws have a larger thread to them. PLEASE DON'T DO IT!!!!!

My vote is for surfin all the way.......

So thats (i think) MPHGT - 11, SWTA - 9

Here's a vote for you all Rack Gear vs Amps & Pedals

What do you think?

My vote is for Racks. So thats Racks 1, A&P's 0

Would I be right in saying that it is the 'Power-Amp' valves that give you the real tube sound? The reason I ask is my set-up is a Marshall JMP-1 midi preamp, a Marshall 8008 power amp and a Marshall 4x12 with various effects etc etc.

Now, both the power-amp and pre-amp have pre-amp valves in them but, on a clean sound, you don't get that real bite that you do from power-amp valves. So does that make my set-up a Tube Amp or a Solid-State Amp?

Need to know as I don't really know which way to vote.

Guitared Boy I am from the uk and ive have met joe without a backstage pass outside the gig and he really doesnt mind meeting the fans as, at the end of the day, we put money in his pocket dont we?

With regards to the pitch axis thing i believe its something like this (but dont quote me unless its Joe):

Firstly you will need a knowledge of Modes.

Lets say you are writing a song and you want to change the mood of it. We all know that a mode only works with the right chords otherwise it will just sound like a major scale. IGNORE the chords and only concentrate on the bass note, ie, D. Right, your drummer is grooving away and the bass player is playing a D note. You have no clue as to which key you are in because there is 1. no other chords to go by and 2. there isnt a third present being major or minor to determine your key. What do you do? Refer the mode to any major scale that has a D note in it for example, Dmajor scale - play D Ionian, F major scale - play D Aeolian, Gmajor scale - play D Mixolydian, A Major scale - play D Lydian (one of Joe's favourites), C major scale - play D Dorian etc etc.

As you can see that as long as the mode starts on D you can change the mood by changing the mode. Try it.

Well I think its the time for the battle of all battles........should it be SWTA vs Satch Boogie, AWMAWY vs Cryin', or the hardest of all......SATCH vs VAI????? What do you think?

Also what do you satchaholics think of "Crazy" off of the album Time Machine? I think its up there with the likes of "Big Bad Moon" and "I Believe" so why doesnt Joe play it live?

Give us all your opinions,

Classmetazz Talking of destroying guitars did you ever see the video of November Rain by Guns 'n' Roses (I think its that one anyway) where Slash throws his Les Paul off the edge of the cliff? God I wish I was down the bottom of it to catch it!!!

whats everyone's opinion on joe's song "Crazy" off the Time Machine album??? I think its great

CrystalPlanet - You mentioned in one of your posts that you have got to get a lead for your pod to record direct to your PC. I believe you said a "Stereo to mono lead". If this is correct how are you intending to conect it to your PC as i'm sure there is a better way of doing it.

This is to everyone Is there anyone who lives in or around the kent area in the U. K. that fancies a jam sometime?

Post here and let me know.

Clarky - Where in the U. K. do you live as I would love to come and see one of your shows sometime.

Aarren

Clarky - I loved that theory lesson on modulation. Did you take that story directly from my life???? lol. Keep them coming (so to say!!!)

Clarky - It's got to be said that you are officially "OFF YOUR HEAD" lol. On the rhythm guitarist front although I don't have a 7-string guitar I can replicate the sound of one very well WITHOUT using a pitch shifter (hint, hint....).

Keep the theory coming......

Aarren

Oh and did anyone notice that i am officially at 20posts now???

Clarky - No I don't de-tune the guitar what so ever. It's still in standard tuning!!!

Clarky - When you say that you drop the guitar down to B do you mean the whole guitar of just the bottom E (or B in this case)? The way I create de-tuned riifs on a standard tuned guitar is using inverted 5ths (or 4ths as they should be called). Its works especially well when playing with a bassist as they play the root and you play the rest of the chord so you end up with a really fat sounding chord that sounds like its played on a 7-string guitar. Take a look at what I mean:

--------------------------
--------------------------
----9--------------------- Standard E5 chord
----9--------------------- in standard tuning
----7---------------------
----0---------------------

To create the 7-string effect:
---------------------------
---------------------------
----5---------------------- Standard C5 chord
----5---------------------- with G being the
----3---------------------- lowest note.
----3----------------------

The bass player then plays the C note which would be under the G played by the guitarist. This is what creates the 7-string effect on a standard 6-string guitar tuned to concert pitch. It sounds even better if the bassist uses a 5-string so he can play another C note an octave under the one he is already playing as below:

---------------------------g string
---------------------------d string
----3---------------------a string
---------------------------e string
----1---------------------b string

Try it out (assuming you already haven't) its cool!!!

To everyone - Does anyone have or know where to get a decnt backing track of "Crushing Day"?. Any help would be great.

Olly - This hum that you have got could be down to a few things. Are you using any power supplies and if so are they regulated cos if they are not they will be putting too much power through your pedals and create a hum. This is even the case on the variable voltage ones (you know the ones with the switch for different amounts of voltage). Regardless of what voltage you select it will always output the maximum. I had this demonstrated to me by a qualified P.A.T tester with one of those yellow hand-held devises with the 2 probes (red and black).

If you are using a power supply try putting batteries in all of your pedals and see if the hum is still there. If it has gone you know it is the power supply that is causing the problem and you need to buy a regulated one. If it hasn't take your rig to a qualified electrician for a thorough check up.

With regards to the order of your pedals put you wah after the ds1 so as it is last in the chain before the guitar (in other words the lead that comes out of your guitar goes into your wah).

Hope at least some of this helps.