London BKP forum Members meet up - July 18th 2010 2-7pm

[clyde billt]

Just wanted to add my thanks to Jonathan and the rest of the guys (and gal) from Feline for setting up an excellent venue.
Marshalls and Newcastle Brown. Rock nirvana for an "old blues guy".

The day really flew in and I didn't get enough time to try all the tremendous gear that was there.
Thanks Antag for letting me play through your great marshall and pedal board (forgot to ask what the wah pedal was), and cheers John for letting me try out your big koch. I enjoyed keeping it clean sounding which it does rather well.
Elliots LP junior has given me GAS. As did the Feline V. And of course that f*kin tremendous HTH amp
I wanted to have as go at Chris's beautiful 7 string Blackmachine but was a bit intimidated.

A very nice bunch of gear obsessed guitar slinging tone geeks. Looking forward to the next one
I knew it was gonna be a great day when I heard Andy knocking out some top riffs when I came in. Cheers Andy and John for the blues jammin'.
Yeah we were loud. We play electric guitar from waaayy back  :D


What really made my day was playing Johns 25th Anniversary Strat. A long time desire from the moment I first saw one
Top Of The Pops. March 1983.
http://www.muzu.tv/alteredimages/dont-talk-to-me-about-love-music-video/550326?country=gb
Go on click on it. You know you want to.
I'm still thinking of it geezer.
And it's got IT's in :harp:

[FELINEGUITARS]

Alexa will be delighted she finally got a mention on the thread! :D

[roland_rat]

Looks like a great day had by all and some seriously tasty kit there :D

[Antag]

Thanks Antag for letting me play through your great marshall and pedal board (forgot to ask what the wah pedal was), and cheers John for letting me try out your big koch

It was a Dunlop Crybaby 95Q - auto switching with the pedal spring loaded in the back/off position like a Bad Horsie, only with a mechanical rather than optical switch.  It also has tiny knobs on the side for Q & boost.  Cool little pedal for my "small" board, but I prefer the Bad Horsie...

It was nice to meet Alexa as well, though I get the impression she found the Koch a bit much loud ;)

[Johnny Mac]

I hear you Cambell  :lol: I'll PM you later.

I'd like to say a big thank you to Alexa too :D. You took some nice pictures on Sunday. I really like the one you took of me with my Koch out and set upon the stage. A well composed shot with me and my Koch filling the view finder. Thanks!

I didn't get to see all your nice guitars George. We will have to do another one soon.

[Johnny Mac]

I had my first go on VHII'S at the meet too. In Jonathon's personal Feline Lion. Oh god the tone was amazing. The guitar is jaw droppingly gorgeous of course. It's the one I'm playing with the guitar face on to the camera.
Cameron and I had some great harmonic feedback going on at one point when I was playing it. I really enjoyed jamming with you and Andy, you're both great guitar players :)
There was so many fantastic guitars there it wasn't enough time to play them all even in 6 hours.  Next time George, we can have a sound off, Deutchland V Netherlands :)

[FELINEGUITARS]

It was nice to meet Alexa as well, though I get the impression she found the Koch a bit much loud ;)

Nah she's used to it because of me - she thought it would be better leaving us to play guitar and talk whilst she came home to keep the cat company and chill out.

Grateful for all her help with the ferrying the guitars and stuff (and thanks to anyone else who joined in the fetching and carrying)

[Johnny Mac]

A very nice bunch of gear obsessed guitar slinging tone geeks. Looking forward to the next one
I knew it was gonna be a great day when I heard Andy knocking out some top riffs when I came in. Cheers Andy and John for the blues jammin'.
Yeah we were loud. We play electric guitar from waaayy back  :D


What really made my day was playing Johns 25th Anniversary Strat. A long time desire from the moment I first saw one
Top Of The Pops. March 1983.
http://www.muzu.tv/alteredimages/dont-talk-to-me-about-love-music-video/550326?country=gb
Go on click on it. You know you want to.
I'm still thinking of it geezer.
And it's got IT's in :harp:

I've just watched the video. Man she was so cute! The guitar in that video is in better shape than mine. That funky percussive thing is one of the things i do with it too.

[Johnny Mac]

Also got to mention how good Chris's Blackmachines are. They are so well made. Nice PRS too.  8)

Plus Elliots LP Jnr with P90's. I enjoyed jamming with that too.  :D

Oh man it was like being a kid in a sweetshop!  :lol:

[FELINEGUITARS]

Sad news for me
I'm going to have to sell the HTH amp along with a few other prized pieces as this £3000 pound electricity bill (amongst others) just wont go away and trade has been too slow this year to keep up with the bills.

The amp will be up for £950 ono which is a bargain considering how much work went into designing and building it

Here's me describing the design intentions behind it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi8Tww3gw_M

Actually it does much more than I describe as it excells with strats and teles in doing blues and rock as well as was proved at the weekend

[AndyR]

That is sad :(

If I was pro/semi-pro (and if I had the cash), then I'd bite your hand off on that deal. But I can't see me being able to get what I want out of it at the volumes I have to play at most of the time.

I can't praise this thing high enough - and I wasn't even using it for what it was initially intended!

I am actually one of the crazy fools that sticks his dosh into the guitars, not the amps. You can live with, get decent tones from, and perform successfully with some pretty, er, "low-calibre" gear. And I'm never going to be convinced that "your amp should cost more than your guitar" is a rule that everyone ought to or even needs to follow...

BUT - This amp is the first amp I've ever played where I felt it could be worth (to me) the high price tag I was guessing that it would have to command...

This little beast is seriously good - fantastic work Mr HTH...

But, sad sad news Jonathan - I wouldn't want to have to part with it... :(

Given all that though, I really hope you manage to shift it fast...

[FernandoDuarte]

WOW that sounds bad! This electricity bill comes from a whole year? :o

[HairyChris]

I am actually one of the crazy fools that sticks his dosh into the guitars, not the amps. You can live with, get decent tones from, and perform successfully with some pretty, er, "low-calibre" gear. And I'm never going to be convinced that "your amp should cost more than your guitar" is a rule that everyone ought to or even needs to follow...

BUT - This amp is the first amp I've ever played where I felt it could be worth (to me) the high price tag I was guessing that it would have to command...

This little beast is seriously good - fantastic work Mr HTH...

To be honest, the price is pretty good for a handwired amp built out of top grade components.

You might well be in the fortunate position of being able to use smaller amps without a problem! Then again, I have never bought a new amp either (as I also tend to spend the money on guitars  :lol: ) so my backline is 'distressed' to put it politely. Being a metaller can be an a*se sometimes!  :D

*cue shiney stacks of Engls, Mesas, etc*

[AndyR]

Yep, it's a fine price, no problem with that... (I'm quite surprised I can say that - that's how much I like this one)

My problems are two-fold:

1. I'd have to be using it a LOT quieter than the volume I was playing at the other day. So, unless it's a completely miraculous amp (and HTH therefore needs to be mentioned in the Queen's honours list for services to british guitarists etc), most of the time it won't deliver the utter "omigod" vibe that attracts me to it.

It is quite possible that it does deliver enough "omigod" at lower volumes - and a trip down to Jonathan's to play it at shop-friendly volumes or lower might prove this... and it is a one-off amp... and... and... etc...

Uh-oh, in danger of GAS-ing over an amp.

Which leads me to the second part of my two-fold problem:

2. If I do find it is usable in my situation - I can't actually afford it at the moment!! :lol:

My "solution" to GAS is to run away. It works!

I'm not actually in "GAS" difficulites over this one yet - I loved it, etc, etc, but I don't "need" it... yet. If I flirt with it a bit more, visit it, buy it some flowers and chocolates, let it whisper in my ear some more... then I could be in trouble. So to save all that grief I'll stick with what I've got... (and hope it's not there next time I visit Feline Guitars).


Doesn't help Jonathan though  :?

[Johnny Mac]

Sorry to hear about that bill rising its ugly head again. Its not easy for small businesses in the UK at the moment.