London Guitar Show 2008

riddlermarc · 28 Mar 2008 at 17:19

Is anyone else looking at going? My brothers and a couple of fellow guitarists are making the pilgrimage, there's no word as yet who is in the line-ups for the concerts - last year we arrived just *too* late to see Phil Hilborne, we could hear his excellent version of Tie Your Mother Down across the complex though.

£13 for a ticket is definitely money well spent, especially when you can drool over such beauties as:

OzZie · 28 Mar 2008 at 22:26

Wish i'd heard Tie your mother down. God, i love that track so much. Could listen to it all day.

Unfortunatly, i wont be going.

Andelusion · 28 Mar 2008 at 22:41

The Govan/Kotzen/Howe sets and jam is worth the train and entrance tickets alone in my opinion.

riddlermarc · 29 Mar 2008 at 06:25

Andelusion said:
The Govan/Kotzen/Howe sets and jam is worth the train and entrance tickets alone in my opinion.

What day is that, Saturday? The website is a little confusing as to whom is playing when.. man, it just gets better and better..

Naffa · 29 Mar 2008 at 08:04

Andelusion said:
The Govan/Kotzen/Howe sets and jam

Come again? All three are at the show?

riddlermarc · 16 Apr 2008 at 17:30

Ticket costs have been clarified:

Ticket costs

Exhibition Advance Tickets: £13.00

Exhibition Thursday Preview ticket: £20.00

Joe Satriani ticket extra: £15.00*

RD Crusaders Gig extra: £15.00*

Drummer Live Evening Concert Ticket: extra £20.00*

GroupTicket Offer (4 tickets) @ £40.00*

.. and the visiting players:

London Guitar Show Main Stage

Saturday 14th June

11.15 Phil Hilborne & Guests
12.20 Billy Sheehan
13.30 C3
14.20 Paul Gilbert
15.10 Guitar Idol Competition
19.00 Evening Concert
(announcement coming soon)

Sunday 15th June

12.00 Joe Satriani
15.30 RD AllStars

Saturday for us, the dilemma of PG vs JS was a big one but it seems you have to pay extra to see Satch so Saturday it is.. really looking forward to it now and the four tickets for £40 is a bargain. We missed Phil Hilborne last year but we could hear from outside the excellent Tie Your Mother Down cover they were doing.. time to get there a little earlier this year

There were so many nice guitars on sale last year, I think I will have to leave my credit card at home to stop any frivolous spending

Last year I was *this* close to purchasing:

£900 is a snip and they were doing 10-15% off too.. mmm...

SidewinderINC · 16 Apr 2008 at 22:18

I might make the journey, it's only an hour away from me now

Anyone needing a place to crash can kip on my floor.

Nitefly · 16 Apr 2008 at 22:36

Gilberto!

*buys*

Naffa · 17 Apr 2008 at 08:45

Guthrie > * !

I'm definitely going to try and go. I just have to find a means of getting up to London.

riddlermarc · 26 Apr 2008 at 10:18

Look what came today:

Click for larger sized image:

Definitely looking forward to the C3 show as well as Paul Gilbert..! It's going to be a loooooong day though:

Saturday 14th June

11.15 Phil Hilborne & Guests
12.20 Billy Sheehan
13.30 C3
14.20 Paul Gilbert
15.10 Guitar Idol Competition
19.00 Evening Concert

I am sadly quite excited now...

Nitefly · 26 Apr 2008 at 12:38

riddlermarc said:
I am sadly quite excited now...

Its freaking awesome, you have good reason to be

riddlermarc · 26 May 2008 at 10:10

They have revised the line-up for the Saturday:

Saturday 14th June

10.30 Guitar Idol Final
12.00 C3 presents Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govern &
Jamie Humphries
13.30 Billy Sheehan
14.20 Paul Gilbert
15.30 Phil Hilborne
16.20 Yngwie Malmsteen

Yep, Malmsteen has been added too

I hadn't head of Jamie Humphries before but am now checking out his myspace page for some snippets - pretty damned good!

The Big T · 26 May 2008 at 22:23

I am so gutted I can't go to this.. ah well there is always next year

Naffa · 27 May 2008 at 08:19

They could book God himself for all I care. No one, and I mean NO ONE can compare to Guthrie.

Titansound · 27 May 2008 at 09:05

I'll be there. Going mainly for DrummerLive but will be browsing the other sections

riddlermarc · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:32

Did anyone else go in the end? It was a fantastic day out, my brother and a friend came along too and we spent hours just drooling over guitars..

Guthrie Govan was playing with Billy Sheehan, that was a widdlefest and a half!

Paul Gilbert was cool, he played such a good set I think he was the best of the day by far (didn't get to see Malmsteen though). He played to a backing cd so it was just him on stage.

We queued for nigh on an hour to try to get Satriani's autograph at the Vox stand but ran out of time.. my brother tried using my current ill health situation to move us up the queue with the Vox staff but they were unable to help; I did get given a couple of free t-shirts though !

Obligatory photos:

Me pointing to the guitar I wanted to buy (no price tag though, must have been steep):

My brother shredding on a banjo:

Some new Dean guitars including the new Mustaine V:

My brother playing a Fender despite saying he would never touch one:

Guthrie Govan:

Govan and Sheehan:

Paul Gilbert soundchecking:

Whilst the sound guys tried to fix the cd player (!) PG played a few numbers just singing and playing only:

riddlermarc · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:32

Finally onto the set proper:

The closest we got to Satch:

Us outside (I'm the one in the middle with no hair):

A good day overall, excellent laugh

RetiredGreyFox · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:36

Excellent day out.
I used to go to the BMF every year and really enjoyed it.
I can't stand those Dean guitars but your choice is a beaut.

Azagoth · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:45

Nice 'South of Heaven' t-shirt! :cool:

Would have been good to attend, but London is just too much of a hassle really. Not to mention, bloody expensive.

Naffa · 15 Jun 2008 at 21:45

riddlermarc said:
Guthrie Govan:

That man is a God. Damn.. I wish I could have gone, but my teacher booked me in for my grade 5 theory exam (without telling me) and it happened to be when the C3 set started. The only reason I would go would be to see Guthrie... Ah well, another time.