The Guitar Show 2019 - 23rd - 24th February, The New Bingley Hall, Birmingham

Bridgehouse

digitalscream said:

Bridgehouse said:

I’ll be there. All day. On the fb stand. Come over and say hello!

See, if I'd thought about it, I'd have shipped you all of the stand candy and told you that it actually opens two hours earlier, thus meaning I wouldn't have to get up at why-the-hell-am-I-awake-o'clock to get to Brum for 8am (ish).

Yeah - that would probably have worked as well 

Handsome_Chris

Bridgehouse said:

mrkb said:

Bridgehouse said:

I’ll be there. All day. On the fb stand. Come over and say hello!

Are you there to moderate the punters? “Oi you - get Behind Closed Doors”

Mostly I’ll be there to roll my eyes at someone on an amp manufacturers stand making far too much noise 

I have not seen that particular individual knocking about.

Bridgehouse

Handsome_Chris said:

Bridgehouse said:

mrkb said:

Bridgehouse said:

I’ll be there. All day. On the fb stand. Come over and say hello!

Are you there to moderate the punters? “Oi you - get Behind Closed Doors”

Mostly I’ll be there to roll my eyes at someone on an amp manufacturers stand making far too much noise 

I have not seen that particular individual knocking about.

My ears will be relieved

vasselmeyer

vasselmeyer said:

Cake? On my birthday? That's what I call service. Now all I have to do is make sure I get back from deepest Russia. My sleeper train (which takes 22 hours) to Moscow leaves in 3 hours.

Well I've made it to Moscow where it's -12°C so I just need to get home tonight and I'll make the show tomorrow. Looking forward to it!

mrkb

Parking attendant is staying rear overflow car park is for stall holders only - is that correct?

EricTheWeary

The stall holders were filling up a chunk of the main car park first thing this morning so they might be encouraging them to move to free up more space. 

Jason

mrkb said:

Parking attendant is staying rear overflow car park is for stall holders only - is that correct?

Yes. Moving exhibitors to the back so visitors get the best parking

Bridgehouse

It’s all go on the fb stand!!

mudslide73

Thank the lord for ACS once again x 

timhulio

The Fredric Effects stand during the quiet before the storm!

EricTheWeary

Just watched Bumblefoot and now found somewhere to sit down for five minutes. 
Such an enjoyable set, not very busy in the marquee. Anyone coming Sunday catching him is a must do - learn about string lengths and dentistry! 
Mick Taylor of TPS lurking backstage, Chris from the Guitar magazine, Bradders and Neville Marten also spotted. Chris Buck has his set in a bit and has been around ( jamming with Aynsley Lister earlier). Aynsley's guitar tone was amazing, I presume it was @RiftAmps although I missed most of the set and the explanations. 
Right, I shall carry on spreading my germs around the hall...


Ooh Aziz Ibrahim by PRS. 

EricTheWeary

Bumblefoot

https://i.imgur.com/BWmAEzu.jpg

spark240

Couldn't resist this EBMM Axis Super sport with Piezo....yes I already have one....but this was an absolute bargain I couldn't turn it down...brand new old stock .

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SRich

Great day. Met some of you, and half recognised several more. Aynsley Lister was terrific and Chris Buck and he did a couple of jammed songs with a lot of eye-contact and guess work going on.

Paul Sayer's Rig Rundown was great....I've never seen so many Lazy J20's in one place. Jesse in the Marquee at that point.

Now having a breather before Steely Dan. Jon Herrington I haven't seen before, so will be especially interesting.

mrkb

EricTheWeary said:

Bumblefoot

https://i.imgur.com/BWmAEzu.jpg

Ron was excellent - funny, engaging and talented. Also enjoyed Paul Sayers rig review. Not so sure about Chris Buck, seemed like an extended blues jam with very little audience interaction, so left after the second aynsley lister jam started - did it get any better?

EricTheWeary

mrkb said:

EricTheWeary said:

Bumblefoot

https://i.imgur.com/BWmAEzu.jpg

Ron was excellent - funny, engaging and talented. Also enjoyed Paul Sayers rig review. Not so sure about Chris Buck, seemed like an extended blues jam with very little audience interaction, so left after the second aynsley lister jam started - did it get any better?

I didn’t watch Buck, that late in the day is the best time to go and try some stuff. I want a Gordon Smith GS1 with a P90 now though. 

mrkb

EricTheWeary said:

mrkb said:

EricTheWeary said:

Bumblefoot

Ron was excellent - funny, engaging and talented. Also enjoyed Paul Sayers rig review. Not so sure about Chris Buck, seemed like an extended blues jam with very little audience interaction, so left after the second aynsley lister jam started - did it get any better?

I didn’t watch Buck, that late in the day is the best time to go and try some stuff. I want a Gordon Smith GS1 with a P90 now though. 

I loved the GS1000 as well, the black one with the tortoiseshell neck binding was superb. Might get a custom spec one later in the year.

prowla

Well, I went today; the car parking was nowhere near adequate for the venue (I expect I'm not the first person to make that observation), so I ended up parking about half a mile away.

The show was pretty good, but in faffing around looking for parking I forgot to take my earplugs, so I bought a pair off a stand; the darned things were difficult to get out at the end of the noisy periods. I have to say that all of the exhibitors were really good at responding to the klaxon and observing the changeover from noisy to quiet.

As for the show and stuff itself, Rotosound forgot to take any bass strings, I bought a multi-pack of Dunlop purple plecs, and I got a lanyard off the Markbass stand.

I did get a demo of the new Boss reactive load amp and it looks like it does what it says on the tin; it's going to be priced around £1150, so it's not cheap, but it might revolutionise guitar recording.

At 2 hours drive each way, I wouldn't call it my most successful day out, but I had a rack of ribs at TGI's on the way home, so it wasn't entirely wasted.

CarpeDiem

Great show @Jason and the best one I've been to of the New Bingley Hall shows. Really good mix of stands, and enjoyed the Live Stage (those attending on Sunday should enjoy Ron Thal who is a really nice guy as well as a great and entertaining player) plus the one Focusrite session I saw. It might help the Sunday attendees if there was a sign for some overflow parking at the rear of the venue plus additional tables/chairs in the marquee.

Kalimna

Rather looking forward to it - arrived at Great Barr tonight for the show tomorrow. A few amps Id like to try out, amongst other things.

Out of interest, was there anyone from here eating out at Basmati restaurant tonight? 

Adam