Darwin posted the ad today. Same place and price as last year.
Return of Ottawa show - May 25
mhammer
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Well aren't YOU the iconoclast, standing out in a crowd like my old screaming yellow Dodge Omni.
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Question for folks attending, what’s the move, bring cash?
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EMT works, but cash is king.
Depends on the size of any purchase. I would imagine no one expecting to collect large sums for what they might be selling wants to have large sums of cash on them at the end of the day. If it's small stuff like pickguards, decals, t-shirts, or string trees, they might be up for it. I would also imagine that any place Darwin (the organizer) rents has to be able to provide good secure credit card connections.
Probably should have asked the question when I still had time to go to my bank to pull out a good chunk
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Come buy some of my shit tomorrow.
Are you taking first born sons for the 69?
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We will see what offers materialize at the show
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Good times had by all. Great to see @mhammer, @terminalvertigo, @zdogma and a cascade of folks I haven't chatted with in a long time.....I need to get out more often.
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Anyone happen to check out this double-cut Junior?
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1) Always a pleasure to run into "the forum gang". All the folks nonreverb mentioned, plus Rob (Okay Player), Marcos, and Paul (Element 82), Sabzor (name?) and as ever, Darwin Demers, who organizes the event. Hope I haven't left anyone out. Was pleased to learn Darwin is still using and enjoying the Harmonic Percolator I made for him 6 years ago.
2) A LOT more guitars than previous shows. Both vintage stuff and regional builders (generally from Quebec). New builds had a surprisingly large share of fanned fretboards. Some fanned more towards the nut, some fanned towards the end of the fingerboard, and other that distributed the "fan" at both ends to minimize the slant.
3) One of the vendors had a pair of GIbson Sonex guitars ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Sonex ). You'll note that, despite the fancy language, it is basically an MDF guitar. You'll also note that the wiki page makes NO mention of the weight. Picking one off the stand by its neck, you'd wonder if it had been bolted to the floor. EASILY 12lbs, if not more. I'm sure they sound fine and are well made, but schedule yourself for shoulder replacement surgery if you get one. LOTS of Harmonys, Silvertones, Kays, and others with gold-foil and other wacko single-coil variants,
4) Lots of great new offerings from local pedal makers Dominion, Templo, and Mayfly. But what stuck with me was an Ibanez pedal I had never seen or even heard of, the LS10 Dual Loop Selector. Have you ever seen so many jacks on an Ibanez pedal, plus a routing map?
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2) A LOT more guitars than previous shows. Both vintage stuff and regional builders (generally from Quebec). New builds had a surprisingly large share of fanned fretboards. Some fanned more towards the nut, some fanned towards the end of the fingerboard, and other that distributed the "fan" at both ends to minimize the slant.
3) One of the vendors had a pair of GIbson Sonex guitars ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Sonex ). You'll note that, despite the fancy language, it is basically an MDF guitar. You'll also note that the wiki page makes NO mention of the weight. Picking one off the stand by its neck, you'd wonder if it had been bolted to the floor. EASILY 12lbs, if not more. I'm sure they sound fine and are well made, but schedule yourself for shoulder replacement surgery if you get one. LOTS of Harmonys, Silvertones, Kays, and others with gold-foil and other wacko single-coil variants,
4) Lots of great new offerings from local pedal makers Dominion, Templo, and Mayfly. But what stuck with me was an Ibanez pedal I had never seen or even heard of, the LS10 Dual Loop Selector. Have you ever seen so many jacks on an Ibanez pedal, plus a routing map?
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I worked briefly with Trevor at another company. Nice guy. Back then in the early 00’s he had started Mayfly as a side gig but IIRC stopped due to the liability of selling electrical devices (amplifiers). He even had a theremin that he brought into work.
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No, but I bought 2 pedals from that dude.Anyone happen to check out this double-cut Junior?
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@terminalvertigo I didn’t realize it was you who was being gracious enough to let us use your amp to test the pedals. I guess I was in tunnel-vision mode. Sorry 😞 and thanks!
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No one used my amps today, so not sure who you are referring to
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