Anyone going to British Guitar show next weekend?

[Brow]

Hey guys.

Just wondered if anyone was going to the British Guitar Show in Birmingham next weekend?

[Lew]

mmmm spose I could, it's not far away. They usually end up being duff, though. How much are tickets?

[Brow]

mmmm spose I could, it's not far away. They usually end up being duff, though. How much are tickets?

I went last year and it was ok. My mate that came with me was after an amp though so we had a purpose if you know what I mean?

Tickets are £12.50 on the website.

[38thBeatle]

A couple of mates were talking about giung & asked me but were going on Saturday and I am probably not going to be able to. Saturdays are busy for me usually.

[Lew]

Yep, much more fun doing these things when you have a wad of cash in your pocket! I'll have a look on the website and see what's happening.

[Brow]

Just thought I'd mention it incase anyone is going on the Sunday as I am, so could say hello  :D

[Lew]

You're going on sunday to see the Chumbawumba guitarist, aren't you? I wonder if there will be any deals?

[Brow]

You're going on sunday to see the Chumbawumba guitarist, aren't you?

Yeah, of course that's why I'm going on the Sunday  :roll: :lol:

I wonder if there will be any deals?

About 4:30 on the Sunday can be a good time for deals as the more stock they sell, the less they have to box up and take back with them!  :lol:

[Lew]

oooo that's a good point  PDT_003

[Brow]

oooo that's a good point  PDT_003

Hopefully it works out as I'm after a new practice amp as my old 1 doesn't appear to switch on anymore  :lol:

[Lew]

D'oh!

[Philly Q]

It's a long time since I've been to a guitar show.  All this talk of bargains is giving me pause for thought... but Birmingham is too difficult to get to.

[Dmoney]

I'm tempted.
Is it really worth it? I've never been to anything like a guitar show or whatever. Might be good to go see what its about. The website is terrible. Utterly terrible.

In other news I went to the BVExpo today. Rubbish.

[Philly Q]

Is it really worth it? I've never been to anything like a guitar show or whatever.

Never been?  I'm surprised.

I used to go to the ones at Wembley and always left disappointed and irritated, to be honest.  Never found the bargains or interesting stuff I was hoping for, you have to be really patient and/or pushy to talk to exhibitors and the noise is horrible with everyone shouting at each other over the tuneless widdling.

But still I kept on going....  :roll:

[Dmoney]

Nope. Never been.

I mean, I find with any kind of thing like this, the UK doesn't do it like other places. Like it won't be NAMM. and the BVExpo I went to today wasn't like IBC (Amsterdam). Different scale. Different cross section of exhibitors etc.

The real reason I'm tempted to go, is because I'm planning on putting a little something into production and it might be a good chance to see what these things are like, should I ever want to exhibit at one. I imagine quite similar to broadcast things I've been to.

I tried to have a look through the exhibitors. I might find something interesting there but I'm not really a big gear head. I dig amplifiers. I can't be that bothered looking around at 300 different versions of a tube screamer from different manufacturers. I'm just thinking it might be a good bit of research...