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stratman323 Guest
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: UK Tokai owners convention |
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I was wondering if there is enough interest to make it worthwhile arranging a convention, or meeting of Tokai owners in the UK? It would be an opportunity to meet other forum members, and if we each brought at least one Tokai (or similar) guitar, a great chance to handle the guitars we've read about but possibly never seen or played. I could bring a Springy & a Goldie, I'm sure other members can contribute many others.
Depending on the level of interest, I was thinking about maybe hiring a room for an afternoon or evening, hopefully somewhere where we could bring a couple of amps & play at moderate volume for a few hours.
The most obvious place would be somewhere in the Midlands, so it's not far from the northeners and southeners. But if enough people were prepared to travel to London, it would be much easier for me to arrange myself.
If this gets off the ground, overseas visitors will, of course, be very welcome
If anyone is interested, let me know. No dates in mind, just seeing if there's any interest.
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JohnA Guitar God
Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 4176 Location: Leicester UK
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:03 am Post subject: |
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Sound's like a good idea Mike, you can count me in!
Why not organise it in a hotel conference room so anyone travelling can book a room for the night, plus we could all have a beer or three and talk guitars after the event. You can normally get good rates on places if they are getting some room bookings. |
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stratman323 Guest
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:17 am Post subject: |
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Sounds good, I assume you would bring your Springy ST80? Would you be prepared to come to London? Or is somewhere in the Midlands a better idea? |
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JohnA Guitar God
Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 4176 Location: Leicester UK
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Midlands would be better for me, but depending on where everyone else is coming from I could travel to London.
I have an ST-80 & two LS-80 Reborn Old Les Pauls, a Goldtop & an 'Old Sunburst' I'd be quite happy to bring them all and let people have a play.
You should invite Godfried, He probably has more Tokais than the rest of Europe put together! |
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ned Guitar God
Joined: 29 Aug 2001 Posts: 1163 Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:14 am Post subject: |
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I'll be in Knaresborough (Yorkshire) in January.
You tie this into an EPL game and I'm there.
All kidding aside, if enough people commit and I don't have a gig or a race I will travel to the UK for this. _________________ Tokai Guitar Info
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JohnA Guitar God
Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 4176 Location: Leicester UK
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:17 am Post subject: |
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Ned,
Don't abbreviate the Premier League to the EPL, it sounds so American
Yorkshire is close by for me, I'd be quite happy to take you to a Middlesbrough game if it worked out. |
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stratman323 Guest
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Well if the forum owner says he's coming, it looks like this is actually going to happen! Great. Has there been a similar event before anywhere in the world?
Mike |
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ned Guitar God
Joined: 29 Aug 2001 Posts: 1163 Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:10 am Post subject: |
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My buddy whom I'm visiting is friends with Steve Gibson, daughters attend same school. Boro is really struggling.
The event will need to have a good turn out before I officially commit, it's quite expensive to fly from Texas to the UK. But England is a really cool place and London is one of my favorite cities. _________________ Tokai Guitar Info
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stratman323 Guest
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:25 am Post subject: |
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So London would be better for you Ned? This might affect other people's views on where it should be held.
Mike |
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twinfan Guitar God
Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 218
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:37 am Post subject: |
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I'd be up for this... |
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ned Guitar God
Joined: 29 Aug 2001 Posts: 1163 Location: Austin, TX
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AlanN Guitar God
Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 1070 Location: Lancashire, UK
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Newbs welcome? I'd love to attend (standard Alan disclaimer: depending on whether i'm in the country or not). |
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stratman323 Guest
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Of course. It's a chance to meet, chat, and have a few beers, coffees etc, as John said earlier. Though it appears that my contribution, guitar-wise, won't be quite what I had hoped......
Still the new Goldie seems to be nice
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ZIPPY Plucker
Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 10 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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I'm up for it , Midlands would be better for me though  |
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bluejeannot Guitar God
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 1660 Location: London
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:59 am Post subject: |
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Count me in.Gabe. _________________ bluejeannot |
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