BKP meet - Manchester 28th Feb - confirmed!

[Johnny Mac]

^  :?  :lol:  :lol: :lol:

Sounds revealing!

[Adam.M]

Wish i could have come in the end... sigh. :(

[tomjackson]

Yeah, it was good to see you all, pity I went to the wrong rehearsal room first and lost an hour.  There's something wrong when I live 10 miles a way and get there last :oops:

I was really impressed with the Martamps, top notch build quality and background noise unnoticable even with the gain cranked, excellent amps.  The Roadstar 18 TT was my personal favorite for simplicity / portability / price although Twinfan's Orion is a Monster!

Thanks for organising it guys :D

Somehow I forgot to try Keith's Les Paul and Ian's Strat though!

Also very impressed with the Wez LP Junior, you can't beat the fresh smell or nitro!

[keith]

Well, got back about 9.30 Sat. night had a great day out in Manchester even though I didnt have much time. It was good to meet you all played some really nice stuff now I have got gas big style so I need to find a band so I can justify to the wife that I need to have a Feline Lion made  and one of Martin's amps to put it through(thanks to Matt for the Feline and Martin for the amp especially the Orion I think it was, blew me away that one) oh yes and I need Dave's Gibson with the p90's ,Wez's Les pull................etc etc. I have a couple of pics to post as the others didnt come out too well so will put them on later.
Anyway thanks again and hope we can meet up again.

cheers
keith

[WezV]

:lol:
Sometimes the unintentional things are the most telling.  Maybe Freud was right.

tbh i dont really go in for the freud stuff at all... but its something that always pops into my head in certain situations like when driving through a tunnel,  so Ian's statement about how much he liked driving through tunnels really made me chuckle :D

I have to say that Matt's feline Lion was a real mary poppins

[martinw]

It was great to meet everyone, thanks for coming.  :D

Thanks to TF for bringing most of the amps (all but 3!) booking the room and bringing drinks.

There were some great guitars in that room, and Wes' stuff deserves a mention - lovely.  :)

[Twinfan]

No probs mate, happy to bring the amps out for people to try.  Anyone is welcome to come over to mine at any time if they want to try them again  :)

I loved the WezV Less Pull - PhilKing has got a cracking guitar there.  Plus it smells fantastic  :D  Maybe I'll own a custom one day  ;)

[Twinfan]

Now which of you northern softies is going to follow my lead and drive the 200+ miles to the London meet!

If I wasn't already busy, I would do.  Sorry guys  :(

[WezV]

smell of nitro - what smell of nitro 8)

and i dont think anybody had any difficulties with the multiscale ... although i dont think the benefits of the system were as evident with the strings i had on - the powefull low end growl wasnt coming through as much as i think it does usually!

also had an interesting incident with the Kahler on the ventura - not sure what happened but it seems like one of the rear springs may have popped out of place and all the tuning dropped down.  Gonna be interested to see what i find when i take it apart later.  The plus side is that this is a kahler hybrid so i was able to lock it in place as a hardtail and the guitar functioned fine for the rest of the day albeit without trem operation.   lets see what i find later and see how it affects my standpoint in the great Kahler Vs floyd debate

[Ian Price]

I need Dave's Gibson with the p90's

I didn't even get round to trying that one! Maybe next time.

[Ian Price]

Some photos from me - I didn't take many as in my excitement I forgot all about the camera in my pocket:

Brows collection - how did they all fit in your car!


Brow's strat (I really liked it and don't normally like FR strats!). Brow explained it was based on the strats of Dave Murray, Mick Mars and another who's name I can't recall


Shobet's Custom Shop Tele (amazingly light and resonant)


Matt's Lion (I think with Mules - and an awesome top)


Keith's Les Paul (with uncovered Mules - this may help me decide to go for covers or not)


Twinfan's amp (well one of them anyway!). I think Dave said it was a JTM45 model - I could be wrong though!


Will be taking some more photos at the London meet if I can make it!!!

[_tom_]

Looks like fun, if we arrange one a bit more central over the summer (that isnt in london as I $%&#ing hate london :lol: ) I will probably make the trip.

Theres a Harmony Central Amp forum Ampfest over summer in Northampton, in June I think. I guess they wouldnt mind a couple of "outsiders" coming :P Someone there is friendly with Blackstar and apparently they're going to bring some along just for the ampfest :)

I hate seeing Brows ash strat with the single bridge humbucker, I feel like I should've kept it :P I bet all it needed was a good pickup and setup and I would've liked it.

[Philly Q]

I loved the WezV Less Pull - PhilKing has got a cracking guitar there.  Plus it smells fantastic  :D  Maybe I'll own a custom one day  ;)

Now that's an interesting development!  :P

Sounds like you had a good day, gents.  And those are some great photos.  Now let's see what happens in London in 2 weeks....

[Twinfan]

Twinfan's amp (well one of them anyway!). I think Dave said it was a JTM45 model - I could be wrong though!

That's my JTM45/100 half stack - aka "The Angus Rig"   :)

[Brow]

T'was a good day all in all. Was good to finally put faces and names to forum IDs (all of which I've since forgotten, told you I was useless at names!  :lol:)

That CS Tele of Shobets was awesome, massive huge neck on it :D

I was quite surprised the 5 guitars I took all fitted in the boot of my car with no hassle at all. Goes to show a Focus has a bigger boot than I thought! :)