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Post subject: just back from sweetwater gearfest
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:12 pm
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literally walked in the door 10 minutes ago after a 2 hour drive. some hilights:

greg koch - fender- need i say more :D funny guy -great player- great demo on the new pawnshop series.

paul pigat- gretsch- never heard of him before today- blew me away great demo- awesome merle travis/chet atkins style- just fun to listen to

gibson showed a new solid body 12 string

never played so many guitars and amps. big turnout great weather, and a chance to check out and play with tons of gear

great job sweetwater. i'll be back next year :D :D :D :D :D


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Post subject: Re: just back from sweetwater gearfest
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:48 pm
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phreddybee wrote:
literally walked in the door 10 minutes ago after a 2 hour drive. some hilights:

greg koch - fender- need i say more :D funny guy -great player- great demo on the new pawnshop series.

paul pigat- gretsch- never heard of him before today- blew me away great demo- awesome merle travis/chet atkins style- just fun to listen to

gibson showed a new solid body 12 string

never played so many guitars and amps. big turnout great weather, and a chance to check out and play with tons of gear

great job sweetwater. i'll be back next year :D :D :D :D :D


Greg "gristleman" Koch is an amazing talent and it's nice to see how he's
such a down-to-earth (or some planet...lol) guy!!!

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Post subject: Re: just back from sweetwater gearfest
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:28 pm
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greg and paul are incredibly down to earth. both were in the fender/gretsch area taling guitar and showing some playing tips. that is what made the whole day great.


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Post subject: Re: just back from sweetwater gearfest
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:42 am
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Any pics?

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Post subject: Re: just back from sweetwater gearfest
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:51 am
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Sounds like a great day was had phreddybee, missed out on seeing Greg a while back, is it true he has seven fingers on each hand :)


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Post subject: Re: just back from sweetwater gearfest
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:38 am
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Sounds like an excellent event and a great time had be all. Hope Fender UK are reading this we need more of these events over this side of the pond.

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Post subject: Re: just back from sweetwater gearfest
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:13 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
Any pics?

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like the fool that i am, i forgot my camera :oops:

i know there were people there from many other states- maybe they took some photos


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