this was my first vintage show. I brought my 13 year old son with me. He was on the hunt for a used Mexican Strat. Wrong show for that! His disappointment sort of affected me a bit. I had a decent time, but I guess I figured there would be a few dealers with some lower end guitars for sale. It wasn't a complete loss as we went to the big Guitar Center in Arlington after the show and he played lower end guitars for several hours.
But, had I been with a friend my age, I think I'd have hung out all day and sat outside on the grass and drank a few beers and listened to the music.
Live and learn.
I was also pretty disappointed in the vintage amps available. I realize that shipping big heavy amps is not totally feasible, but since I'm totally into amp mode, I was hoping for more.
Some really cool amps I got to play. Dave's had a double deluxe Victoria that I got to play for a while. Dave's booth was just killer by the way. Not really a booth, more like a major chunk of floor space with a lot of simple tables with tons of great guitars. He had an entire 15 foot table with nothing but real 50's Telecasters. That might have been the coolest single table I saw. Fanstastic. (and none for sale!)
I listened to the Straoblasters play for a while, but c'mon. 6 or 7 guitars on stage and everyone trying to be louder than the other guy. Didn't work for me. I've heard better tone at a forum jam.
Gibson had both their acoustic and electric trailers. Pretty cool. Several dealers just had massive amounts of killer Lesters and PRSi. That was a treat in terms of eye candy.
I saw several old Fender amps, some really really old Tweeds and voxes, but over all the amp candy was slim.
Beer was cold!
But, had I been with a friend my age, I think I'd have hung out all day and sat outside on the grass and drank a few beers and listened to the music.
Live and learn.
I was also pretty disappointed in the vintage amps available. I realize that shipping big heavy amps is not totally feasible, but since I'm totally into amp mode, I was hoping for more.
Some really cool amps I got to play. Dave's had a double deluxe Victoria that I got to play for a while. Dave's booth was just killer by the way. Not really a booth, more like a major chunk of floor space with a lot of simple tables with tons of great guitars. He had an entire 15 foot table with nothing but real 50's Telecasters. That might have been the coolest single table I saw. Fanstastic. (and none for sale!)
I listened to the Straoblasters play for a while, but c'mon. 6 or 7 guitars on stage and everyone trying to be louder than the other guy. Didn't work for me. I've heard better tone at a forum jam.
Gibson had both their acoustic and electric trailers. Pretty cool. Several dealers just had massive amounts of killer Lesters and PRSi. That was a treat in terms of eye candy.
I saw several old Fender amps, some really really old Tweeds and voxes, but over all the amp candy was slim.
Beer was cold!
