Smelly hits Denmark St on Ball patrol

[Smellybum]

And so near soho too! - The only time I visit London and all the tubes are bust - so I had to hang out in Denmark street till I could be bothered to fight or a cab to get me to the airport.....

Only 1 shop in the entire street had some balls (unless you were a bass player in which case you couldn't miss 'em)

Used EVH - (wanted more money than buying your own island)
Luke - got one
JP - Really must get into that one day.....

Sil Spec with a rosewood board, nice but I had lost the will to live with the salesman by this point....

But I did get me some more wonderwipes, I had bought a small can over the internet - but man the BIG can is HUGE!

Sorry about the wonder wipes pics - trying to show the icrease in size!

 

[tiffles]

lol awesome mate..the tubes are a bitch at the moment. bloody strike. thank goodness i work where i sleep lol.

u werent staying long? u didnt ask azzy or i for a drink? should we be hurt?

 

[Big Mike]

The one time I was in UK I had a ball on Denmark street!

 

[GuitarHack]

What's up with Yoda?

 

[Jonny Dubai]

Get your a$$ back over Hadrian's Wall and off to Guitar Guitar in Glasgow!!!

 

[beej]

Sweet. My cousin works in Soho square ... I'll send him to check it out ... (He NEEDS a new guitar.)

 

[Smellybum]

lol awesome mate..the tubes are a bitch at the moment. bloody strike. thank goodness i work where i sleep lol.

u werent staying long? u didnt ask azzy or i for a drink? should we be hurt?

Tiffles, I promise if I was planning to be there I would have posted before and hooked up with ye all.... I only get dragged to our head office in Baker St every couple of years, and I like my rurual living, London is like life on fast forward! and nobody speaks english!

I only had a couple hours - most of which I used to walk from Baker St to victoria as you get a Mr Horsepower easier than a cab!

I promise next time dinner and drinks on me.....

Smelly.

 

[mesadualrec]

Get your a$$ back over Hadrian's Wall and off to Guitar Guitar in Glasgow!!!

oi oi

we are in a big clan here,you could insight a riot!!! lol


I was in guitarguitar glasgow yestarday..


always reminds me how good a guitar shop can be run,the best customer service(except my local soundcontrol where I know all the employees )

I asked if they had a Fulltone Ultimate Octave,but they didnt so as I was waiting on my tickets for the greg koch clinic(they werent supposed to be going off on sale till next week but they got them for me)I played a £4800 str@t and then all their balls

great service highly recommend it,also a guitar shop with a few balls,not the best variety but about 4 or 5 which is alot over here in scotland


dont mean to highjack,thought I would praise GG

 

[Jonny Dubai]

oi oi

we are in a big clan here,you could insight a riot!!! lol


I was in guitarguitar glasgow yestarday..


always reminds me how good a guitar shop can be run,the best customer service(except my local soundcontrol where I know all the employees )

I asked if they had a Fulltone Ultimate Octave,but they didnt so as I was waiting on my tickets for the greg koch clinic(they werent supposed to be going off on sale till next week but they got them for me)I played a £4800 str@t and then all their balls

great service highly recommend it,also a guitar shop with a few balls,not the best variety but about 4 or 5 which is alot over here in scotland


dont mean to highjack,thought I would praise GG

Yeh...Big Bill is the MAN

J

 

[mesadualrec]

ohh yeah Big Bill is da man,

he knows his gear....I love talking to him,Its like I eventually found someone on my level

He also uses Mesa


I think he has made me part with about £6000 over the last year!!


he does his job fine..........I always go in saying 'No I dont need anything new,Im fine with what I got'

noway,he gets me a ball and a boogie set up and by the time you know it £500 is away lol

great store

 

[Smellybum]

I used to work for sound control back in 95 - I tried my first ball there - a hard tail RVH in red - it was £1699 and took forever to sell,

They must be worth that and maybe more now i guess....

Axis is such a better guitar,


Guitar Guitar is headed up by former SC partner Kip McBay, he never liked me!

ohh yeah Big Bill is da man,

he knows his gear....I love talking to him,Its like I eventually found someone on my level

He also uses Mesa


I think he has made me part with about £6000 over the last year!!


he does his job fine..........I always go in saying 'No I dont need anything new,Im fine with what I got'

noway,he gets me a ball and a boogie set up and by the time you know it £500 is away lol

great store

 

[starsky]

great service highly recommend it,also a guitar shop with a few balls,not the best variety but about 4 or 5 which is alot over here in scotland

Mesa, what EBMMs do they have at GG in Glasgow at the moment, if you don't mind me asking?

Smelly - I try to have a wander along Denmark Street if I'm in London. I saw my first EBMM Ltd Edition at the big Sound Control in the basement at the Virgin Megastore along the road from Denmark St., it was a 2005 Buttercream Luke - very nice!

Had to hunt high and low there to find the EBMM guitars though (all 2 of them), they were round a corner from the main displays - I walked right past them a few times, and I was specifically looking for them!

 

[Spudmurphy]

Smelly et all (in Scotland) BEWARE!!!
I'll be up there for the first 2 weeks in October in East Kilbride followed by a week in Newcastle then a couple of daze in Liverpool.
The beauty of it is I'll be starting work around 2:00 pm and finishing at 10:00, so I'll be able to get to see some geetar shops.
I was in Guitar Guitar Newcastle a couple of weeks ago but alas - no balls!!

Smelly, get "posing" for the 2008 calendar!! - I love this month on the calendar - dedicated to "Monsieur Chevaux Power".

 

[mesadualrec]

A few axis's


and Im sure a Luke was there too

thats all I can remember

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I think Denmark Street is the last place on earth I would buy a guitar. Daft prices and bad attitude with sales staff put me off.

 

[gerry d]

I was in London last week and only one shop in Denmark street had any EBMM's, but they were just so overpriced... but then Denmark street always is, and the service is just the worst you could imagine...I don't like the place if I'm honest... there are much better shops in the UK... I did find some SUB's at very good price in Soundcontrol below Virgin on Oxford street... if anyone wants to pull the trigger on one you should give them a call...

 

[Spudmurphy]

I think Denmark Street is the last place on earth I would buy a guitar. Daft prices and bad attitude with sales staff put me off.

It was great place to buy a guitar in 1973 - I had a cracking deal on my Les Paul.
How times have changed.
Edit
Those prices in Souncontrol for the Subs are " a steal" !!!