Guitar & Music Expo at Wanderers Club

Hasie

Saw on facebook today that it will be held again this year. 1 - 3 July
I can't wait. Save up money and hold back on the GAS. 8)

NorioDS

Groovy! What was the best stuff you saw last year?

Is there a website with more info?

Hasie

Custom pedals. Custom amps. Custom guitars.
Great specials. Craploads of instruments. Just eyecandy all around.

https://www.facebook.com/saguitarexpo/

Micron

That's great. I wanted to go last year, but they moved the date and I couldn't make it as a result.

Hasie

Got my Blackstar HT-5R there at a really good price.
The demos Pop Effects did with their pedals were great. I am still eye-ing their fuzz.

I know more now and my taste has changed a bit, so I will look at things with a different perspective this year.
They had half-size Strats there as well - I have a very petite friend that needs an electric guitar. She is going with this year. ?
I also remember a lot of drop D-bags playing the same Avenged Sevenfold song repeatedly on the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier at the Music Connection stand.

And there was a bar, food, and live music... :goodtimes:

nick_D01

hey mr hasie man, hi ? . thanks a whole bunch mnr for doing a post for the event. personally, it flew under my radar last year, but its really great to know all about it this year. it really looks/sounds like a full on geetar hoe down of note ?

BrettC

Hi guys, where can I get more info on this?

TokyoP0P

Do they also do this is Cape Town?

Norman86

there weren't THAT many great deals.. it was a nice enough show though.
No cape town event as far as I'm aware. It's expensive enough for the smaller guys just to get to the gauteng event.

TokyoP0P

No more tattoo expo. No guitar expo.

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Norman86

as far as I know, it almost didnt happen last year either..
The turnout was rather impressive though for the minimal advertising involved.
unfortunately, this ain't no NAMM. and it's costs the smaller guys a lot in time, resources and cash to be there. Which is why only one show, to my understanding ?

Hasie

Norman86 wrote: as far as I know, it almost didnt happen last year either..
The turnout was rather impressive though for the minimal advertising involved.
unfortunately, this ain't no NAMM. and it's costs the smaller guys a lot in time, resources and cash to be there. Which is why only one show, to my understanding ?

This is true. The custom builders were there and the well known shops. I would have liked to see the new models by the manufacturers - more like NAMM.

Micron

If attendance keeps growing over the years the event will probably become more epic.

Norman86

Hasie wrote:
Norman86 wrote: as far as I know, it almost didnt happen last year either..
The turnout was rather impressive though for the minimal advertising involved.
unfortunately, this ain't no NAMM. and it's costs the smaller guys a lot in time, resources and cash to be there. Which is why only one show, to my understanding ?
This is true. The custom builders were there and the well known shops. I would have liked to see the new models by the manufacturers - more like NAMM.

That would require new stock to be on hand. and with the current exchange, I don't foresee that going to well for us unfortunately.