BKP chapter meet London Guitar Show 2008.

[notaguitarplayer]

Hi,
Klone and I want to be there but need to know this is going to happen, also Klone will be 15 so hopefully, the meet will be at a venue he can access.
J
Still not a guitar player, but I can now play g major and d minor. LOL another chord and I could be status Quo.

[Johnny Mac]

I'll be there on the Saturday for sure.  :D

[Antag]

12th June is my birthday!! but it is also download festival!!.. well the days leading up to it when you go find your spot and lay about before the festival starts.

Hmm - wonder how that clash of dates will affect turnout for the show if at all

Judging by the huge line of kids queueing to meet Matt Heafy (Trivium) on the Dean stand last year, quite a bit :)

[Will]

But surely then wouldn't the big acts just be playing Donwload, rather than turning up at LGS?

[Roobubba]

Hi,
Klone and I want to be there but need to know this is going to happen, also Klone will be 15 so hopefully, the meet will be at a venue he can access.
J
Still not a guitar player, but I can now play g major and d minor. LOL another chord and I could be status Quo.

Correction: another chord and you could be status quo in two keys.

:)

Now I'm working in London, this might be a possibility for me, too.

Roo

[HairyChris]

Not sure about this year. Maybe if I can blag it but not too sure.

I spent most of Sunday last year lurking on the Blackmachine/Diezel stall. All the exhibitors seemed pretty fried by the last day!

[PoshCollins]

Definatley gonna be there for sure  :D

[jt]

:D I`m afraid that due to my illness i wont be able to attend at all. hope everybody has a good time.

 :D  8)

[WezV]

i think we need some confirmation on what stands are going to be there.. I was really looking forward to coming down and meeting a lot of the other small builders and traders.... seems unlikely thats going to happen because of the changes they have made.

so my 'definately going to be there' is now a 'will be there if BKP are there - but i fully understand if they decide the show just isnt worth their effort'


so onto plans for a BKP meet - should we still try and do one somewhere else? or is that just risking a ribbing from TO

i did have 3 other members come my way over the weekend... does that count!!

[PoshCollins]

Thanks Jt =].

Is there any conformation on who is deifnatley gonna be there?

[PhilKing]

There are lots of empty stands on the floor plans still!  The big problems there seem to be so far are:

It clashes with Download
It is expensive (extra money to see Satriani)
You can't buy anything on the stands
It is in the peak travel season, so airfares are a lot more
No retailers have stands because of the new show status
It is big, so a one day ticket means that people will not have as much time at each stand (unless you just want to see guitars and nothing else)
Thursday is Trade Only [/list:u]
I am still waiting to see who will be there, but many of the faces I know are not having stands this year.

[PoshCollins]

I love how Cricket ties in perfectly.  :roll:

Is their an age limit to entering on ones self? Not deliberatley trying to be stupid but I thought there might be a no under-16's thing?

[gwEm]

i just realised it would be somewhat ironic if the BKP chapter London meet was cancelled because Tim himself didn't attend. :)

[TwilightOdyssey]

i just realised it would be somewhat ironic if the BKP chapter London meet was cancelled because Tim himself didn't attend. :)

Meh.

BKP link-up in NYC next week!!

[Tim]

Just an update on this...............it's looking extremely unlikely we're going to be attending this years LIMs.One of the main reasons is the organizers have seen it in their wisdom not to allow any selling of products from the stands-basically you can look but not buy on the day, only place an order. I don't entirely understand how they think we're to cover the exhibition costs without being able to sell anything.
If the situation changes I will of course notify you all.
Apologies for the lateness in this announcement but it's been an ongoing issue between ourselves and the organizers.