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Inaugural Woking Boutique Guitar Show Highlights from Fiery Bird

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So here are the highlights from the very first Woking Boutique Guitar Show - which  took place this past Saturday at the Fiery Bird venue - just 5 minutes walk from the train station / town centre.

The show was organised by my good friend Jason Snelling of Maybury Guitars, alongside John Smith of JAS Guitars. The venue was perfectly centrally located, and was spacious - with a lot of natural light - which did make some of the photography somewhat...

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Two Week Alert! : The London Synth & Pedal Expo returns on March22nd & 23rd at the same fantastic Studio 9294 venue in Hackney Wick

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NOTE : FREE TO ATTEND HEADPHONES EVENT!

 

Great news! - the London Synth & Pedal Expo is back for another year on the 22nd & 23rd of March -hopefully just as good as last year’s fantastic sophomore event. And in a superb venue and location - just one stop up from Stratford!

 

Paolo generally encourage people to bring their own guitar with them - while I’ve been bopped so many times by those guitars - that I rather wish attendees left their axes at home. Space can get somewhat tight on ...

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DryBell celebrates New DryBell.com Website with December Giveaway and 20% Off all pedals - with Free Shipping throughout this festive season!

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NOTE : Competition is now over - while the -20% promotion has been extended until January 15th!

 

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that we’ve had DryBell Banners on this site since December 1st - to mark the Brand New DryBell.com website. The celebration is in two parts - firstly, all 5 key Pedal Variants are [20% OFF] throughout December - with FREE Shipping.

[20% OFF] is a fantastic deal for these studio-grade pedals, and a rare opportunity to acquire one at these at incredibly ...

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Kings of Kempton 2024 - London International Guitar Show Highlights

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As is usual for these events - I prepared a list of my likely targets to hit up during the day - which this time around happened to be my various already established friends and allies from the guitar show circuit. I did not spot any suitable new prospects on the show roster - nor when I actually did the rounds!

 

My list looked as follows :

  • Audiostorm - Lydia-Sean
  • Buzzing Bugs - Dan
  • Flattley Guitar Pedals - Paul & Jan
  • Funny Little Boxes - Andy
  • Goliath FX - Matt
  • Heavy Repping - John
...
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Wassup Nerds!? Second Show Highlights from the BIMM Institute in Bristol

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So we were back in Bristol once more for the superb Wassup Nerds!? 2 Show - much expanded and in new BIMM Institute Venue in the Stokes Croft area of that city. Said area, is a little way out of the centre of the city, and consists mostly of take-away restaurants seemingly, a few pubs, and is heavily saturated with Vegan and Vegetarian options - so will likely suit the more fussy eaters!

 

Unusually for me, I hadn’t done any research on that area in advance - where for my lunch break - I ...

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Alternative Guitar Show #2 Highlights - from Paper Dress Vintage in Hackney, London

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It was quite the deliberation - deciding which image should be the cover shot for this feature - on balance I think I made there right decision by picking the very first photo of the day - where Hello Sailor Effects certainly delivers that Technicolour Rainbow which looks so appealing. Moreover I snagged a one-off pedal from that stand - a few minutes before the show was officially opened - but more of that later!

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2024 Brighton Guitar Show FX Expo Highlights

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Showrunner extraordinaire Phil Steere above (at the show entrance), AKA PedalPatch Head Honcho.

 

What a wonderful show!

 

Just as good as the inaugural one, in fact by several measures even better!

 

These shows are really like family reunions for me nowadays - I know most everybody on the pedal scene now and seemed to be mostly warmly welcomed into their company. I was up really early on the Saturday - in fact when I walked in at 08:15 only Boss and NRG Effects were close to having set ...

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Witney Pedal Party 3 Highlights

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So the second time we’re at Fat Lil’s, thank you to all the helper elves that made all this happen - of course UK Chase Bliss Ambassador Doug Tolley and team - including Jonny ’Guitar’ Davies, Nick Rees, and Fat Lil’s owner Paul Spink.

 

Cover star on this occasion is Holy Island Audio’s Gwion Christmas - that photo just came out the coolest with those light-flares - it’s often just about the aesthetic hit - I also feel that said visual gives you a good flavour of the venue too!

 

I picked ...

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Inaugural Alternative Guitar Show Highlights from Kingston's The Fighting Cocks

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I’m a huge advocate for supporting any kind of grassroots endeavour happening within the guitar industry - obviously the pedal side in particular. So it was a foregone conclusion really that I would attend the very first Alternative Guitar Show and lend it my support - held this time at the wonderful Fighting Cocks Bar / Pub / Live Gig Venue in Kingston.

 

I loved the venue - which was accesses behind the main bar / pub - and the whole vibe of the space really reminded me of my student years....

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2024 London Synth and Pedal Expo Pedal Highlights

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Where the Birmingham Show was a little sprawling and chaotic for me, I very much felt more at home at the Studio 9294 venue for this year’s London Synth and Pedal Expo. As Media Partner for the show, the second year in a row, I was of course in for the entirety of both the day, and actually in very early in particular on the Sunday.

 

I thoroughly enjoyed the two days -I love having the #90 Bar & Kitchen next door - for some very decent lunches - superb burger on the first day, and Sunday...

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