Funky People, Doing Funky Things etc.

Well, I've got a few more people from the Brum show to show you playing around with TGSO, and today it is three good looking geezers, it has to be said.

I think the really nice thing for us is that so many people just joined in straight away, no bother and did it with a smile.  You can't say fairer than that, let's face it.

But today's victims chaps are all The Fretboard Regulars, which is grandly cool.

Top of the shop is the rather brilliant Hayden Minett of Bulldog Pickups fame, who is basically a walking CV of guitar-ness all rolled into a singular chap.

It is well worth checking out the Bulldog Website:
www.bulldogpickups.com

Whether it is winding pickups, designing amps, being a sound engineer or just about anything else. He's worn the rather stylish polo-neck.

Next, we have one-time South Atlantic island rescuer, long-time radio DeeJay, and superbly cool Tele-playing-meister, the man some of us know as Koneguitarist, a Few as 'Taff' and then some others who just wave at, slightly embarrassed as they haven't been introduced and don't wish to appear too forward.

Needless to say he is one of the corner-stones of The Fretboard, is never grumpy and thankfully won't be reading this drivel.

Taff we salute you.


And finally today we have an authentic renaissance man, writer,
first class cricketer,
collector of Traditional Cornish Pasties and
Guitar Effects Pedals,
I may have that a liitle wrong,
the man that makes the rest of us GAS-heads on the Fretboard look like ineffectual and frankly slack arsed amateurs.

The fellow we know as Gassage.

I need say know more.

Glory Be

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Groovy People, Doing..OK, You Get the Idea

Jason Hunt
(No, I thought it were Bryan Ferry too)

Well, following on from yesterday's post from  the front line of guitardom, I introduce a few more faces.

Top of the shop today is Jason Hunt who in fact organised THE Guitar Show last weekend, and  gave some great support to all the chaps up there on the Gimme Shelter Tour front of things.

It was Jason that got our Tour Manager, Alnico in to hang with the stars, and generally made the whole weekend happen (which you have to say is pretty impressive).

I believe there are other shows coming soon, so it may be worth keeping an eye on the appropriate web site, somewhere near here:

www.theguitarshow.co.uk

Top Geezer Indeedy.

Mark from Guitars4U
No, I don't know if he does that funny
finger twiddling thing like Ted Rogers

Next we have another keeper of the retail flame,
Mark from Guitars4U.

Now, if you haven't checked out his wares, you are seriously missing out on something special, as Mark genuinely has a collector's appreciation of the 'good stuff' and stocks his shop with the best of it.

Based in Ashbourne in Derbyshire (criminally far away from Jookyland) he has a shop, but the rest of us can luxuriate in his web site, for some really special stuff (and dare I say realistic prices? I think so, yep.) Great chap every which way.

You can find him at:  www.guitars4you.co.uk

Mick Taylor
Ecstatic, Somewhere In Birmingham

And finally today with quite simply the happiest chap in the world, Mick Taylor from the rather brilliant GAS-fest that is That Pedal Show.

And we have to say, Fridays have never been the same since we discovered That Pedal Show, it is seriously cool and if by any nano-chance you've managed to escape from a crypt after thirty years of burrowing and just reached a PC and so missed it, you really owe it to yourself and frankly everybody else as they are getting embarrassed in your presence, to visit the channel HERE.

We'll say no more, about it.

Until Friday anyway.

So there we are, thanks to all the chaps for joining in, and if you would like to be a link in our very special chain (baby), there is still time - just pop over to The Fretboard and sign-up HERE.

You know it make essence



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Cool People, Doing Cool Things

Well, I thought I'd share a few more pictures of peeps strapping on The Gimme Shelter One at The Guitar Show - these being some of the industry chaps..

First up, the legend that is Doug from Coda Music, probably the finest guitar shop in the UK today, with Doug being seriously smooth, as you can clearly see...

Next we have Matt from Fender, who over the last year or so has been a fixture on the Fretboard Forum, answering questions, sorting out warranty bobbins and generally being a top geezer. I think he has moved on to amps now, but he is well worth knowing, and one cool chap.

And finally for today, I offer you Harry from the utterly brilliant Harry's Guitars, home to some groovy pedals and other bobbins we need, NEED I tell you. You really owe it to yourself, your mother, your old aunt and everyone else to check his Store out if you haven't.

And there we are, some top fellas there, and so purrrttyyy in their fotos

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Day Two: The Guitar Show: Aziz Ibrahim We Salute You

Well, if day one of the show was awesome, Day Two equally saw The Gimme Shelter One reach the parts other, err, guitars don't reach.

Plenty of fotos to show you over the coming days, but the nicest surprise for me was seeing Aziz Ibrahim holding a Jooky, as he is someone I've been awed by for a fair few years now.

Elsewhere, TGSO has moved on to it's new foster home - but more on that later...

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A Tweak and a Twist...And We're On The Blocks

Well, we're finally getting close to the off, and it is looking good.

Next weekend (27th and 28th February) will see The Gimme Shelter One being introduced to the world at The Guitar Show, at New Bingley Hall in Birmingham. (Gord, I remember the old one burning down, not that they ever proved nuffink).

But before that top geezer Ben - or Vibetronic for the Fretboard folks - is taking custody as the first leg of our marathon pass-the-parcel takes the guitar to Stroud, and he will be putting it through it's paces and hopefully making a wee video of it all.

Wee as in small, he doesn't seem the other kind of chap.

From there it will come back here, before hitching a ride somewhere North, before hitting Brum on Saturday morning.

Other than that, well I popped a TUSQ nut on today which is a definite improvement and fingers crossed that the scratchplate will arrive tomorrow in time to be nailed on for the video.

See, it all comes together doesn't it?

Well, sometimes

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