UPDATED Auckland Gearfest - November 17th

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Re: UPDATED Auckland Gearfest - November 17th

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Single coil wrote:I think the Mojave won in the loud department.
did phil have the quad there????...that mojave is one very cool amp, sits in the "perfect glue" to hold a bands sound together with 2 guitars...Fat with bite
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need pics please, for those of us that couldn't make it. :( Cheers :D

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willow13 wrote: did phil have the quad there????...that mojave is one very cool amp, sits in the "perfect glue" to hold a bands sound together with 2 guitars...Fat with bite
Naw, Bo_ner 2x12"; gave my SF twin a run for its money.
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Here some (lousy) photos of today's 'get together'. Fewer people than last time, same amount of decibels.

I am sure better photos from others will follow... and apologies for the people who are shown sideways.... Haven't got a clue how to fix that.

Highlight for me, Slowies Strat with the newly fitted pickups played through Opencoil's Vox.

DC on Yamaha Bass
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Couple of obscure characters
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OpenCoil playing Slowies partscaster (sounded nice though)
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The organiser himself with Ben on the bass
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Moody Sparkle (not his real name)
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More Beer
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Jimi on my bass and Ben holding his Yammie
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OpenCoil and Slowy on my SA90
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My BiL checking things out

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SG :shock: :?: ...is there something I need to know :?:
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That one is out of my hands.

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This was probably the best organised GFest ever. but in typical AK gear fest fashion, nothing ever turns out as expected.

Most notably, the loud room was quieter than the not so loud room.

Nobody brought anything remotely acoustic. So what was the fuss about. Was there a fuss? I can't remember.

I brought all the gear but didn't bother taking pics, video or recording.

I jammed. I never jam.

I enjoyed the jams. I never enjoy jams.

We had a proper sausage cooker.

We had cold drinks.

We had earplugs that nobody needed! What's up wit that?

The weather was shit, then it turned nice and mild and the verandah was a fine sociable place indeed.

I really enjoyed that whole day. :)

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Single coil wrote:That one is out of my hands.

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so it was your one and is now own by ........... the person playing it :?:
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Jesus Christ. Far too many pictures with me in them.

Excellent day. Not too many people laughed publicly at my dreadful playing, always a plus. I was very impressed with the Dimarzio's in Slowfingers' Strat. Didn't expect them to sound that great, but they sound like proper single coils. Nice and clear and spanky, but also fat sounding and more than coped with driving the Vox without sounding asthmatic like some single coils do. And noiseless too which is a bonus.

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willow13 wrote:so all we get live are those few photo's :? ...I thought we were going into new territory NZG gearfest wise, but it appears not :P

there are a few bald patches in that last pic........spot the odd one out (opencoil I believe??....is that an ASH guitar I see??) :lol: :lol: :lol:...also strat and tele with maple = WIN. The only way it should be, even though I have a strat with rosewood :eh:
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jvpp wrote: Jimi on my bass and Ben holding his Yammie
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Capt. Black wrote:This was probably the best organised GFest ever. but in typical AK gear fest fashion, nothing ever turns out as expected.

Most notably, the loud room was quieter than the not so loud room.

Nobody brought anything remotely acoustic. So what was the fuss about. Was there a fuss? I can't remember.

I brought all the gear but didn't bother taking pics, video or recording.

I jammed. I never jam.

I enjoyed the jams. I never enjoy jams.

We had a proper sausage cooker.

We had cold drinks.

We had earplugs that nobody needed! What's up wit that?

The weather was shit, then it turned nice and mild and the verandah was a fine sociable place indeed.

I really enjoyed that whole day. :)
Yeah, wierd one. Thanks to all that came. The jams were immense though, right to the end :)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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cool pic with the more beer sticker on the back, and led zep t shirt. :mrgreen:

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OpenCoil wrote:Jesus Christ. Far too many pictures with me in them.

Excellent day. Not too many people laughed publicly at my dreadful playing, always a plus. I was very impressed with the Dimarzio's in Slowfingers' Strat. Didn't expect them to sound that great, but they sound like proper single coils. Nice and clear and spanky, but also fat sounding and more than coped with driving the Vox without sounding asthmatic like some single coils do. And noiseless too which is a bonus.
I thought your playing was pretty good, just lacking in confidence. Hit the note hard even f it's a wrong one. It it's wrong, bend it up and play it again ;).
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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BG wrote: Shit, my combovers not working :(
well hair does shrink when it gets wet
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