I went to my first 4 Amigos Texas Guitar Show this weekend. :)
http://www.texasguitarshows.com/
I attended the Nashville one this past weekend. Saw some old acquaintences & made some new ones! I didn't take any pix, but I sure wish I had. There are a couple of sites with pix from other shows that give you the idea of what happens at these events.
Basically some new guitar builders & a whole lot of vintage gear on display. I don't think I've ever seen so many vintage guitars in one space in my life!
Here are some pix of previous shows by folks I found on the web.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodphotos/sets/72157623738317964/with/4478131922/
http://sharemyguitar.com/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-4-amigos-guitar-show/
Almost every booth of vintage gear was crammed with Les Pauls & Strats. I estimated each vintage booth averaged a minimum of $100,000 worth of guitars. No exaggeration. One guy had a 10' by 10' square section of floor space; which was his "booth". I counted 20 Les Pauls each worth between $5K & $30K. He had 5 Strats. One of them was an extremely rare 1962 blue headstock Fender Strat. I've never seen one, I didn't even know they ever made them like that. He had a little tag on it that read $125K. :)
Looks like there are more shows later this year in Chicago, SF, SoCal & Texas. It was a lot of fun! :)
4 Amigos Guitar Show
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Wow, that really does look like a lot of fun. Only if we had that kind of show here in the UK.
Thanks for sharing :)
Did you come away with any nice souvenirs, Christopher? :D
Thanks for sharing :)
Did you come away with any nice souvenirs, Christopher? :D
Am I the only one who plays multiple instruments? Let's be inspirational and find our muses everyday!
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Originally Posted by: axeman81Wow, that really does look like a lot of fun. Only if we had that kind of show here in the UK.[/quote]
Looks like one coming up this weekend:
http://www.ukguitarshows.co.uk/
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Did you come away with any nice souvenirs, Christopher? :D
LOL. Not guitars. That $125K strat costs more than my house! :eek:
I did run into Mr. Vinni from V-Picks & he gave me another free V-pick! I've been using them off & on for a few years now. They are really neat picks.
http://v-picks.com/
I got a lot of biz cards & made some new good networking contacts. We shall call it a victory. :)
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Originally Posted by: CSchlegelLooks like one coming up this weekend:Wow, thanks heaps for that!!
http://www.ukguitarshows.co.uk/
I convinced my best friend to subscribe to Guitar Tricks; her name is Aquacat - I'll equally convince her to help me plan a trip to the guitar show in March this year :D
Hope we'll have as much fun as you did. ;)
Am I the only one who plays multiple instruments? Let's be inspirational and find our muses everyday!
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