YTSEJAM Digest 3691 Today's Topics: 1) re: JPM - 100 by chris milne 2) No reply? by Tom Cox 3) DT Tour environment by Bill Wrightson 4) Re: Nice.. by Rogerio Brito 5) Re: The Fastest Alternate Pickers (NDTC) by AEllis1222 6) Opening vs. Headlining by Edwin Voras 7) Mike's flame by Jon Kretschmer 8) Re: Chick Corea Elektric Band, was: Re: jazz by The iban 9) Foot in Mouth.........Get............OUT by KEZCOM 10) Re: Opening vs. Headlining by "Paul Gregory Humm" 11) Re: Random Stuff (NDTC) by Peter Tatischev 12) No reply? by Carol Dellinger 13) New Queensryche guitarist by "Einar B. Gilberg" 14) Re: No reply? by The iban 15) UNCLASSIFIED:-Re: New Queensryche guitarist by email_address_removed.au 16) re: Yngwie influence and trivia by Brian Hansen 17) Re: Foot in Mouth.........Get............OUT by The iban ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:34:52 -0600 From: chris milne To: email_address_removed Subject: re: JPM - 100 Message-ID: > 2. My next guitar: I'm considering forking over the big $$ for a JPM. > Since I've heard that this guitar is *based* on the RG series, I'd like to > know basically what would make the JPM worth spending the extra $500+ for. > I like the pick-up configuration idea, and I know the neck is supposed to > not be as thick, and the paint-job's cool . . . but if I bought an RG570, > and possibly added other pick-ups (Air Zone, Evolution) to it in the > future, would that be more worth it? > The JPM is not worth the price tag. You're better off with any > comparable lesser known company that isn't Ibanez. Jacksons, Ibanez, > Fender, Washburn, most of the axes these companies are putting out > are way lower quality than they should be. If you ARE gonna go with > Ibanez, get a hardshell case, and keep it in the case when you're not > playing, if you want to try to avoid fretting out all the time. I'm > a firm believer that the smaller, less known companies, and the > guitar shop customs are infinitely better than the trash coming out > these days... An older used Ibanez is about 100 X better than a new > one (and still ain't great). I disagree actually. Have you played a JPM series? I had the same concerns when I was looking into purchasing one. I agree the price is probably too high but as far as a direct comparison to the RG570 I desagree. I also have one of those and they don't play or sound very similar. To start with the feel of the neck (and action) on the JPM is far superior. The pick-ups sound much better and it is very quiet in comparison...my RG makes some awful hum. Since i play Dream Theater style music I don't find much use for vintage guitars so I couldn't give a fair evaluation/comparison for the JPM in that field. Although I did play a Fender with the Stevie Ray Vaughn Pick-ups...what a great clean sound they have! Distorted was way too thin, the JPM has a real crystal clean sound - great for acoustic sounding stuff, but not as good for clean soloing. It all depends on your sytle I think. The only annoying thing about the JPM is where they put the pick-up selector seems to be slightly in my way, and it is a tiny little switch (not like the original one Petrucci usually plays.) It's a pretty big price...but you wouldn't be disappointed with the JPM. What color are the new ones? I have the second generation. I would love the original - blue/yellow/green and blue - but they never made that for resale.) Any other info about it - contact me email_address_removed chris milne ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:37:32 -0600 From: Tom Cox To: email_address_removed, email_address_removed Subject: No reply? Message-ID: No reply to my steamy, sexxxy message yet? :( Did you get my last message? I hope so. I love you! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:43:00 -0600 From: Bill Wrightson To: email_address_removed Subject: DT Tour environment Message-ID: >In a message dated 98-03-26 22:04:17 EST, Mr. Portnoy wrote: > ><< << I asked Derek Sherinian how long Dream Theater's set would be on the > Deep Purple tour, and he said they would have an hour long set...just > thought i'd let everyone know... > chris >> > > This blows dead bear. Please do some club shows!!!!!!!!! Jaxx in > Springfield!!!!!!!!! >> > >HELLO?!?! >What do you think we've been doing for the past 6 months? Nothing in Texas!!! or anywhere close for that matter. Unlike most of the rest of the country (esp the East Coast!!!) we haven't had the opportunity to see you guys since the Awake tour !!!! *************************************************************************** ** Bill Wrightson email: email_address_removed ** ** DNA Enterprises, Inc. voice: (972) 671-1972 ext: 267 ** ** 1240 E. Campbell Road fax: (972) 671-1581 ** ** Richardson, Tx 75081 http://www.dnaent.com ** *************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:46:26 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Nice.. Message-ID: On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, O-P Komonen wrote: > >> Palmer also worked with 'Atomic Rooster' before he joined with ELP. And > >> Emerson was in 'The Nice' before he's everyone heard ELP. > > > > Which I've been told that "The Nice" sucked big time (not the > >keyboards, though). > > > > uh oh.... "As for all this crap about Nice, you can't give an opinion of a > band unless you have gone and actually HEARD it." (c) Pat Daugherty Uh, oh. I *never* said it was my opinion that "The Nice" sucked, because I don't even *know* what they sound like. Please, don't jump on conclusions. I only relayed the words I've been told and I just wanted to make sure that those words were not mine. BTW, I never thought that something with Keith Emerson could "suck big time". :-) Tarkus is sick! :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - email_address_removed.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:46:31 EST From: AEllis1222 To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: The Fastest Alternate Pickers (NDTC) Message-ID: Well, I know Joe Stump can do sextuplets at 206 bpm. I know people who have seen it. Truthfully, to me, being fast isn't everything about speed. I am far more impressed by a guitarist who can do sextuplets at 190 bpm, than 206, if they have fluidity in their playing (i.e.-Jason Becker, George Bellas, Joe Stump) Art ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:46 -0800 (PST) From: Edwin Voras To: Ytsejam Subject: Opening vs. Headlining Message-ID: <19980331205024.JMJG13104@[166.33.99.41]> >3..5..10,000 people a night in great venues (mostly outdoor ampitheaters) >will be a fun change of pace for US. Right on Mike! I personally would much rather see an hour of OFB with 10,000 other people than not at all!! Ytse on dudes, eD ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:50:44 -0800 From: Jon Kretschmer To: email_address_removed Subject: Mike's flame Message-ID: >HELLO?!?! >What do you think we've been doing for the past 6 months? >(or 6 years for that matter!!) >2 hr. headlining sets & club shows...everywhere...over & over again >I think we've offered the entire world the opportunity to see us in that >setting... >Has it ever occured to you that maybe WE would like a change of atmosphere and >an opportunity to make a couple new fans. >Carpe Diem, >Mike Portnoy OUCH...Getting flamed by the one and only. Sucks to be you : ) I guess that puts to rest the 5 year debate on whether DT should play large or small venues... Butt out Mike, if you comment on too many things we wont have anything to bitch and moan about!!!! : ) Jon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:56:38 EST From: The iban To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Chick Corea Elektric Band, was: Re: jazz Message-ID: i must say "eye of the beholder" by chick corea is my favorite album to date, i cant seem to get ahold of DiMeloa's "kiss my axe" yet though, ive been looking for it for years. and i definately agree about "Tale Of Daring (Parts 1-4)" being the Metropolis of jazz fusion. the Rock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:58:43 EST From: KEZCOM To: email_address_removed Subject: Foot in Mouth.........Get............OUT Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-31 15:24:28 EST, you write: << HELLO?!?! What do you think we've been doing for the past 6 months? (or 6 years for that matter!!) 2 hr. headlining sets & club shows...everywhere...over & over again I think we've offered the entire world the opportunity to see us in that setting... Has it ever occured to you that maybe WE would like a change of atmosphere and an opportunity to make a couple new fans. We've always wanted to do a support slot, and playing to 3..5..10,000 people a night in great venues (mostly outdoor ampitheaters) will be a fun change of pace for US. >> Mr. Portnoy, I know you're right, you know you're right, and all 'jammers know you're right, but I'm a selfish SOB, and I like catching your expectorations. I just was expressing a deep desire to experience another show as breathtaking(literally) as the last one here in Northern Virginia. I hate to face the fact that I may never be that close to OFB again, what with Ticketmaster and f***ing scalpers snagging any decent tickets to arena/outdoor shows. Anyway, glad I could elicit a response, and thanks for the new asshole! Kez ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:12:05 -0800 From: "Paul Gregory Humm" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Opening vs. Headlining Message-ID: > This blows dead bear. Please do some club shows!!!!!!!!! Jaxx in > Springfield!!!!!!!!! >> > > HELLO?!?! > What do you think we've been doing for the past 6 months? > (or 6 years for that matter!!) > 2 hr. headlining sets & club shows...everywhere...over & over again > Carpe Diem, > Mike Portnoy HELL YES!!! My sentiments exactly. Mike, welcome to ytsejam. With this post, you have officially become one of us! -Paul ----------- Paul Humm email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 01:09:26 +0400 From: Peter Tatischev To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Random Stuff (NDTC) Message-ID: >From: "Giannotti, Nick" > >Jazz: *Sigh* You know, the more I think about it, the more I should just >bite the bullet and get into some jazz. Even though I friggin' HATE the >whole idea of me going up and down the jazz aisles with all those... >JAZZHEADS. (/me shivers). Anyone care to point me in the right direction >for some good Jazz bass? Apart from Jaco, of course. Ever heard of John Patitucci? Isn't he excellent? -I think he is!!!!! Can also try Stanley Clarke, he's rather funky, but that makes him even cooler! Billy Sheehan and his Niacin projects is jazzy as well, I suppose... And there are olders: Charles Mingus, Chuck Israels... Ahhh... shame on me... how could I forget about Victor Bailey?!!! This man plays not worse than Jaco, in fact he was the one who replaced him in WR... Cheers, Pete ========================================================== The maintainer of the YtseJamCD Project site: http://www.glasnet.ru/~tatisch/Ytze mirror: http://tripod.members.com/~Pete339 Home: http://www.web4free.com/Bass_p IRC: Hammman ICQ:425-8962 =========================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:21:14 -0800 From: Carol Dellinger To: email_address_removed Subject: No reply? Message-ID: Tom Cox whispered breathily into our ears: No reply to my steamy, sexxxy message yet? :( Did you get my last message? I hope so. I love you! Oh Honey! No, we ALL did not get your last steamy, sexxy message! But please, do send it again as we are all waiting with baited breath for your hot steamy words to be whispered into our cyber ears! We love you too! Coldfire email_address_removed Gallery of Shadows the Official Shadow Gallery Mailing List http://www.dreamt.org/galleryofshadows "Fly where your dreams go....." Cyrstalline Dreams - Shadow Gallery ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:27:36 +0200 From: "Einar B. Gilberg" To: email_address_removed, email_address_removed Subject: New Queensryche guitarist Message-ID: Don't know if this is old news, but on Scream magazine's news-column I saw this: QUEENSRYCHE's new guitarist is Kelly Grey who is probably best known for producing the last Dokken album "Shadowlife". It smells like grunge, doesn't it? (March 30th, 1998) Best regards, Einar ps. check my music-section: http://www.colargol.idb.hist.no/~einarg/CDSITE.html :) -- Einar B. Gilberg tlf : +47-73 51 05 31 Kalvskinns gt. 3 fax : +47-73 51 05 31 N-7012 Trondheim e-mail: email_address_removed.no NORWAY www : http://www.colargol.idb.hist.no/~einarg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:52:02 EST From: The iban To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: No reply? Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-31 16:39:52 EST, you write: << No reply to my steamy, sexxxy message yet? :( Did you get my last message? I hope so. I love you! >> what the hell is this all about??? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:01:49 +1000 From: email_address_removed.au To: email_address_removed Subject: UNCLASSIFIED:-Re: New Queensryche guitarist Message-ID: >Don't know if this is old news, but on Scream magazine's news-column I >saw this: >QUEENSRYCHE's new guitarist is Kelly Grey who is >probably best known for producing the last Dokken album >"Shadowlife". It smells like grunge, doesn't it? >(March 30th, 1998) According to QR internet magazine 'Screaming In Digital', NO he isn't, he produced Scott Rockenfield's side project and is helping out with the new QR album, but is not the new guitarist. Aren't you jumping to conclusion's when you have haven't heard any of the guys songs are guitar playing yet ? Dokken is hardly grunge ? graham ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:58:24 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Hansen To: email_address_removed Subject: re: Yngwie influence and trivia Message-ID: Pat Sullivan wrote: >> Check out >>the date of release on these discs. Way before any of the >>Yngwie-clones started to appear. (OK, Yngwie influenced players...) >So basically you're saying that Yngwie was playing >before people started >copying the way Yngwie was playing. Pardon my >ignorance; but - Duh! :)) OK, bad wording on my part. The reason I wrote was around the time Yngwie came out, there were several guitarists who "copied" Yngwie and said that they were really doing it before Yngwie. Guitarists egos aside, I checked the dates of release on some of the Yngwie influenced guitarists in my collection. Might be of trivial interest, considering that many of these guitarists are often discussed here: 1983 - Steeler - with Yngwie just playing lead to their songs. This was arranged by Mike Varney, who was like the Magna Carta of neoclassical speed metal. 1983 - Alcatrazz/No Parole - Yngwie wrote most of the music. Great disc. Yngwie escaped Mike Varney control. 1984 - Yngwie's Rising Force - Yngwie's first solo, mostly instrumental. 1985 - Yngwie/Marching Out 1985 - Tony MacAlpine/Edge of Insanity (A MV release) 1986 - Joe Satriani/Not of This Earth - Very little Yngwie influence (Except maybe the title track). Joe was (is) very original. But the success of Yngwie may have made it possible for Joe to get a "guitar" recording released. 1986 - Vinnie Moore/Minds Eye (Another MV release) 1987 - Cacophony/Speed Metal Symphony - Jason Becker and Marty Friedman. (Yet another couple of guitarists that MV discovered.) 1987 - Testament/The Legacy - Alex Skolnick added a little Yngwie style to this thrash/speed metal. 1988 - Impellitteri/Stand In Line - You could call this Alcatrazz part 2. Hard to tell it from the first Alcatrazz album. 1989 - Dream Theater/WDADU - Petrucci threw in some heavy doses of Yngwie. Expecially on AFiL, Ytsejam and Afterlife. 199? - Symphony X - They're doing Yngwie better than Yngwie. And of course there are probably a lot of others, but this is enough typing for me (when did Vai's Flexible come out?)... hasta, BH _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:08:13 EST From: The iban To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Foot in Mouth.........Get............OUT Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-31 17:02:58 EST, you write: << Mr. Portnoy, I know you're right, you know you're right, and all 'jammers know you're right, but I'm a selfish SOB, and I like catching your expectorations. I just was expressing a deep desire to experience another show as breathtaking(literally) as the last one here in Northern Virginia. I hate to face the fact that I may never be that close to OFB again, what with Ticketmaster and f***ing scalpers snagging any decent tickets to arena/outdoor shows. Anyway, glad I could elicit a response, and thanks for the new asshole! Kez >> i must agree with Kez on that last show at Jaxx, it was the best DT show i have ever seen yet. and i gotta agree with mike, i think DT should get the respect they deserve and never get. look at ac/dc playing in front of 500 billion people, and all they have to do is play 3 power chords and chew on some glass then sing. Rocky ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3691 **************************