Spudmurphy
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Smelly I'll be staying in a hotel right next to Olympia - I'm travelling on the Friday and get to Vic station at 11:15 am
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I refer the honourable member to the answer given some moments ago..
Seriously, sorry no idea about buses but if you are determined to mix with the general populace, try this..
English - Journey Planner - Transport for London
Spudmurphy
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Jeez I aint forking out a fortune on one of those - it's only costing me £15 return for a 250 mile round trip. My boys Uni fees are crippling me!!
bazxkr
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Wow, sounds like you guys are gonna have a great time.... I'm not gonna make it though ... annoying when it's in my back yard
Would get to see Mr Lee too as well as taking beers off all you guys & gals
You guys coming south and I'm heading north
Still... if my trip gets cancelled
Will be thinking of ya...
Cheers
Baz
Would get to see Mr Lee too as well as taking beers off all you guys & gals
You guys coming south and I'm heading north
Still... if my trip gets cancelled
Will be thinking of ya...
Cheers
Baz
Spudmurphy
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Thanks for the link - just got enough info to show me it,s bus C1 on Buckingham Palace Rd - I'll pop in and have a cuppa with ER
My boys Uni fees are crippling me!!
Ulp! I have all that to come. I reckon you'll see a lot more action from me on the 'For Sale' thread when that time comes...
bazxkr
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Ulp! I have all that to come. I reckon you'll see a lot more action from me on the 'For Sale' thread when that time comes...
You ain't wrong there Bungo... gonna get worse next year if they hike the tuition fees a couple of grand too. My daughter is at Solent uni & yeh a Ball may have to go soon if she keeps going to the pub
Are you a fellow claret blue uptonparkonian ?
Cheers
Baz
Certainly am! Been suffering (mostly) since 1975 when I was a misguided glory hunter.
You get to games much?
Pluck_Rogers
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Circle Line to Olympia is closed. Alternative is to walk the mile from Earls Court (Piccadilly Line). Oh the joys of a Victorian subway system.
Spudmurphy
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Hey Pluck - any idea if the District line is down from Victoria to Kensington?
Pluck_Rogers
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District is out between Ealing Broadway and Turnham Green.
Planned engineering works for this weekend
Planned engineering works for this weekend
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Blind Lemon
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Sorry chaps all the tickets have gone now
RocketRalf
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I got my ticket today! So I'm finally meeting some forumites from the other side of the pond! (actually I'm finally actually meeting some forumites from anywhere!).
Looking forward to seeing you on saturday guys!
Looking forward to seeing you on saturday guys!
Pluck_Rogers
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Well, Guitar Nation was a bust. £23 ticket, £15 parking and - in my humble opinion - a dreadful show not helped by Olympia 2 being a tired and shabby throwback to the '60's. The place needs a major refurb.
The show was a mish mash of knocked-up booths by third-tier manufacturers, plectrum sellers, and bargain-basement straps and cables etc. The Big Two (Fender and Gibson) were nowhere to be seen.
The place was drowning in PartsCasters. My early-bird ticket promised me a set of Rotosound strings if I stopped by the Rotosound booth. Guess what? No strings ("we've run out = leave your address with us"). No chance to demo a guitar. The cacophony of a couple of dozen (insert your favourite guitarist) wannabees noodling/shredding high-volume riffs put paid to that.
At least punters could play the Balls through headphones. I'd be surprised if S&T's or any exhibitor was able to do any business. It was impossible to engage en exhibitor in any kind of conversation.
Oh well. I've really come to see Albert and the Hogans. What can go wrong? So, I took my place in the exclusive Listen and Learn theatre. Albert was due on at 2.30pm. I had checked the GN web site a few hours earlier. At 2.25pm I noticed the stage was empty. No backline. No drums. Nothing.
Then the announcement came. Albert wouldn't be on until 4:30pm. TWO HOURS AFTER the advertised time!
TWO HOURS? Much as I'd walk over hot coals to get to an Albert gig, I'd organised my day to be back home at 5pm.
I have no idea why Albert's slot was delayed. The organisers didn't bother to give any explanation. I hope he had an audience. I suspect many people who had turned up to see him at 2.30pm also left the building.
By the way. If you're heading to Guitar Nation tomorrow to hear Gordon Giltrap, forget it. He's cancelled.
I won't be returning to a Guitar Nation show any time soon.
At least I've got tickets to Albert's North London gig on November 21.
The show was a mish mash of knocked-up booths by third-tier manufacturers, plectrum sellers, and bargain-basement straps and cables etc. The Big Two (Fender and Gibson) were nowhere to be seen.
The place was drowning in PartsCasters. My early-bird ticket promised me a set of Rotosound strings if I stopped by the Rotosound booth. Guess what? No strings ("we've run out = leave your address with us"). No chance to demo a guitar. The cacophony of a couple of dozen (insert your favourite guitarist) wannabees noodling/shredding high-volume riffs put paid to that.
At least punters could play the Balls through headphones. I'd be surprised if S&T's or any exhibitor was able to do any business. It was impossible to engage en exhibitor in any kind of conversation.
Oh well. I've really come to see Albert and the Hogans. What can go wrong? So, I took my place in the exclusive Listen and Learn theatre. Albert was due on at 2.30pm. I had checked the GN web site a few hours earlier. At 2.25pm I noticed the stage was empty. No backline. No drums. Nothing.
Then the announcement came. Albert wouldn't be on until 4:30pm. TWO HOURS AFTER the advertised time!
TWO HOURS? Much as I'd walk over hot coals to get to an Albert gig, I'd organised my day to be back home at 5pm.
I have no idea why Albert's slot was delayed. The organisers didn't bother to give any explanation. I hope he had an audience. I suspect many people who had turned up to see him at 2.30pm also left the building.
By the way. If you're heading to Guitar Nation tomorrow to hear Gordon Giltrap, forget it. He's cancelled.
I won't be returning to a Guitar Nation show any time soon.
At least I've got tickets to Albert's North London gig on November 21.
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RocketRalf
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I was there in the morning. Good thing I couldn't stay for Albert's gig at 2:30! There was no way I could wait until 4:30.
I can't say if this show was a bust or not because it was the first of it's kind I've been to. I will concur though that there was not much stuff to demo (the S&T stand being an exception). And quite a lot of background noise from all the shredders. But I did try all the SBMM that S&T had, plus the Big Al, and I could finally hold most of the guitars to feel the neck profiles. My favourite guitar neck was the AL (apart from the Silo which obviously is like home to me). I noticed I prefer more pronounced radiuses. But I think the little headphone amplifiers they had there, though very functional, didn't do justice to the guitars. Not that they sounded bad, just that it was hard to tell the character of the guitar's inherent tone from what was coming coming out of them.
Now the basses were a completely different story. Even in bypass you could hear they meant serious business. I absolutely fell in love with the SBMM Sterling. What a mean tone machine and so fun and easy to play. I found I got along with four strings better than five (I'm a violinist, should have known that ), though I sometimes missed those extra low notes. So my dream bass right now would be a Sterling 4HS, though the SBMM is more than a worthy replacement to the cheap 5 string J wannabe I have back home. My guitar choice stays put. Now I just need to bring it here to London
Also I got a photo with Mr. Albert Lee himself, and I met lukather101 and the very very nice people at Strings & Things, who really are all passionate about this instruments! (well like we all are).
I can't say if this show was a bust or not because it was the first of it's kind I've been to. I will concur though that there was not much stuff to demo (the S&T stand being an exception). And quite a lot of background noise from all the shredders. But I did try all the SBMM that S&T had, plus the Big Al, and I could finally hold most of the guitars to feel the neck profiles. My favourite guitar neck was the AL (apart from the Silo which obviously is like home to me). I noticed I prefer more pronounced radiuses. But I think the little headphone amplifiers they had there, though very functional, didn't do justice to the guitars. Not that they sounded bad, just that it was hard to tell the character of the guitar's inherent tone from what was coming coming out of them.
Now the basses were a completely different story. Even in bypass you could hear they meant serious business. I absolutely fell in love with the SBMM Sterling. What a mean tone machine and so fun and easy to play. I found I got along with four strings better than five (I'm a violinist, should have known that
), though I sometimes missed those extra low notes. So my dream bass right now would be a Sterling 4HS, though the SBMM is more than a worthy replacement to the cheap 5 string J wannabe I have back home. My guitar choice stays put. Now I just need to bring it here to London Also I got a photo with Mr. Albert Lee himself, and I met lukather101 and the very very nice people at Strings & Things, who really are all passionate about this instruments! (well like we all are).
Spudmurphy
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Nice to meet some of the Knuckleheads when I was helping S & T on their stand.
I'll be posting a separate thread and I'll try to offer some info on what has been stated above.
Spud - tired aching feet after standing for 2 1/2 days! wouldn't change it for the world!!
I'll be posting a separate thread and I'll try to offer some info on what has been stated above.
Spud - tired aching feet after standing for 2 1/2 days! wouldn't change it for the world!!
