My OperaVisit to Beyers Music Store (11/11/2005)
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:26:09 AM
So on the 11th of November, as a yearly tradition, me and some friends drove to Beyers in Bochum (in the "Ruhrgebiet") for a day of guitar and amptesting, .... and Burger King.
Along came my mate Tom (guitarplayer band), Wim (bassplayer) and another mate of ours Tom.
It's quite a drive, Tom and i left at 9am in Mechelen, picked up the other Tom in Antwerp and picked up our last passenger Wim in Retie. When we finally arrived in Bochum we made a first obligatory stop at the Burger King restaurant in Bochum. Damn that tastes good, almost a reason to move to Germany or Holland. (We don't have Burger King in Belgium.)
Next it was on to the testing.
Tested a bunch of shit, a nice 5000 euro Taylor Koa acoustic guitar, a sweet Gibson ES137 Semi, Tokai Love Rock, Caparison guitars and even a Dean Dime-o-flame. Also some ltd's & ESPs and some Fenders.
I was really impressed by a simple Made in Mexico Telecaster standard with a hotrails at the bridge position. This one sounded awesome on a 3ch Mesa Dual Recto with Marshall 1960AV, but also on a Vox AC30CC, the new HiWatts and on a Marshall Bluesbreaker RI. Great stuff!
It was a cool day, didn't buy anything but had a lot of fun and went home GAS-less...
Along came my mate Tom (guitarplayer band), Wim (bassplayer) and another mate of ours Tom.
It's quite a drive, Tom and i left at 9am in Mechelen, picked up the other Tom in Antwerp and picked up our last passenger Wim in Retie. When we finally arrived in Bochum we made a first obligatory stop at the Burger King restaurant in Bochum. Damn that tastes good, almost a reason to move to Germany or Holland. (We don't have Burger King in Belgium.)
Next it was on to the testing.
Tested a bunch of shit, a nice 5000 euro Taylor Koa acoustic guitar, a sweet Gibson ES137 Semi, Tokai Love Rock, Caparison guitars and even a Dean Dime-o-flame. Also some ltd's & ESPs and some Fenders.
I was really impressed by a simple Made in Mexico Telecaster standard with a hotrails at the bridge position. This one sounded awesome on a 3ch Mesa Dual Recto with Marshall 1960AV, but also on a Vox AC30CC, the new HiWatts and on a Marshall Bluesbreaker RI. Great stuff!
It was a cool day, didn't buy anything but had a lot of fun and went home GAS-less...
Magnus Nevstadspz # Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:05:36 AM
You never told me you tried the 3ch Mesa though, for which I am currently gassing... Though I want to try out some more ENGLs and some KRANKs before making up my mind
AlainAlainCarels # Tuesday, November 22, 2005 1:17:28 PM
Magnus Nevstadspz # Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:00:24 PM
Yeah dude, how did the Caparison play and sound?
Magnus Nevstadspz # Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:11:27 AM