Just talked to him. Very sweet and egimatic. For the guy who wanted me to ask about his strings, he said he still uses Ernie Ball and probably always will. I asked about his solo album and he said it's not in the works anymore as he's busy w/ Eyes Out. It's up to an 18 person team, he said. The site prevented recording, but some host chick who chimed in offered to take a screenshot for me. I declined because that sounded lame as fuck, so we talked the New Year's show from 2001 for the rest of the convo. He perked up when I brought up those shows and he said those were "exciting, exciting times"