Memories of NAMM '06

analogmike · January 25, 2006, 07:18:35 PM

Quote from: analogmike on January 25, 2006, 07:17:59 PM
Quote from: aron on January 25, 2006, 01:40:41 PM
As far as NAMM, yeah, those were the days. If I manned the booth, I missed all the new stuff. If I played at the booth - I had to play a little too soft. If I walked the show, I did have fun, so in the end, I just walked the show :-)

Right on, it gives me headaches working a booth but I had a great time walking around. One day was not quite enough, but I did get to meet almost everyone including Zvex, RG, Alfonso, Smallbear, etc etc etc
Since we don't want to add dealers anyway (too busy!) not having a booth is perfect.

aron · January 25, 2006, 07:27:33 PM

It's just so ironic that when I was living in the Bay Area, I wasn't really into pedals or guitars.... heck.... no components either.

Only when I move away, then I get interested..... GO FIGURE!?

tiges_ tendres · January 25, 2006, 07:53:09 PM

Quote from: aron on January 25, 2006, 07:27:33 PM
It's just so ironic that when I was living in the Bay Area, I wasn't really into pedals or guitars.... heck.... no components either.

Only when I move away, then I get interested..... GO FIGURE!?

where abouts in the bay area were you?, if that's not too personal a question, I'm just curious because that's where I am!

aron · January 25, 2006, 08:05:52 PM

I lived in San Jose. Played all over the Bay Area from SF to Monterey.

soggybag · January 25, 2006, 08:56:13 PM

I live in San Francisco.

tiges_ tendres · January 25, 2006, 09:03:42 PM

Quote from: soggybag on January 25, 2006, 08:56:13 PM
I live in San Francisco.

I am just down the road in Redwood city

tiges_ tendres · January 25, 2006, 09:05:09 PM

Quote from: aron on January 25, 2006, 08:05:52 PM
I lived in San Jose. Played all over the Bay Area from SF to Monterey.

san jose has got a couple of really nice guitar shops. Real guitars being one of the best probably in the USA

SeanCostello · January 25, 2006, 09:24:48 PM

Quote from: tiges_ tendres on January 25, 2006, 09:05:09 PM
Quote from: aron on January 25, 2006, 08:05:52 PM
I lived in San Jose. Played all over the Bay Area from SF to Monterey.

san jose has got a couple of really nice guitar shops. Real guitars being one of the best probably in the USA

Where is Real Guitars?

Sean Costello

Peter Snowberg · January 25, 2006, 09:38:29 PM

Real Guitars is at 15 Lafayette Street in S.F. which is right around the corner from the intersection of Mission & South Van Ness. Cool little shop.

http://www.realguitars.com/ Gary Brawer String Instrument Repair is in the back.

I'm just up the road in Sausalito.

Erik Miller is over in Alameda. Maybe one day we'll do a DIY "field trip" for Bay Area stompers.

galad · January 25, 2006, 09:43:40 PM

Quote from: tiges_ tendres on January 25, 2006, 09:05:09 PM
Quote from: aron on January 25, 2006, 08:05:52 PM
I lived in San Jose. Played all over the Bay Area from SF to Monterey.

san jose has got a couple of really nice guitar shops. Real guitars being one of the best probably in the USA

not sj i don't think,... im in sj

know of others?... besides guitar center

soggybag · January 25, 2006, 10:00:30 PM

Yeah Real Guitars, in SF, is a very cool shop.

RDV · January 25, 2006, 10:01:44 PM

I spent the summer of 82' in Alameda. Kinda wish I'd stayed instead of coming back to redneckville. Saw 'The Square' at the Keystone in Berkeley. Peter should know what I'm talking about.

*Sigh*

RDV

soggybag · January 25, 2006, 10:03:17 PM

Yes we should have "Stomp meet" in SF one day. There must be more forum members in the area, maybe we can flush them all out.

aron · January 25, 2006, 10:20:11 PM

I used to work in Redwood City. I liked a lot of things there.

PenPen · January 26, 2006, 12:34:40 AM

Damn, lots of people from SF here. I was just out there early Dec, my wife and I. The company I work for is located in SF, actually, though I live and work (telecommuting) here in the Midwest outside St Louis. Every Dec they fly my wife and I out there for the company holiday party and put us up in a hotel for the weekend. There's so much to see out there that we haven't hit all the cool places out there. This past year I checked out Subway Guitars in Berkelely. Their website advertized a whole bunch of lefty guitars, so I was really psyched to check it out, but I was actually pretty disappointed, it was one of the smallest places I'd ever been in. Next year I'll have to check out that Real Guitars place. Thanks for the tip

tiges_ tendres · January 26, 2006, 11:58:40 AM

Quote from: PenPen on January 26, 2006, 12:34:40 AM

Damn, lots of people from SF here. I was just out there early Dec, my wife and I. The company I work for is located in SF, actually, though I live and work (telecommuting) here in the Midwest outside St Louis. Every Dec they fly my wife and I out there for the company holiday party and put us up in a hotel for the weekend. There's so much to see out there that we haven't hit all the cool places out there. This past year I checked out Subway Guitars in Berkelely. Their website advertized a whole bunch of lefty guitars, so I was really psyched to check it out, but I was actually pretty disappointed, it was one of the smallest places I'd ever been in. Next year I'll have to check out that Real Guitars place. Thanks for the tip

Yeah, subway was a huge disapointment for me. They had a bunch of canoe paddles on their website, but only one actually strung up and playable in the shop. A lot of the guitars there just arent players, but they never were!

as for San Jose guitar shops, I was thinking of the one on Bascom, Guitar showcase.

Here's a good article about that place.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/music/13458783.htm

Bay area stompathon! lets do it!!!, we have to. A good place to maybe me up would be at the "make" faire in san mateo
http://www.makezine.com/faire/

http://www.makezine.com is a great resource too

PenPen · January 26, 2006, 12:44:23 PM

Quote from: tiges_ tendres on January 26, 2006, 11:58:40 AM

Yeah, subway was a huge disapointment for me. They had a bunch of canoe paddles on their website, but only one actually strung up and playable in the shop. A lot of the guitars there just arent players, but they never were!

Yea, they only had a few lefty strats and one lefty acoustic. I was majorly disappointed. Funny story, I decided before I left to get a couple of sets of strings. The owner guy pointed to the rack of singles and said to pull a set from them. As I was doing this, he then told me he was leaving to go have lunch, and to just throw the money for the strings behind the counter, then LEFT with me, some out of town guy he'd never seen before, alone in the shop. It was a good 15 minutes before someone finally came back to tend to the shop. I was amazed someone could run a little shop while taking such risks of having merch stolen. I could have easily taken the strings and a few guitars, thrown them in the car, and burned out of there before he would have even known about it!

tiges_ tendres · January 26, 2006, 01:07:57 PM

Quote from: PenPen on January 26, 2006, 12:44:23 PM
Quote from: tiges_ tendres on January 26, 2006, 11:58:40 AM

Yeah, subway was a huge disapointment for me. They had a bunch of canoe paddles on their website, but only one actually strung up and playable in the shop. A lot of the guitars there just arent players, but they never were!

Yea, they only had a few lefty strats and one lefty acoustic. I was majorly disappointed. Funny story, I decided before I left to get a couple of sets of strings. The owner guy pointed to the rack of singles and said to pull a set from them. As I was doing this, he then told me he was leaving to go have lunch, and to just throw the money for the strings behind the counter, then LEFT with me, some out of town guy he'd never seen before, alone in the shop. It was a good 15 minutes before someone finally came back to tend to the shop. I was amazed someone could run a little shop while taking such risks of having merch stolen. I could have easily taken the strings and a few guitars, thrown them in the car, and burned out of there before he would have even known about it!

Yep, thats the dawg alright.

He does usually have a few techs in the back, putting guitars back together with parts that have no buisness being in that specific guitar!

aron · January 26, 2006, 03:15:58 PM

QuoteBascom, Guitar showcase.

Here's a funny story. When I moved back I had a ton, I mean TON of change - pennys etc... I put them in a sorting machine and I had them ready to go. I took them to the bank and they didn't want them!

Short story: I called around and asked Guitar Showcase if they would take the change and the guy said "money is money, no problem".

I went in there and tried every distortion pedal and came out with..........

A Boss Meta Zone!

tiges_ tendres · January 26, 2006, 03:23:14 PM

Quote from: aron on January 26, 2006, 03:15:58 PM
QuoteBascom, Guitar showcase.

Here's a funny story. When I moved back I had a ton, I mean TON of change - pennys etc... I put them in a sorting machine and I had them ready to go. I took them to the bank and they didn't want them!

Short story: I called around and asked Guitar Showcase if they would take the change and the guy said "money is money, no problem".

I went in there and tried every distortion pedal and came out with..........

A Boss Meta Zone!

Those guys there are real salt of the earth guys, they have a great philosophy for doing business. That's an awesome story, I can't imagine how many rolls of pennies you would need to get a metal zone, I should imagine the number is substantially less if you want the older HM-2 instead!

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