shredmeister

As long as you know the song sit in on anything you want.

Did I mention either in F# harmonic minor or B harmonic minor ? hehehehehehe !!!!!!!!!!!!

If we don't have enough songs to fill the time we could always do some free jams. Actually I find free jams the most fun. Also Other songs we have played include: Too Hot To Handle Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Jail Break Boys Are Back in Town Cowboy Song You Got Another Thing Coming Kryptonite What I Like About You Train Kept A Rollin Don’t Tell Me You Love Me Plush Be My Girl Breaking the Law Hey Jealousy Somebody to Shove Surrender American Girl Santa Montica Victim of Love Just Got Paid I Miss You Put Your Lights On

So are we going to do Another Thing Coming for sure then ? How about Symphony of Destruction ? I take it Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo and Highway Song are out since we don't have enough players and a singer. Just trying to figure out what I need to play through before this week end.

Me and Ray will be the only guys from here attending this year.

I can do the other guitar on Another Thing Comin' Might be more of an impromptu jam this year eh ?

Bill - Best wishes. Chain saws scare the hell out of me. Thank God you didn't cut off any fingers !

Vocals on Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo anybody ???

First board I was on was the Jackson forum. Shredmeister was not available so I went with Shredmonster. On this board Shredmonster was not available so I went with the "meister".

Boys - Anybody else on Highway Song and Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo ? We need some bass and vocals on 'em.

We did Symphony of Destruction this summer. Fun song. Don't know if Joe will be attending this year or not. Couple other songs maybe - Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo Highway Song

Well I know what I personally like and what feels the best to my hands all the way down to the neck specs. But in terms of sound I have found you can't tell. Every guitar is so different even from the same manufacturer with the same or similar parts and woods. It is really bizarre. And I have found sustain has nothing to do with construction like many people think. I use to think so also. Weight of the guitar, bridge etc... It has to do with string tension and connection of the string to the guitar and how these factors let the string resonate. Read a huge article with forumlas and all that crap. I have a bolt on that I can tell you has just as much sustain as any neck through you will find. 1)That being said I have found maple necks with maple fret boards are snappy which I really like. 2) Don't like painted necks as I find them sticky. 3) Gotta have an OFR or Gotoh or Kahler Spyder 4) I usually always get custom pick ups - and never ever any Dimarzios 5) To my horror I have found guitars that sound great when plugged in and like shit when not - I don't get it 6) Nothing imported - gotta be USA 7) No spalted maple - it is rotting wood that does not transfer sound well 8) Always get mahogany with a maple top preferable a carved top 9) Because carved tops have more punch 10) Most important aspect to me is the neck and I prefer D shaped, 1-11/16", 25.5" , 24 fret with a combination radius and jumbo frets preferably 2.25 to 2.5" across at the 12th fret and 85 to 87mm at the 12th fret 11) Gotta have a bolt on - I find them snappier with more growl and my hand cramps on the upper frets if there is no girth to grab like on a neck through 12) S style body 13) 2 Hums with coil splitter usually 14) The only stock I have is my Hamer TLE - everything else has been modified or is fully custom

I had a basswood Jem. 2001 BFP (blue floral pattern). I hated it. Hated it. Felt cheap. Tone was thin - as in real thin. If you did not process the hell out of it it sounded like shit. I tried different pick ups. Could not wait to get rid of it. I have only heard one Ibanez super strat that I liked the tone of. One. Even the blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. Those Ibanez superstrats sound best when highly processed IMO. Ever hear Vai's guitar when he is playing totally clean - which is not very often - THIN and LIFELESS. The Diablo kicked its ass. Sounds like what the JEM dreams of sounding like. What are you running for effects ?

Joe what the hell you doing on the computer this time of day ? That guy has a great voice for metal. Sounds like somthing out of the 80's.

Saw them in THE second major concert they ever did. Loudest concert I was ever at. I like their older stuff. Not a big fan of the Love in An Elevator or Dude Looks Like a Lady era. Funny story I read. First time EVH met Joe Perry EVH went to shake his hand and Perry just turned and walked away. Read that in an EVH article. Wouldn't ya know frist time Yngiwie met EVH he went to shake EVH's hand and EVH turned and walked away. Read that in a Yngwie article. Tit for tat I guess.

Charvel from the 80's made in Japan no question. 750XL would be my preference.

As long as your drummer has it down we'll be fine. The Night Ranger tune was easier than I thought, on bass at least. You have your hands full on guitar! hehe! Yeah it is probably the hardest cover solo I have had the pleasure of learning. The speed stuff doesn't bother me but I am not use to using a whammy bar while doing pinch harmonics at the same time so I mess up sometimes as I have only had a fair amount of time with the song. I can usually get it on my amps but I will be using unfamiliar amps and a brand new Wampler Pinnacle pedal that I have played only once. Should be interesting. Our drummer had it down last night on Train Kept A Rollin but at these jams shit happens ! Just gotta keep on playing and smile.

I was gonna work up a Cult tune or two with Matthes but it doesn't look like he's coming. Maybe next time. They are great jam fodder, though. The Cult is like AC/DC in that their songs all revolve around the same chords. Anywho I got "Don't Tell Me You Love Me," "Train Kept A Rollin'," "Cowboy Song" and "Paranoid" all set to go on bass. Awesome dude. Train Kept a Rollin should be interesting as the some of the timing is very odd.

Yeah we asked Chris learn the tune just for this jam.

We would need a singer then on Rock N Roll Hoochie Coo A drummer And bass

We have not had enough time to work on Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo for this jam. We have a gig that we eventually will be learning it for. I could get through it including the solo since I have had time to work on it some but I don't think we have drums or bass or singer.

Our drummer should be able to do many of these if you can't find any other drummers.

I know he would providing he knows the song and the changes so it does not turn into a train wreck. Let me know what ones you want help on and I will run it by him. I think we might be joined by Chris on bass for Paranoid.

BTMN just in case you don't get any other offers on Paranoid or Too Hot to Handle - Bloozguy and Joe know that one. C'mon guys jump in !