Hey Joe...'where you going with that [axe] in your hand?'...anyway, I have a couple of questions about your rig/equipment, if you don't mind: 1) you're said to use a Groove Tubes 'fat finger sustainer'. How does this help your playing style, and in what context do you rely on it the most (perhaps an example in a song would be helpful)? 2) you use a fulltone ultimate octave, is that right? What is it about fulltone that made you want that one intead of say, an octavia, since I know you like Hendrix quite a bit? 3) are you still using Marshall 6200's for most of your live performances, or has that changed? 4) is it possible to buy your Ibanez JS-1000 (or newer) in the chrome finish from anywhere? And finally, 5) are there any plans to try and make it back to play Norfolk/Va. Beach area, Virginia anytime soon?

I'd like to sometime find out more about how you practice, and whom you have around you when the songwriting process is going on, and also what types of things you might do, when your trying to record decent demos for Cunniberti or others. Thanks for listening!

Wow...dismal to say the least. What is the formula, say, for a superior place to talk about guitar? This site? *bzzzt*, wrong answer. Too diffucult, even to get one's nickname changed, or to find where the 'icon' is posting [their] latest material. Getting reasonable questions answered? *bzzzt*, nope...no reply-'I'm just too busy to mess with that'-That's okay, Joe...we know what's up with that anyway.

Joe, your recordings are amazing. You've found a great way to be able to do what you wanna do, with whom you wanna do it. And I, for one, laud you for that, but this website sucks. Most of the persons here are probably buzzed, and from San Francisco or something, maybe from Aisa someplace, even Spain sometimes...*L*...see, this post is evidence as to how much of a burden it is to try and navigate it!

BTW, have you ever thought of listening to someone's demos?

Tight lines,