East Anglia GearFest SAT 14 SEPT **2013**

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Summary of the discussion on the TEmp Fab Board ... **NOW UPDATED with comments from the discussion**

 

See two posts down for confirmed attendees & possibly maybees ...

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Phil_aka_Pip;

 

It would seem that Long Tall Ronnie would be up for an appropriately-timed GearFest. I've already said I would. Any other East Anglian takers? How would you like it to be organised? Programme contents? Would you like it in a pub? Or a Village Hall? Location preferences? Dates to prefer/avoid?

(You may conclude that I've never organised or even been to such a thing before!)

 

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Location "The Magpie" on the A140 at Stonham (3-4 miles north of the A14/A140 junction).  SAT 14 SEPT

Updated as at 16 Aug

 

Confirmed attendees;

YES  Phil_aka_Pip  -  bringing various backline incl 50w bass rig, powered wedge, mics & stands

YES  ESBlonde  -  pedals, pedals, pedals and some more pedals.  Amps too.

YES  digitalscream  -  getting collected by Lexie1

YES  TTony  -  WIll probably bring some homemade cakes guitars.

YES  photek  -  Bringing some tasty guitars ...

YES  mike.l  -  offering Marshall DSL combo, various pedals and a choice of guitars

YES  Lexie1

YES  Bidley

YES  monquixote  -  assorted bass + guitar gear

YES  Frankus  -  cleared for take-off (& attendance)

YES  JayGee 

 

Still playing hard to get;

??  jatgtr  -  might make it

??  loverocker  -  no update since TEmpFab's Board?

??  frictionfraction  -  hopes to make it

??  birdo

??  surfguy13

??  ddlooping - might be washing his hair that weekend

??  EdGrip

 

 

Can't make it ...

NO  bigjon

NO  longtallronnie   

ddlooping

Is this the place?

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ddlooping said:

Is this the place?

No.  The Magpie is here;

http://goo.gl/maps/sYgfQ

And this is The Limes.

ddlooping

Bummer, that's quite a way away.
Oh well, we'll see.

TTony

There's a direct train service from Chelmsford to Stowmarket ?

ddlooping

TTony said:

There's a direct train service from Chelmsford to Stowmarket ?

Cool.
I've just realised it's only 1 hour away by car. Plenty of options then.

monquixote

Will be great to have a pint with you guys and share some forum building war stories.

Longtallronnie

In case anyone's wondering, this is an Ulbrick Venue 30

30W 1x12 6L6 powered single channel wotsit. Sits somewhere between a Bassman and a JTM45 imo but I've little experience with either of those amps so might be way off! Just thought people might want to try it as they don't turn up that often. 

B-)

Longtallronnie

Would also be nice to meet a few more forumers!

mike_l

I shall be there (baring death/hospitalisation etc).

Tell me what pedals you want me to bring. Guitar wise, I'll probably bring My Strat, and either my Charvel or Jackson.

Although, I'll bring what ever people ask me to bring...

Pedals

Drive

MXR Zakk Wylde, MXR Distortion3, Boss mega distortion (probably not), Bad monkey, Boss SD-1, Boss SD-2

Delay

Boss DD-6, Visualsound Garagetone

Swirlies

MXR microchorus, MXR micro flanger, MXR phase 90 (script and block logo's)

Wah,

Weeping demon, Crybaby (which both BigJon and viz used, and liked last sunday)

 

I'll get 1 metric tonne of batteries before hand (I get them cheap from work...)

photek

Location is cool, about an hour from me but wrong direction for me to collect digitalscream sorry dude. Can get you from the station the other end though unless you can get to me?

By the way I will be bringing: PRS DGT + either EVH Wolfgang Special (China) or JV Squier strat.

birdo

Depending on dates I'd like to be there. Gear wise I can bring a couple of tech 21 pedals and a custom painted ( former jooky ) strat type thing.

ESBlonde

Apart from the PA/mons I could bring

ES335,Strat,Lite Ashe Tele/PE1000

Roland RE501 Echo
Yamaha P100 Echo
Cry baby
HT Drive
SOD-1
OD-1
Cool Kat Chorus
Boss Flanger
Boss Comp
Aphex Aural Exciter

Marshall 50w JMP
JBL 2x!2" cab
Fender HR Deluxe

surfguy13

Not sure if I'm being thick here but not too sure exactly what a 'Gear Fest' is??  If it's in East Anglia I feel the Fens should be represented!!! 

mike_l

surfguy13 said:

Not sure if I'm being thick here but not too sure exactly what a 'Gear Fest' is??  If it's in East Anglia I feel the Fens should be represented!!! 

A "gearfest" is where abunch of us get together, ogle each others gear, drink alcomohol, and possibly have a jam.

I feel that the suggested locations would be good, and I'm from (near) the fens (so not a proper Fenhead)

bigjon

I may possibly make it depending on the date and time (evening is more likely). I'm more interesting in jamming than in gear inspection, tbh - happy to noodle in a corner while the rest of you admire each other's point-to-point wiring. I'm from the south edge of the fens, just above Cambridge, so I qualify as a fenhead.

monquixote

Should we settle on a date so people can start planning.

TTony

Last I heard from Phil (over at TEmpFab's) he was about to head off to the station to pick up his girlfriend.  Since then, radio silence.  And I don't see him here yet.  Which is odd.

Or perhaps not.

I think Phil knows the peeps at the Magpie, so when he gets himself signed up here, we'll see if we can get some possible dates that would work for them (it'd be a handy venue).  I'd guess that we're looking towards the end of August to avoid too many holiday clashes and a I'd also guess that it'd be a weekend afternoon/evening.

How's about we then aim for;

An afternoon of pure gear festing - opening at whenever's sensible (2pm/3pm?) to lust over professionally assess all the goodies, talk, drink, talk, and do some more lusting.

At some time in the late afternoon / early evening, perhaps - if we can get drummerists and all the necessary PA type stuff in place, we aim to plug some of it in and make some noise.  That could be completely ad-hoc jamming, or some attendees might choose to agree-amongst-themselves-beforehand and prep a tune or two that they want to play for the enjoyment of the massed (and by now, some slightly "happy") GearFestees.

Finish some time later.

?

monquixote

Sounds like a plan

We have to consider the possibility that Pip got the hump because we didn't write the site in assembler