Wellington gearfest: Sunday 10 April

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Wellington gearfest April 11

Saturday 2 April
0
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Sunday 3 April
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Saturday 9 April
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Sunday 10 April
5
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Saturday 16 April
1
6%
Sunday 17 April
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Re: Wellington gearfest: Sunday 10 April

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Frey wrote: I've been a bit down on myself because I haven't been playing out at all really save for some brief open mic appearances. Also my chops aren't really up to much because I haven't had my acoustic for the 3 months I've been here so my hands are really weak.
Your playing isn't about chops, it's about note selection and dynamic sensitivity, so I wouldn't worry about your chops too much.

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mr_sooty wrote:I was surprisingly impressed by his Metal Muff, real ballsy tone,
i forgot tp say at the time, most of that ballsy oomph actually comes from the Gunn (even thoughg its running clean) i've tried my board through a few different amps (mainly solidstate) and it sounds real thin, but put it in the gunn (ib...) and you feel it
bbrunskill wrote:Ironbird's guitar playing has come a super long way. Last time I heard him play was probably two years ago and he was (from memory) basically jamming power chords and the old metal riff. Now he's moving around the fretboard with ease and playing some very cool stuff.
Vince wrote:I was also very impressed with the way IronBird's playing has always improved. Mind you, I'd only heard him that one time several gearfests ago, so perhaps he was just having a bad day and he's always been that good. He can really pull out an amazing range of sounds, many surprising, most awesome.
cheers guys, i think awaiting and recovering from surgery helped alot there, as that was about all i done was play, and also starting to gig has helped alot too
hamo wrote:. Ironbird's Gunn kinda made it a bit tricky to hear anything... :oops:
im sure thats the quietest its been at a 'fest (it was only on about 2 :mrgreen: )

cheers everyone for a great day,
yeah that solidstate amp had great tones, and that orange sounded good too, but the looks....., Lawrence's guitars are awesome, alot smaller in real life than they look in the pics. really liked that one i played (the one with the flat fretboard (i like that) and the Kahler hybrid (first time i've played a Kahler, love them, now you can really shove your floyds... :lol: the feel of the kahler was so soft yet stable, and i could palm mute heavily without putting it out, if i can get the kahler copy on my pointy to feel anything close to that i'll be happy)
and some nice playing too Lawrence, very versatile from jazzy to rocky, and i think you could pull of some mean metal riffage too :D
and as others have said, awesome playing Frey (i didnt realise you where a young fulla :oops: :lol: ) you and Vince need to jam together more, your styles go real well together
and cheers to Hamo for the new toy, now i just have to work out how to use the pocket pod (nooooooooooo i got a line6 :oops: :lol: )
Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.

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Re: Wellington gearfest: Sunday 10 April

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Frey wrote:I just told Vince to start playing. I couldn't really figure out what was going on other than the key, so just went with it. I think the chordal and rhythmic nature of Vinces playing goes well with my floaty, vague, not particularly tied down rhythmically playing.
The beauty of jamming with Vince is his versatility. He just seems to be able to really anchor any sort of tune, makes it easy to play something that sounds "right". And on an acoustic bass too! :D
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hamo wrote:
Frey wrote:I just told Vince to start playing. I couldn't really figure out what was going on other than the key, so just went with it. I think the chordal and rhythmic nature of Vinces playing goes well with my floaty, vague, not particularly tied down rhythmically playing.
The beauty of jamming with Vince is his versatility. He just seems to be able to really anchor any sort of tune, makes it easy to play something that sounds "right". And on an acoustic bass too! :D
yeah i really like Vinces approach/style, very cool, i was surprised that the bass still sounded clean running through the metal muff though :shock:
Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.

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Re: Wellington gearfest: Sunday 10 April

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And after seeing all the Steinberger bits on Lawrence's guitars I'm starting to worry - I think BG might be onto something... :mrgreen:
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Ironbird13 wrote:really liked that one i played (the one with the flat fretboard (i like that) and the Kahler hybrid (first time i've played a Kahler,
just been looking through Lawrences build threads, this was no.7 wasn't it? didnt realise it was a full hollow body ( i thought it was just holowed out up the top :oops: ) probably explianed the feedback, but again niice guitars Lawrence 8)
Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.

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Hey, thanks for all the feedback (ha ha) on my playing. :) Really appreciate it.
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Ironbird13 wrote: first time i've played a Kahler, love them, now you can really shove your floyds... :lol: the feel of the kahler was so soft yet stable, and i could palm mute heavily without putting it out
They're much easier to tune too. I really don't know why the Floyds dominated the 80's/90's tremolo scene so much when there were Kahler's available. The Kahler is an infinitely better design in my opinion.

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Vince wrote:Hey, thanks for all the feedback (ha ha) on my playing. :) Really appreciate it.
here ya go...
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Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.

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Re: Wellington gearfest: Sunday 10 April

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Ironbird13 wrote:
here ya go...
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Cheers. :lol:
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Re: Wellington gearfest: Sunday 10 April

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HI Again
Thabnks to everyone who came..and those who where their in spirit.

Thanks to all the positive comments about my guitars and playing...

The Hilites (great band that :D ) for me were:

Alans little fender clone...sounded fantastic
Marks solid state build. I liked this a lot...reminded me of the original sansamp.
Bens delay tricks.....very Edgy
Scotts straight ahead Les Paul/Orange set up - very fat!
Iron birds...well everything (perhaps except the voume :wink: ) loved the POG

The other fendery builds were cool...as was Freys playing!!

If Ive left out something cool its cos there was just so much cool......
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Re: Wellington gearfest: Sunday 10 April

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mr_sooty wrote:Those photo's make it look like I did nothing. I did play a bit.
they make me look fat :cry:
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Hey guys, Scott here. Was great to go to my first gearfest. I didn't really know what to expect, but it was great to hear some of your effects and guitars in action rather than reading about it on a website or some crappy youtube recording etc. I loved the tremelo effects and the hog. Really envious of some of the jazzy playing going on too! Some of the cleans or clean with slight grit tones coming out here and there were fantastic. Thanks for the day!

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Scooter13 wrote:Hey guys, Scott here. Was great to go to my first gearfest. I didn't really know what to expect, but it was great to hear some of your effects and guitars in action rather than reading about it on a website or some crappy youtube recording etc. I loved the tremelo effects and the hog. Really envious of some of the jazzy playing going on too! Some of the cleans or clean with slight grit tones coming out here and there were fantastic. Thanks for the day!
it was great meeting you. :D
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Re: Wellington gearfest: Sunday 10 April

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Sorry I missed it, but it's probably for the best if Ironbird was there. Both of us might have been too metal for everyone else. :mrgreen:

So what was the venue like? Satisfactory? Likely to be a regular thing?

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