cuthbert, far from it. The decisions made and actions taken by the Bush administration have a massive effect on the rest of the world. It is the naive assumption of the Bush administration that their decisions and actions only have an effect on the US and on the country the actions are taken against, which is likely to get the UN countries in trouble.

There are no surface-to-surface missiles in the middle-east that have the range to reach all the way to the US, so they shall have to make do with lashing out at America's allies.

The same was the problem in the cold war. Many American CRUISE Missiles were based in England, because they couldn't be launched to their target from American soil, and it made the UK a target.

Nuclear war in Europe would not last long. We are not a big continent, and that is something the US usually isn't aware of - that was an unusual quality of Bill Clinton - he had global awareness, and thought about how his national decisions affected the rest of us.

Jazzzzzzy, hehe, cheers, and no problem on the mail!

Yoda, Clarky, you guys seems quite up on this stuff! Any thoughts would be appreciated!

crushingday62, cool, are you using the midisport 2x2 for recording guitar? I'm just wondering how well it handles it and what the quality/speed is like, considering it's USB transfer and not firewire.

Here's the reason - I have a laptop which i've been using for my cubase projects. It does the job....I just need a sound card so I can record the guitar. A Firewire 4/10 would be great, but the laptop has no firewire port. I could get a 'PC Card' which goes in one of the card slots, with a firewire adapter on the end, but since the laptop has a pair of USB ports on the back, it seems like not such a bad idea just to get an external USB Sound Card, like the midisport!

Your thoughts and experiences with the 2x2 would be appreciated!

Bush doesn't have these properties. He is probably one of those who thinks England is in London. He doesn't understand foreign culture, and doesn't understand how to integrate his nation into global economy. Instead, he's trying to shut off the outside world, and keep the US to itself, which on the face of it....yeah great......but the most powerful nation on the globe will always have strong affects on the rest of the world.

I don't recall him covering any big plans to help the thrid world. Where is the support for Africa and South America? I guess they are on the b-list, cause daddy never started a war with them which he didn't get finished doing.

For cryin out loud, he has succesfully blurred the line between 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan, and WMD's, Saddam Hussein and Iraq. They are two different conflicts, or at least they were, but now they're in the past, it's okay to say..."well, actually, I just wanted a crack at Saddam. I was just cleaning up what pop started 10 years ago".

I have nothing against the US. I don't think Kerry would be the perfect president, but I think he'd do a whole lot more good for the US as a part of the rest of the world than Bush is capable of.

All just my opinions, so please don't anybody take it the wrong way! I think i'm done on that subject.

Suzie, you called me '962'! haha, you're getting used to it! Anyway, yeah thanks, I got 900 squid for it which is good! I was going to go to London tomorrow, but i'd put it on ebay and had some bids on it. In the end, it went to a gent called Pete, from petersfield. He came over today, to my house, and paid for it and collected it, which was great cause I didn't have to worry about posting it! It's all good!

Hows the SG going? Are you starting to learn it's quirks and charms? I usually find after a few weeks playing a new guitar, I find out funny characteristics.....that's one of the things I enjoy most about getting a new guitar, or even a new set of pickups! It's always something different!

Suzie, hehe, "962" is a car, made for endurance racing by Porsche! That throws a whole different light on it, huh?! anyway, I'm glad you're getting fun out of the SG. I completely understand the theraputic side too - gunning it on a nice heavy tonal setting after an annoying day at work! Keep on rockin!

However, have you ordered stuff from GAK before? If so, did it always arrive in good condition, or was any of it ever broken?!

Clarky, try telling that to a brazillian ;-)

Clarify something for me - they messed you around, you had to change your mind and get something different, but you paid less, and when it finally did arrive, it was undamaged? That's an okay deal if that's the case!

jelly man, cool, thanks mate!

I was lookin on the GAK site last night, and for the first time saw the small-print that says "gak.co.uk ltd is a sister company to The Guitar, Amp and Keyboard Centre and the prices in the online store do not reflect those in the shop. Then they provide a phone number.

So, presumeably, if I phone them and say "do you have an Audiosport Quattro and an Iby SA1260 in stock, they're going to check the shop's stock even though they maintain it's a seperate company! God dammit! I'll try my best anyway! Thanks for your advice/warnings!

For the first time today, I decided to watch Yngwie's set all the way through, on the G3 Denver DVD. I've never seen it all before cause I usually get bored round about the acoustic solo or Adaggio. Which means it wasn't until today that I saw the end of his set where he chucks his Strat high in the air twice, lets it slam onto the stage, before picking it up and smashing it around the corner of a monitor.

It was actually upsetting to watch! My respect was slowly growing for Yngwie, but seeing this made my respect for him take a swan-dive back to a few measley percent. What twat.

Joe, I sincerely hope you never get Yngwie back on G3 again....he's savage!

I then watched G3 96 to make myself feel better, and I realised even more than before how great a job Eric Johnson did. Of all the G3 collaborations I've seen, the JS/SV/EJ collaboration works best.

hehe, GAK rock - their service/quality consistency is pretty apalling but you get a lot of shit for your money! At least it was what I expected!

Zinc Master, oh you should see Texas Chainsaw.......it's definitely a comedy! haha. I've only seen the original, but it cracked me up, it was so lame. The second half of the film consisted simply of a woman running around screaming wildly!

In the time it's taken you to read that, you could have been ordering a copy of G3 96 with EJ! Get to it! hehe. Seriously tho, i'm sure you'll enjoy it!

On that basis, I would suggest to Joe that for even more exposure and recognition by the general public, get somebody like Slash on board! I woulnd't mind seeing that actually, Slash is allright!

michelle, awesome, Joe played Hordes Of Locusts! It sounds like a cracking show, and I hear you on Jeff, he's ace. I love watchin Jeff playing, he always looks really happy and really into it. I was really pleased that he was one of the guys I got to talk with after G3 earlier this year, he's a really cool guy, really modest and intuitive.

Larreye, you could start out wiht a Boss DS-1. That should help with the smooth overdrive tone. Joe has used a DS-1 or a pair of DS-1s a lot in the past.

I find that using a neck pickup with the tone full on gives it that aquious tone, while using the bridge pickup turns the overdrive into crunch for things like Time and A Train Of Angels.

Also, to get a proper Joe tone you could get a set of his pickups......DiMarzio PAF Pro for the neck position and DiMarzio Fred for the bridge.

marimari, thanks for the EVH mail. regards the photo, which one is Eddie? hehe, just kiddin!

Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come - maybe we'll honour the retuyrn of Ovation1 and Trutina!

Zinc Master, yeah I was as surprised as Jazzzzy at the jokes aparrently complementing Bush's intelligence!

Zinc Master, cool, yeah it seems that real international relations are a little sweeter these days. I know Putin and Blair have been working quite closely together.

I find it really interesting, cuz my research, out of personal interest, makes me feel that Russia is now one of the most respectable nations on the planet and is a nation a lot of us should be looking up to. I hope it builds itself a stronger economical foothold to get out of the poverty rut.

cuthbert, I kinda meant both goverment and people, cause I've heard very mixed american views on Russia. But then some of those, including that of my bro-in-law, were from people who served in the US military during the cold war, so that's bound to shape one's opinion, somewhat.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/3/thegalleriamusic.htm

People, please feel free to check that link and listen to News In Brief. It's the political track that my accomplace, Alex, and myself have been working on, and it's now up on soundlcick. Be open minded, and be aware that the political ideas presented may be contrary to your own.

Dude, have you seen Farenheit 9/11? My mum and I watched it last night, it's awesome. If John Kerry does manage to win this, Mike Moore should be very proud that it's partly because of his documentary!

Andy Timmon's homepage has The Princess (i think) playing in the background, and it's pretty cool. Music does tend to slow things down tho, which sucks for those of us with dial-up!