Wellington August 2012 gearfest

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What date is best?

Saturday 4th August
8
50%
Sunday 5th August
2
13%
Saturday 11th August
3
19%
Sunday 12th August
0
No votes
Saturday 18th August
0
No votes
Sunday 19th August
0
No votes
Saturday 25th August
1
6%
Sunday 26th August
2
13%
 
Total votes: 16

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Re: Wellington August 2012 gearfest

Post by Hamburgla »

I'll be along. Will bring the SG, Rickenbacker 620, and bunch o' pedals.

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Post by rickenbackerkid »

My Ears. They are burning.

Nice to meet some people I hadn't (slash-ed, sizzlingbadger, tonymcbony) as always some nice rigs there. Got a few photos, will upload later.

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Hi yo! Great time was had, and there will be a heap of pics courtesy of 6SS and sizzlingbadger. So, foregone conclusion - the crap photos will be mine :lol:
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It was a good one, eh? And that Radian bass was lovely.
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pics please... :thumbup: Sounds like a great time was had by all. :mrgreen:

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Post by alanp »

Would have been nice to go, but after six hours OT starting at 6am, I really wasn't up to the drive :(

So agreed with Daz, I want photos to live vicariously through.
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Rock Star !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sizzlingbadger wrote:Rock Star !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Brilliant! :D :clap: :clap: That's good enough to be a promo photo for Orange! :D
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Post by matman »

Vince wrote:
sizzlingbadger wrote:Rock Star !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Brilliant! :D :clap: :clap: That's good enough to be a promo photo for Orange! :D
Great photo, but he's playing a tele...that's child abuse!
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matman wrote:Great photo, but he's playing a tele...that's child abuse!
There's always Photoshop.

It was amazing though, I don't think I saw a single actual strat today. Quite a few Teles though.
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sizzlingbadger wrote:Image
I didn't think daza would drive that far . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :angel:
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matman wrote:
Vince wrote:
sizzlingbadger wrote:Rock Star !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Image
Brilliant! :D :clap: :clap: That's good enough to be a promo photo for Orange! :D
Great photo, but he's playing a tele...that's child abuse!
Playing the Tele..I think that shows great taste at an early age....must be gifted!! yes :mrgreen:

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I know its my guitar but that Tele sounded friggin awesome through that RV head.
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willow13 wrote:
I didn't think daza would drive that far . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :angel:
POTD (and its been D for Ps)! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Wellington August 2012 gearfest

Post by hamo »

Absolutely mint afternoon out, thanks fellas. Ears are ringing, various underused muscles are aching, and I'm knackered: all the signs of a classic gearfest.

OMIGODLOUDNESS. I always forget to take hearing protection to these things. :roll:

Where to begin? Nice to meet TMcB, sizzlingbadger and son, and Hamburgla and to see all those guys I've met before.

Gear. All of it. Gearfests seem to make my own gear sound better too. :D But playing Scott's LP and SV, Ed's new ASH and the PRS Studio he had there (which sounded lurvely through the AFD and Dark Terror respectively), TMcB's Ryan-made 18w through Scott's Orange Quad, sizzlingbadger's PRS singlecut through the Dark Terror into the Orange quad, Scott's Cuba St, Hambirgla's Ricky through my Blackheart, Tubeswell's Jazzmaster through all his homebrew creations (OMGTONE) - and this is just the gear I got to play!

Polarbear cranking (almost to 2!) the AC30 was earmelting stuff. Awesome to have Vince and Tony representing on the bass, and Ed throwing out the odd vocal when someone would accidentally slip into a recognisable tune. Convinving bbrunskill to strap on Scott's SV with Blackouts! Watching Lawrence play his tasty homemade creations and the inevitable feeling that I should be getting lessons. Back in high school we used to refer to that kind of player as "a muthafucka" - in a good way of course. Coffee from Midnight Espresso because Fidel's was flooded.

Four hours just sails by, it's ridiculous.
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