Auckland Fest Saturday 25th July 2015 - LOCK AND LOAD

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As per usual I was pleased to hear other people playing through the gear I brought, its hard to get the same effect when you're stood in front of an amp. Both the 5E3 and the little 10 watt head through the quad sounded pretty awesome. Hard to keep the 5E3 clean funnily enough :D
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oh and its a damn shame the strippers were double booked, next time though eh....
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SiHirst wrote:
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If my memory serves me correctly *UNIQUE* is circled in red here.

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Yeah he's the one with all the bitcoins...
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It was a fun afternoon, if slightly fatiguing due to the loudness wars.

I really liked: (of the gear that I hadn't previously played)

- Nik's latest Ash Custom.
- Grant's matchstick SG into Ben's Reverberocket. Awesome guitar and awesome amp.
- Grant's JMI AC30. So many magic. Much wow. Killed the Morgan AC20 by a country mile.
- BG's new JS1200. Buttery smooth goodness.

Dog's Bollix was a really cool venue actually, and beer on tap is always good. However, it was an enclosed brick structure so everything was loud as fuuuuudge. I think for the next one we should look at a place with multiple rooms, like the Ham/Wellyfests of yore. At least we have a few years to plan for it!
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oh I was thinking summerfest and winterfest :) a bit like namm only without the crowds.
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slash-ed wrote:I think for the next one we should look at a place with multiple rooms, like the Ham/Wellyfests of yore
Audio Foundation fits the bill. They even have lots of wacky DIY effects people can check out on the spot or borrow:
http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/other ... cs-library

However it's a sub-basement so people would have to lug their stuff down the stairs...
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yeah I know that multi rooms are handy but the main attraction of the bollix was that it was free. It wasn't really because I spent a shitload on beer. But I could have chosen not too....

Other places we've made a big loss on, because of hireage fees and relying on people to turn up, so yeah free is best :)

Though I probably lost more yesterday on beer hikeage fees (pub prices v byo prices) so perhaps I should just expect to lose out :)

I'm thinking next time that the little local hall is a good move, but again it will be one big room, so yeah... we lost a luxury when blacko shut the manor doors!
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oh and thanks to people who did make a donation! it wasn't expected and it will be going to the spca rather than the site this time!
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Sweet Pints Come All?
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nah actual spca due to them inheriting a fresh 180 cats recently...
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Bg wrote:nah actual spca due to them inheriting a fresh 180 cars recently...
Fair enough, petrol's expensive.
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Kev77 wrote:Not living in sucks anymore has its downsides.
Excellent Freudian slip!

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I was at Ruapehu. Did any Kempers turn up?

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Kiwiaxe wrote:I was at Ruapehu. Did any Kempers turn up?
only toasters there were behind the bar making toasties :(
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