Auckland Gearfest 30th June 2007

Post by Bg » Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:58 pm

damn I forgot a camera and CD forgot to take pictures - some very cool gear in that room and some very cool guitarists

Serious 18watt Gas now

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:16 pm

'twas cool. Nice to see some of you before I bugger off in a month.

Favourite guitar for me was CD's Ibanez 540P - mainly cos it looked so damn cool, but it also played beautifully, and (as far as I could hear

) sounded really nice too.

I'll be popping back relatively regularly, so I hope to be able to get to some more

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:31 pm

Fave stuff for me:

-Barber direct drive
-Maxon analog delay (especially with Jono operating it)
-Jono's sweet lollar-equipped tele
-Robin guitars
-realtone tele-gib
-the 18 HW marshall (when the extra cab was plugged in)
-lovepedal eternity
-BG's Ash p90 guitar: BALLS!
-and Ryan's killer 65 London.

Great to meet some of you guys. Especially big props to Ash, Crushing and Ryan for bringing heaping piles of cool stuff.

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:44 pm

Hot_Girls wrote:BG's Ash p90 guitar: BALLS!

That's a bit harsh. I thought it was pretty nice.

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:30 pm

Hot_Grits wrote: -realtone tele-gib

what's a tele-gib? or was there like one of each or something?

darkness · Post by **darkness** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:14 am

thanks BG. it gets better for me every time.

Terexgeek · Post by **Terexgeek** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:43 am

Thanks to everyone there, thanks especially to CD, ASH and Ryan for taking the time to show off all your cool stuff...oh the GAS you've induced...

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:09 am

rocklander wrote:
Hot_Grits wrote: -realtone tele-gib
what's a tele-gib? or was there like one of each or something?

Tele-gib is a term Seymour Duncan came up with for a guitar he built for Jeff Beck in the 70s. He took a tele, hacked the front of the bridge plate away and installed two humbuckers. A tele with gibson electronics.

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:12 am

ahh.. nice. thanks for the explanation. sounds like a nice hybrid of ideas...

zdali · Post by **zdali** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:59 am

bluesgeek wrote:damn I forgot a camera and CD forgot to take pictures - some very cool gear in that room and some very cool guitarists

If only we could upload photos...

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:41 am

One day - when Adrian has my bass ready and it all coincides with a gearfest, I WILL be there - but only if BG sings/plays his favourite EC number - Wonderful Tonight.... It must also be played to a reggae beat...the way it should be!!

Post by Bg » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:53 am

Rog wrote:One day - when Adrian has my bass ready and it all coincides with a gearfest, I WILL be there - but only if BG sings/plays his favourite EC number - Wonderful Tonight.... It must also be played to a reggae beat...the way it should be!!

I'll do Wonderful Tonight if you do April Sun in Cuba

Me and Iain went round to Ryans place so he could try some of those great speakers out yesterday, and you could just tell that he wanted to break into April Sun... fortunately he showed some restraint

oh god you will though won't you

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:54 am

I'm tired of the city life.... sing along now, mate!!

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:16 pm

Huzzah, I'm back from Sydney! Viva la internet access!

Just thought I'd say, this was an excellent day. Where are the pictures?

My hi-lights:
-Ryan's 65Amps. Totally ROCKING!
-Ryan's Gretsch. LORD, man... you have no idea what you've done to me!
-Our favourite "Hot Grits" hot licks...
-Barber Direct Drive (gonna have to get me one of these... they're cheap as chips!
-Ash's P90 for BG. Lord almighty, that thing is FAT.

... and of course, meeting all you tone hounds! (For the second time, in some cases...)

Now lets see some pics!

Hot_Grits wrote:Fave stuff for me:

-Barber direct drive
-Maxon analog delay (especially with Jono operating it)
-Jono's sweet lollar-equipped tele
-Robin guitars
-realtone tele-gib
-the 18 HW marshall (when the extra cab was plugged in)
-lovepedal eternity
-BG's Ash p90 guitar: BALLS!
-and Ryan's killer 65 London.

Great to meet some of you guys. Especially big props to Ash, Crushing and Ryan for bringing heaping piles of cool stuff.

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:45 pm

Heard some much but seen so little...

BG....where can I find pics of this P90 beast of yours??