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...Thank you New Zealand and Australia for a great tour. We wish we could have stayed longer and played a few more cities, maybe next time. Big thanks to all the fans who came to the in-stores we did, it's always good to meet all of you face to face. We return home with nothing but great memories, and a few nice presents we picked up along the way too. G3 down under??? We are already working on it!... Joe

Pre Tour Message
...It's 3/04/05 and I'm almost all packed for our Australian/New Zealand tour, just haven't decided which hats to bring... Yesterday, Rubina and I had a fantastic meeting with a few very creative minds from the D'Addario Co. about making signature picks, straps, cables etc..., We hope to see these cool, new and innovative items released by next year, with some as early as this summer. It seems like when I'm not having meetings, on the phone, or, on my computer, I'm rushing back in my studio to play as much as I can for the up coming tours.The next few months will bring us once again to a few continents, including India! The shows mean the world to me, I couldn't live without them. Thanks again for the support during my brief absence, and for inviting us to play for you...Joe
 

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Yup, I know y'all have been waiting very (and sometimes not so) patientlyfor the latest batch of fan photos from the past few months to get onto the site. Well, I'm happy to announce that I've made my way through the hundreds of emails with photos and am resizing/captioning/uploading them at long last!

As usual, they'll show up in the Photos section of the site:

http://www.satriani.com/2004/interact/photos.shtml

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It's February, 2005 and we are gearing up for another exciting year of live shows and recording! But, did you know that the Peavey JSX head won Amp of the Year at this year's NAMM show? Well it did! And we managed to release the combo version at the show as well. The new combo comes in a 2x12 enclosure and has added reverb and a half power switch for extra tonal possibilities. At the Ibanez booth, which had the most amazing three story Ultra Man figure presiding over the whole affair, we released the new JS Chrome guitar. It's a limited edition specially plated wood JS1000, with an added phase switch just for fun. Get 'em while you can! Oh yeah, you must check out the new book on the history of Ibanez. It's a fantastic book that tells the whole story and is filled with photos of guitars, artists and all the cool people who make and have made the Hoshino company what it is today.

Now that I'm officially cured of my pneumonia I'm eager to get back to rockin' out! Thanks for all the "get well" wishes{:?}.

Our touring schedule as of this date will bring us to Australia and New Zealand in March, the West Coast of the USA in April and Japan (G3 w/ Vai/Petrucci) in May. I'm waiting to hear about a possible European Festival tour, when I know, you will too!

Recording will most likely start in the fall. but, we might try a few things during the summer as well. Don't ask me what direction I'm going in with the new stuff, 'cause I don't know yet myself!

Remember to check out our webcast that'll be happening in the sprint.

I'll be back,
Joe

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Our planned webcast recording in January was postponed due to Joe's illness but is now back on! We'll be down in Anaheim in April
and are planning on a March launch online. We'll have more details as the date gets closer, so stay tuned!

Thank you all so very much for the "get well" messages, I believe they really made a difference. Pneumonia is no fun at all and I don't recommend it to anyone, but hearing from all of you has eased my down time quite a bit. Thank you again. My recovery will hopefully continue and I will get a clean bill of health by the end of the month... I was unable to post a "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" message due to my illness, and as you know had to cancel most of the end of the year tour. Sorry about that. Make-up shows are being booked as I write this... The two shows at the Fillmore seem like a fantastic fever induced dream. Although I could barely breathe, I felt I had to perform as if my life depended on it. Every note was sacred to me. As I played, the tsunami tragedy in South Asia weighed so heavily on my heart. It's still so hard to comprehend the suffering so many people have had to endure. The relief effort will need our continuing support

(http://www.redcross.org/)...As well as our troops in Iraq who face incredible danger every day. Let's hope this year will bring some peace to the region, and a home-coming for our troops... This year will see me and the boys heading to Australia, New Zealand and Japan. We are looking into a few European summer festivals as well... Writing for a new record to be finished by the end of the year is also on the calendar... Later this month I will be at the NAMM show to debut a stunning new Ibanez Chrome JS guitar, and an awesome Peavey JSX Combo Amp, with reverb and a half power switch. I'll be stopping by the DiMarzio and D'Addario booths as well... Hope to see some of you there...Joe