Collectible Guitar MayJun 2017 | Page 9

FROM ONE COLLECTOR TO ANOTHER... I LOVE THE SMELL OF A GUITAR FESTIVAL IN THE MORNING… COLUMNS As the producer of the Tacoma Guitar Festival, I arrive at the Tacoma Dome’s Exposition 12 | QUIRKY VINTAGE Hall early in the morning to let the vendors 30 | SIMO SAYS their booths. 36 | FRETBOARD LESS TRAVELED As I enter and see the rows of pipe and drape into the building so they can start setting up booths with tables, chairs, and power lines, I 44 | VIEW OF THE DAY imagine how, just hours from now, this building will be filled with literally hundreds of guitars, amps, pedals, and people. I always get a kick out of the vendor-to-vendor business before the doors even open to the public. Then the attendees arrive and a lot of CONTRIBUTORS Dave Belzer One of the top vintage guitar authorities in the world, with 30+ years of experience. His knowledge of vintage guitars is only exceeded by his passion for playing them www.BurstBrothers.com Phil N. Bradbury Amplifier designer & builder, Little Walter Tube Amps www.LittleWalterTubeAmps.com Eric Bradley Heritage Auctions’ Public Relations Director www.HA.com Bob Cianci A lifelong musician, music journalist, and author of the book, Great Rock Drummers of The Sixties, and has written extensively for many guitar and drum publications, newspapers, websites, and fanzines. Dave Cleveland Session guitarist from Nashville. He’s recorded for Miley Cyrus, Martina McBride, Stephen Stills, Judy Collins, Whitney Wolanin & Girls Generation. He recently wrote the TV theme for Mud People and Mustang Millionaire. Eric Dahl Host of the FOX 17 Rock & Review show in Nashville, TN. The program features new + cool gear that favorite artists are using or that is new to the market! Fox17.com/RockAndReview guitars find new homes. This year we had many Michael Hodge Record Producer, Writer, Studio musician, Staff Guitarist at Lakewood Church Houston TX. Owner of Gman Productions film music MichaelHodge.com vendors in that “happy from sales” place. What makes it a “Guitar Festival” as opposed to a “Guitar Show” is the musical talent added Rick King The owner of Guitar Maniacs in Tacoma Washington. He lives in Gig Harbor with his wife Sheila, two dogs and a cat. [email protected] to the mix. Inside a corner of the Tacoma Dome we had a pro stage set up with sound, lights, cameras, and big screens. Bruce Kulick, Andy Joe Riggio A professional guitar builder, repairman, and technician, based in Tacoma, WA. He owns and operates “Service Guitar Repair” and “Riggio Custom Guitars”. RiggioCustomGuitars.com Timmons, Larry Mitchell, Kaki King, Adrain Rich Severson stage. The FOH guy dialed in the mix perfectly Rich Severson is an artist, author, musician and founder of GuitarCollege.com and 99CentguitarLessons.com. 99CentGuitarLessons.com JD Simo Musician, singer, songwriter hailing from Nashville, TN. Front man/guitarist for his band SIMO. Loves talking gear and vintage tone. www.Simo.fm/simohome Phil Traina The Gear Concierge. Helping guitar players get the tone they’ve been looking for. Living the dream in Northern California with his wife and kids. Doug Doppler When not writing gear reviews, the former Guitar Hero session player and Favored Nations recording artist spends his days, hours, weeks and years demoing the coolest gear on the planet. CollectibleGuitar.com Galysh, Ethan Tucker, Carl Tosten, and Bryan Ewald all played or taught workshops on the – great sound! We had a large crowd of guitar enthusiasts that Saturday, and the next morning, albeit a bit sore, I arrived early again at the Tacoma Dome to start it all over again… I love the smell of a guitar festival in the morning! Bruce The Cast Publisher + Editor: Bruce Adolph Vice President: Judy Adolph Layout + Production: Matt Kees CTO + Art Director: Doug Doppler Customer Experience: Brian Felix Advertising Sales: Drew Adolph Copy Editor: Kevin Wilber The Details CollectibleGuitar.com AdolphAgency.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AAI Office: 253-445-1973 ©2017 Collectible Guitar published by Adolph Agency, Inc. May  Jun 2017 CollectibleGuitar.com 9