Christchurch Gearfest - 6th December 2014

[kdawg2a]

I'm gonna be late/early/I don't know when i'll be there due to a gig set up. JB's gonna bring my Supro and i'll bring some mystery guitars and a single lead to showcase the Supro's awesome distorted loudness!

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I'm gonna be late/early/I don't know when i'll be there due to a gig set up. JB's gonna bring my Supro and i'll bring some mystery guitars and a single lead to showcase the Supro's awesome distorted loudness!

video feed required!

[jeremyb]

The downside of the Supro being in my possession will be the impact on my bank account when I have to find the cash to buy one for myself

[alanp]

I love how Wellington takes around 9 years to sort out a gearfest but Christchurch, the mere mention of one means it's happening! We're such gearfest whores! Or maybe we're just a bunch of GCs that love having a beer and talking shit about gear. You can use that for a quote. Not that the other provinces aren't, just we seem to be that little bit more.

How spread out is Chch, compared to Wellington? I know it's a round trip of 6 hours for me to get to a Wellyfest, but I'm a decided outlier.

[TmcB]

I love how Wellington takes around 9 years to sort out a gearfest but Christchurch, the mere mention of one means it's happening! We're such gearfest whores! Or maybe we're just a bunch of GCs that love having a beer and talking shit about gear. You can use that for a quote. Not that the other provinces aren't, just we seem to be that little bit more.

How spread out is Chch, compared to Wellington? I know it's a round trip of 6 hours for me to get to a Wellyfest, but I'm a decided outlier.

Way, way, way more. Not anything like Auckland but Wellington is very compact.

For example, a reasonable but not quick commute in Wellington is 20ish mins, whilst the same is about 45 in chch.

[jeremyb]

I love how Wellington takes around 9 years to sort out a gearfest but Christchurch, the mere mention of one means it's happening! We're such gearfest whores! Or maybe we're just a bunch of GCs that love having a beer and talking shit about gear. You can use that for a quote. Not that the other provinces aren't, just we seem to be that little bit more.

How spread out is Chch, compared to Wellington? I know it's a round trip of 6 hours for me to get to a Wellyfest, but I'm a decided outlier.

Pretty much if it takes more than 15-20 minutes to get anywhere you wouldn't bother in chch it's a much easier city to navigate than wellington or auckland

[TmcB]

Yeah, oh man I miss the ability to just take an alternative route somewhere, by taking a parallel road. Wellington you have to go all the way in to the city to just go 1km east as the bird flies. Fun facts: Wellington City is 200km square smaller than Christchurch city. Same kind of regional area though.

[kdawg2a]

I'm gonna be late/early/I don't know when i'll be there due to a gig set up. JB's gonna bring my Supro and i'll bring some mystery guitars and a single lead to showcase the Supro's awesome distorted loudness!

video feed required!

See what we can do. JB?

[Vince]

Way, way, way more. Not anything like Auckland but Wellington is very compact.

Is that including Porirua and The Hutt?

[jeremyb]

I'm gonna be late/early/I don't know when i'll be there due to a gig set up. JB's gonna bring my Supro and i'll bring some mystery guitars and a single lead to showcase the Supro's awesome distorted loudness!

video feed required!

See what we can do. JB?

Hmmm if I still had a smart phone I could rig something up, but perhaps I can take some video and upload it to youtube later on

[TmcB]

Way, way, way more. Not anything like Auckland but Wellington is very compact.

Is that including Porirua and The Hutt?

Sure isn't, because that's Porirua and the Hutt.

[jeremyb]

Way, way, way more. Not anything like Auckland but Wellington is very compact.

Is that including Porirua and The Hutt?

Sure isn't, because that's Porirua and the Hutt.

Did you see on stuff they're talking of turning wellington into a super city ala auckland?

[TmcB]

Yeah, all sorts of consternation up in these parts. Personally I don't see why they've been separate this long, it's like having the east and west suburbs of chch as completely separate cities. (Porirua is very much like Brighton/Aranui/Linwood, the Hutt like Addington/Spreydon/Hornby...and all the stereotypes apply too)

[jeremyb]

Yeah, all sorts of consternation up in these parts. Personally I don't see why they've been separate this long, it's like having the east and west suburbs of chch as completely separate cities. (Porirua is very much like Brighton/Aranui/Linwood, the Hutt like Addington/Spreydon/Hornby...and all the stereotypes apply too)

a picture paints a thousand words

[Vince]

Yeah, all sorts of consternation up in these parts. Personally I don't see why they've been separate this long

Well, if you don't understand it, there's not much point explaining it I guess.

Personally, I see that Upper Hutt has one of the lowest council debts in the country.

And I remember when Celia claimed to "not know" that her temporary offices cost $375,000. I'm fucked if I feel like paying more rates to cover her bullshit.