Yeah, I don't use the chat, I thought someone said it was up again. But there's so much noise on here it's amazing if Joe even skims 10% of the messages. I wouldn't blame him if he misses something.

What amazes me is how people post questions like "is Joe Married" or "Can you give me guitar lessons". That's just ridiculous. A simple Google search will give you those answers much faster.

Satriella: Congrats!

Also, I was looking for someone to check out a cheap JS 2K PLT for me in Leeds. But I've bought it anyway, awesome guitar, my favourite at the moment.

js1200js1000: which gig? how far away is it? Guys, anyone else on that gig got your stuff yet for the meet n greet?

If there's a problem, let me know and I'll pass on to Joe's tour manager.

Hey guys, I was watching G3 live in tokyo now, and remembered Joe has this awesome red/blue amoeba guitar with the headstock also painted. What's the story on that one Joe, or anyone else know? It looks like a it's out of the custom shop, with the inset on the 21st/22nd fret. Who painted it?

Hey guys,

I was putting some more tour dates in and stumbled on this gem about the new supergroup.

It was in a link from the 2004 is there love in space special radio promos tour archive page: http://www.satriani.com/road/ITLIS-promo.shtml to an article back in 2004 published in the San Francisco Chronicle (actually a pretty cool little article).

"Another track on the new album also turned out to be a first-take keeper, "Up in Flames," a piece originally intended for a super-group called Planet Us that was on the drawing boards with Sammy Hagar, who instead decided to rejoin Van Halen. "That was the take that had the grease on it," says Satriani. "It was undisciplined, but it sounded right to my ears. I picked up the guitar, did one pass and I thought, 'This was cool.' But that doesn't mean there weren't some songs I played a million times until I got them right.

"Planet us" - could it be?

Hey Do theStu- you are some bloody encyclopedia of facts. Wow.

I recalled a similar guitar in Joes collection I had seen, and it looked a bit like a Donnie style. Just wanted to know if there was more information on it.

And that's interesting about the first pass at a band with Hagar. Interesting.

Roo

LOL. Talking about being inspired reminded me of a funny story...

I went to see "the Goodies" tour a year or so ago, and it was OK, the best part was that I grew up watching the Goodies and it was surreal to see them live AND SO OLD! :)

Anyway, I was walking past backstage and saw a handful of nerds waiting to get their "Goodies" shirts and books signed, and out come Bill (with a crown lager), Graham and Tim.

So I stopped and became a nerd, and got them to sign my Goodies DVD I had bought (for memories of course - I'm not a nerd! :) ) and this guy next to me is almost shaking with excitement. He grabs Bill Oddie by the hand and starts shaking hands enthusiastically and says:

" You guys inspired me SO MUCH!"

to which Bill Oddie says:

"Inspired you? .... Inspired you to do WHAT?"

Lol!

Want to hear another funny story?

So I bought this JS Black Dog right. Awesome guitar, and was so stoked I got it early, the first one released in the world! Well before the rest started shipping. But it came without a case or certificate.

I did my research and was sure (but still took a chance) that the case and cert would still be supplied.

So over the last month I've been discussing this with HoshinoGakki and my case and cert gets shipped a week or so ago! Now that Joe's signed the certificates...

Wooohooooo!

So what happens? I get notification it got to Australia, and was shipped to me last Thursday OVERNIGHT courier.

It's now Tuesday morning.... The Courier has no record of it being picked up and it's LOST!

yes, I was referring to Murphy's Law.

Still no news. It's been missing a couple of days, and they've been searching for it since last night.

:( - double :(

js1200js1000: Which shows and how far away are they? What name is it booked under and how many premiums?

I can pass a note to the tour manager for you if you are getting very worried.

I sent a quick note to the tour manager with your email address and reference to this forum, so hopefully you'll hear something soon.

Together with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, the guys have almost completed an album's worth of material, which they're thinking of releasing under the name Chickenfoot.

"It's so different when I become one of four guys and there's a singer as outrageous as Sammy Hagar standing in front," he says. "It's a completely different musical dynamic. It's not even an experiment. It's an all-encompassing musical experience."

No sign of case and cert :( Regards tracking, it's taken a week for the courier company to realise they have it! - Unfortunately it didn't scan properly that was the issue, they thought they hadn't picked it up. But thankfully the driver remembered and was adamant he picked it up. So they are now checking the security cameras to try and find out where it went.

Survivor Satriani? Maybe at the end the final challenge is you have to battle the robot?

Actually, he might get jealous of anyone getting closer to Joe. I get the feeling the robot is very protective and starstruck.

But Joe seems to ignore him. I feel sorry for the robot. Obviously "One Robot's Dream" tells us his story and how he now has feelings running through his circuits, but in the podcast he seems to want to follow Joe around and be a real fan, he would love it if Joe would show him a little love and attention.

How bout it Joe. Give your robot a hug every so often, just to let him know you love him.

js1200js1000: Are you all sorted for premium passes now? And got your schedule?

js1200js1000: Are you all sorted for premium passes now? And got your schedule?

Unklpunk: Hey, how about I set up an area on the Roo Satriani collection to collect doodles? I have no problem hosting this and will make it so everyone can post doodles as they find them? I have had the collection online since early 90's and will be on line for a long time to come.

To get it started, can people email satch doodles to me and i'll set up the start of the site (with credit to those who send the doodles in), and when I get it set up for people to start contributing directly to the site I'll let you know.

I don't think Joe would have a problem with us creating a gallery of doodles, I can put a copywrite to Joe on them and declare not to be reproduced. Just let me know if that's a problem Joe or any of the management ok? We are eager to showcase Joe's work.

AND.........

THE BLACK DOG CASE WAS FOUND! It's in transit to me now. I'll let you know when it has arrived! WOOOHOOO!

And yes, I played the Black Dog, And will continue to do so. You cannot let a guitar die from neglect. These are meant to be played guys! It's part of their soul. And if I owned the first in the world, I HAD to also play it first didn't I? AWESOME feel to this guitar guys, BUY ONE IF YOU CAN! You won't regret it.

Only 2 are being imported to Australia officially, I asked how much for cash and they wouldn't budge even $100!, they have already sold the first one and they had them listed at $11,000 AUD!!!!!!!!!! Australia pays WAAAYYY too much for ibanez. Sorry guys, but there must be a massive markup for us.

I didn't pay even in the vicinity of that much for my one, and I bought it (and picked it up) in mid August. :)

It is awesome to look at and awesome to play.

I'm serious about the doodles, I'll set it up and start the collection probably in the next few days.

I will try and use the "official" satch names where I can, but they may be hard to always determine. I'll put in a few I have, and scans from the back of some plectrums, but if people want to start emailing to me any they already have, go right ahead. I'll load em up as I get them.

Joe, have you considered guitar stickers? A set of sketches as a sticker pack to paste on guitars would sell like hot-cakes.

Roo Roo?

Who the hell is Roo Roo?

Guitar case and cert in my hot little hands! WooHoo. I also got a nice letter from Ibanez congratulating me on getting an early release from the first production run. VERY happy! Black Dog is back in his luxury dog house.

Also, First doodles are trickling in. As I said, start by sending them to me (prefer with a story on how it was made, where, when, what it's title is, etc. So if you send me a pick of a guitar with 3 doodles, let me know if there was any name, description or story Joe gave you about each or any of them.

I don't expect to get all doodles, that will be impossible. But if I get a starting set I can use it to populate the initial doodle gallery and then let you guys loose in there posting your own.

I am investigating the right technology to use and will hopefully get something up and running in a week or so.

Joe Satrini: Hmm tough question.

I love the JS3, it's just sooo cool! It was the one I "grew up" on. I spent many years playing that and still play it, it is just a "relaxed" guitar and it's sort of "home" to me.

I have been playing the JS2KPLT a lot lately, it has insane full sound and LOOOOOOOOOOONG sustain. Beautiful and fat sound.

I think the JS10th has a lighter sound, or I haven't quite worked it out yet. It seems a little harsh to me, I think it still needs more playing to develop properly - I reserve judgement here.

The BDG is the latest and newest, I haven't played it as much, but it just felt like butter when I first picked it up.

I've played it every week a little and feel like I need to play it more, sort of like crisps I guess, just need that one more! LOL:) I must admit though, I keep feeling a little nervous flicking the switches and knobs, I know the paint trim is going to wear off, so I sort of play it GENTLY! :) But it just sounds really sweet, feels and sounds a lot like my JS3 in many ways.

Hey, no more Satch doodles have arrived, what's up guys and girls? I would have thought I'd get 200 times the amount that came in. Come on, send em in and I'll get the gallery started.

Satrini: The JSBDG body is protected, but the sharpie scribbles on the pickup cavity plates, the switches, knobs , whammy and fine-tuners are all not protected and will simply rub off if touched too many times or too hard.

I have a couple of replacement pickup cavity plates to replace them, I play with a spare whammy bar. I just have to be careful I don't carelessly fiddle with tuners switches and knobs while playing. It came from the factory with an ok setup, but I ended up having to fix intonation and lower the action. It probably needs a real tune up, but I'm not doing the frets and everything.

Nice idea about sound bytes from each guitar. But like you said, the megasite has taken a LOT of time to set up. I used a good content management system, so it's not too hard to maintain. But still have a fair bit of initial data to enter yet.

I don't think Joe has recorded anything on the JS2KPLT. I'm not sure why, if he hasn't. It is a really full sound. Joe? have you used the 2KPLT on any recordings?

OK, here's another cool idea.

We are all STOKED on chickenfoot right?

Well, I think the die-hard fans of Joe, Sammy, et al, should be offered a special Chicken-club membership. So we form a core group of die-hard new fans for chickenfoot support around the globe.

So when they are playing the stadium gigs Sammy said they are designed for. We get reduced rate tickets for VIP seating, aftershow passes, signed band memorabilia, etc.

Well, I think it's a great idea! I want membership #1 please, here's my $100.... KaCHING.

Oh, and in the VIP seating we should of course have chicken club sandwiches!

BWAHAHAHAHAHA....

SAVE CHICKENFOOT

Please sign below to save the name "Chickenfoot".

We realize that other names may have more appeal, but who wants a corny supergroup name? We the undersigned respectfully request that in the name of good taste and awesome music, the name "Chickenfoot" remain the official name of the new awesome supergroup.

Regards, Everyone...