PiercingMetal Goes To The Brooklyn Autumn Guitar Show (9/9/2012)

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Just the other day, the Brooklyn Bowl once again played host to the Brooklyn Autumn Guitar Show and I made some time to take a look around and see what was happening for those of you who might not have been able to attend. Let’s get down to the adventure shall we…..

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Welcome To The Brooklyn Bowl

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Lisa Sharken, Adam Bomb and D.J. Uncle Mike

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Skeleton Pete Parrella and Big T
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Rob Balducci
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Fred, Rob Balducci & John “The Cat” Gatto

Here’s a great one of Rob and John

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Rob Balducci & John “The Cat” Gatto

D.J. Uncle Mike was excited to have John “The Cat” at the show today. He has been a fan of The Good Rats for decades I heard him saying.

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John “The Cat” and D.J. Uncle Mike
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Lisa Sharken & John “The Cat” Gatto

Here’s the guys from Mountain Cat Guitars. Great stuff at their table

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Mountain Cat Guitars
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More Mountain Cat Guitars
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John “The Cat” Gatto & Joe Kaufman

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Vigier Guitars
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Lu of Burn Method

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brooklyn guitar show, brooklyn autumn guitar show, guitar expos, brooklyn bowl
Strumming Monkey

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Gretsch Gear

Here is a very famous NYC guitar staple. The one and only Richie Baxt of Richie’s Guitar Shop

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Richie of Richie’s Guitar Shop

Of course DR Strings were on hand

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DR Strings

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Champtone Guitars

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I had to laugh when Matt and his colleagues came in with their very Metal shirts. My friend turned to me and said “some of yours?”……indeed they were LOL

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Dark Empire’s Matt Moliti @ Vigier Guitars

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Vigier Guitars and Crew

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Burn Method Guitars
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Fuchs Amplification

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Lorenza of La Bella Strings
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Southside Guitars

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Champtone Custom Guitars

The folks at GBase have an interesting service. It’s like an online shop for hundreds of vendors in one place. There was not much to show you here but the link at the end of this narrative will guide you to more.

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gBase

Two lovely ladies and fans of the six string weapon of music

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Champtone Custom Guitars

DR Strings

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DR Strings

You’ve already seen the Burn Method design stuff but did you know that its owners also make a hot sauce? No? Well now you do. They had some to sample and purchase. I really liked it, as it had a nice bite. I love hot sauce.

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Matt and Lu with their Burn Method Hot Sauce

Here is a closer view of the bottles.

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Burn Method Hot Sauce
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A Friendly Patron of the show

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brooklyn guitar show, brooklyn autumn guitar show, guitar expos, brooklyn bowl

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Skeleton Pete Entertains The Crew
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Anna our Awesome Server
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D.J Uncle Mike, Anna and I

Here are some miscellaneous show attendee shots….good people at every turn

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brooklyn guitar show, brooklyn autumn guitar show, guitar expos, brooklyn bowl

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Christian, Matt and Rob Balducci

Here’s Kirk and Rob, I guess Kirk wanted to do a commercial spot for those strings in this one 🙂

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Rob Balducci and Kirk

Now it was time for the cleanup to begin as this seasons Brooklyn Autumn Guitar Show was officially at its end.

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Cleanup Begins

There would be a concert here later this evening but I was heading home now.

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The Guitar Show Has Ended

Here we find the whole crew of event organizer, musicians and press. Yep, from left to right is Lisa Sharken, Larry Corban, Ken Pierce (that’s me by the way) Skeleton Pete Parrella and Joe Kaufman. We all had an awesome day and I had to close it out in dramatic fashion.

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The Not Ready for Guitar Show Players 🙂

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So that brings us to the end of another fun adventure at The Brooklyn Bowl for the Brooklyn Autumn Guitar Show. As expected it was a positive day of good people, good fun, food and hundreds and hundreds of awesome guitars. I have to admit that even though I am a drummer, this is a great way to spend the day. For more information on the companies that you saw in this posting, you can click the link for their respective company and do a little more digging. Hopefully the show continues at this space and that we will be able to attend the next time around. Now back to the regularly scheduled Metal broadcasting.

Official Links:
Brooklyn Guitar Show: https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynGuitarShow
Burn Method Guitars: http://www.burnmethod.com/
DR Strings: http://www.drstrings.com/
Fuchs Amplifiers: http://www.fuchsaudiotechnology.com/
Strumming Monkey: http://www.thestrummingmonkey.com/
LaBella Strings: http://www.labella.com/
GBase: http://www.gbase.com/
Champtone Custom Guitars: http://champtone.com/guitars.html
Southside Guitars: http://southsideguitars.com/
Vigier Guitars: http://www.vigierguitars.com/
Mountain Cat Guitars: http://www.mountaincatguitars.com/
Lazy B. Cigar Box Guitars: http://lazybcigarguitars.com/
Rob Balducci: http://www.robbalducci.com/
John “The Cat” Gatto (Good Rats): http://www.goodrats.com/
Adam Bomb: http://www.adambomb.com/
JKaufman Guitars: http://jkaufmanguitars.com/

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