The Guitar Show February 24 - 25 2018 - The New Bingley Hall, Birmingham.

Handsome_Chris · February 2018

The Louder Games started today . Tomorrow I shall win them the the honour of Row Alpha

HarrySeven · February 2018

fandango said:

HarrySeven said:

Got bored, went home.

Managed to chat to a good number of exhibitors, but sorry never caught up with you proper (after finding you talking to Mr Guitars4You). Next time, eh?

Indeed, but...errrr...there won’t be one.

On a purely personal note (while it’s always nice to bump into people), this year served to confirm that - despite being in a large space full of everything contemporary-guitar-related - there was (literally) nothing that interested me*.

*Well, I tell a wee fib there - of the used stuff on show, PMT had a reasonably-priced '92 Explorer that was tempting, LGS had a (very) battered Ned Callan SG and (as ever) Mark @guitars4you had some very lovely things.

rsvmark · February 2018

Heading up this morning. I hope @harryseven left a few for others ;-)

HarrySeven · February 2018

rsvmark said:

Heading up this morning. I hope @harryseven left a few for others ;-)

Lol. There was very little that @HarrySeven wanted (certainly nothing new), so you're fine.

dindude · February 2018

HarrySeven said:

fandango said:

HarrySeven said:

Got bored, went home.

Managed to chat to a good number of exhibitors, but sorry never caught up with you proper (after finding you talking to Mr Guitars4You). Next time, eh?
Indeed, but...errrr...there won’t be one.

On a purely personal note (while it’s always nice to bump into people), this year served to confirm that - despite being in a large space full of everything contemporary-guitar-related - there was (literally) nothing that interested me*.

*Well, I tell a wee fib there - of the used stuff on show, PMT had a reasonably-priced '92 Explorer that was tempting, LGS had a (very) battered Ned Callan SG and (as ever) Mark @guitars4you had some very lovely things.

I think you made the mistake of going to a guitar show instead of your local tip. Easy enough to do but a bit of a school boy error nonetheless.

WezV · February 2018

I was going to head along today, but the flu has finally caught up with me

HarrySeven · February 2018

dindude said:

I think you made the mistake of going to a guitar show instead of your local tip. Easy enough to do but a bit of a school boy error nonetheless.

Au contraire - this or this is more my bag.

Fortheloveofguitar · February 2018

HarrySeven said:

fandango said:

HarrySeven said:

Got bored, went home.

Managed to chat to a good number of exhibitors, but sorry never caught up with you proper (after finding you talking to Mr Guitars4You). Next time, eh?
Indeed, but...errrr...there won’t be one.

On a purely personal note (while it’s always nice to bump into people), this year served to confirm that - despite being in a large space full of everything contemporary-guitar-related - there was (literally) nothing that interested me*.

*Well, I tell a wee fib there - of the used stuff on show, PMT had a reasonably-priced '92 Explorer that was tempting, LGS had a (very) battered Ned Callan SG and (as ever) Mark @guitars4you had some very lovely things.

I’m finding the same now. Way too much new year and I like to focus on the used gear sellers which are in short supply

I did bag a used Line 6 DL4 for £60 though

HarrySeven · February 2018

Fortheloveofguitar said:

I dig bag a used Line 6 DL4 for £60 though

Lol. I was standing right behind you when you bought it!

eSully · February 2018

Would love to be popping along but too much on atm and it's a two hour drive each way! Sounds great though, fair play Jason. Would love to have had a look at Feline and Crimson guitars in particular.

mudslide73 · February 2018

I'll be there mid morning... just finishing my coffee.

Handsome_Chris · February 2018

@mudslide73 , @rsvmark and all you other happy tFBers that are coming along today, I look forward to seeing your happy smiley faces. Come and say hi on stand A6 right near tFB. I'll be the speccy, red haired, guitar cleaning ninja.

Flink_Poyd · February 2018

did anyone get to try any of the Ibanez AZ range? Interested to hear a few hands on reports with all the hype surrounding them

spark240 · February 2018

Be there about 10.30...

Rowby1 · February 2018

Aiming for around 11:00...

timhulio · February 2018

Here at F6 with almost (sold out of King of Klones) the full range of Fredric Effects pedals.

mudslide73 · February 2018

Very nice to see some familiar FBers again... my ACS plugs came in very handy indeed. I hope everyone's hearing returns

hotpickups · February 2018

mudslide73 said:

Very nice to see some familiar FBers again... my ACS plugs came in very handy indeed. I hope everyone's hearing returns

Pardon

Bridgehouse · February 2018

Day two and I’m basically deaf now.

Rowby1 · February 2018

Just home from a couple of hours of guitar noise.

Nice to put faces to a few more Fretboard names @TTony @Bridghouse @digitalscream @vasselmeyer @rsvmark ;

vasselmeyer · February 2018

Just back from the show. Nice to catch up with @Bridgehouse @digitalscream and @TTony again and put some faces to names (hello, @Rowby1).

I was pleasantly surprised to see so many young people there. Who says guitar is dead? There were some fantastic guitars there; SBC had some beautiful instruments that were works of art and pretty original in their design. There were some radical metal instruments from Wunnadem(sp?) that might find a niche. They felt unplayable to me, but I like Telecasters so who am I to talk about innovation?

The most interesting thing for me was a prototype multifx from @SmoothHoundUK with an interesting take on how to model the effects. I'd love to see the final version which might be around before Xmas.

I've attended all the recent Birmingham shows run by @Jason and this was the best by far. Good job, fella!

spark240 · February 2018

We spent about 4 house or so there today, called into the FB pitch for freebies !....

Good to see the Presonus chaps there, same for the ACS guy, liking the SBC guitars, Smooth hound prototype thingy, that guy with the plug in pedal board thing...that looks cool, then the usual suspects G4U, PMT ,....A very nice PRS 513 artist pack...but 6K ...ouch !

Food Hall location was logistically better I thought, although a queue out the door meant I didnt buy anything to eat.

Oddly I didnt think it was louder than previous years, but still the quiet time is a god send.

Endless Les Pauls and Fenders get a bit tedious so good to see a couple fo new builders there today.

All in all quite enjoyable morning @Jason ;; great job !

further · February 2018

I was there yesterday really enjoyed it,thanks guys

mudslide73 · February 2018

Very enjoyable @Jason. I was in the "no tickets" queue and can confirm the presale people got in first this morning. The security blokes were good and fair with everyone. I managed to not spend too much but then let myself down badly at the @ThorpyFX booth. I got a full rundown on his train driving experience while purchasing a Fallout Cloud (what a pedal btw). I nearly caved in and bought a Pedaltrain from Fairdeal until I noticed they hadn't brought any Novo boards with them.

I can confirm there were a number of youngsters in attendance as well as some proper beardy hipsters. Who says guitar isn't trendy?

mixolyd · February 2018

Wasn’t @RiftAmps going to be debuting a new model at the show?

hotpickups · February 2018

mixolyd said:

Wasn’t @RiftAmps going to be debuting a new model at the show?

I thought he was too

RiftAmps · February 2018

hotpickups said:

mixolyd said:

Wasn’t @RiftAmps going to be debuting a new model at the show?

I thought he was too

I was, but a minor incident* at 1am on Friday morning meant the amp wasn’t ready for the show.

I’ll do an online launch or something, it’s worth it.

*inferno

hobbio · February 2018

I went along with a mate today and popped over to the FB stand. It was nice to meet @TTony and @Bridgehouse for a (very) brief chat. I wore my cap all day despite looking like (even more of) a tit

@ThorpyFX ;; thanks for the receipt mate, it helped me out a lot

Can't wait to spend some quality time with my new Warthog, and that tele of yours is really something special. I got to see some of @FelineGuitars fine instruments too, although I didn't play them myself. Stunning is not the word.

I met Ben Crowe of Crimson guitars, he seems a nice fella and he offered me the chance to play his guitars. I stupidly didn't take him up on his offer as the stand was crowded and I'm not the best, wish I had now though! Next year then..

@Jason thank you for organising such a good event.

hotpickups · February 2018

RiftAmps said:

hotpickups said:

mixolyd said:

Wasn’t @RiftAmps going to be debuting a new model at the show?

I thought he was too

I was, but a minor incident* at 1am on Friday morning meant the amp wasn’t ready for the show.

I’ll do an online launch or something, it’s worth it.

*inferno

Ah yes. I remember you telling me now doh! Damn memory is starting to fail me

hotpickups · February 2018

hobbio said:

I went along with a mate today and popped over to the FB stand. It was nice to meet @TTony and @Bridgehouse for a (very) brief chat. I wore my cap all day despite looking like (even more of) a tit

@ThorpyFX ;; thanks for the receipt mate, it helped me out a lot Can't wait to spend some quality time with my new Warthog, and that tele of yours is really something special. I got to see some of @FelineGuitars fine instruments too, although I didn't play them myself. Stunning is not the word.

I met Ben Crowe of Crimson guitars, he seems a nice fella and he offered me the chance to play his guitars. I stupidly didn't take him up on his offer as the stand was crowded and I'm not the best, wish I had now though! Next year then..

@Jason thank you for organising such a good event.

That Warthog is just brilliant. I was flabbergasted that mine took so long to sell. New owner loves it too.

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