This unique three day guitar show brought together specialist luthiers and YouTube content creators to showcase the best in home grown British guitars, bass guitars amplifiers and all things guitar gear related.
Second ever UK YouTuber Guitar Event:
Following the great success of the first #BBGFest, we did it again and will do at least two per year, a Winter and a Summer BBGFest, just like NAMM.
So while we were the first we are also the second ever YouTuber guitar event in the UK and this time we have the originator of the whole concept joining us
Mr. Henning Pauly of EytschPi42
We now have all of the YouTubers and Companies attending the Winter 2022 festival. If you are keen to get involved in the summer BBGF3 let us know as we are now completely full for the Winter BBGF2, get in early to avoid disappointment.
This is what happens when you put two seasoned guitar show visitors together who happen to be a luthier and a YouTuber. We have taken all the best bits we enjoy about the various annual guitar shows and put them together while removing all the bits we don't like.
LT Custom Guitars are created using only the finest exotic timbers, tone-woods and resin hybrids. Every element is hand crafted, resulting in bespoke instruments of the highest quality. Everything on our guitars can be customised, so if you want specific hardware, a fully carved top, custom finish or perhaps even an unusual shape, it can all be created just for you.
https://ltcustomguitars.co.uk/
After playing bass in several bands around the UK, Nick developed a passion for artisan craftsmanship and followed this route into bench joinery, serving his apprenticeship as a joiner for Oxfordshire based company Barr Joinery where he was nominated as ‘apprentice of the year’.
After completing these qualifications, Nick was involved in delivering high end projects for Asolut vodka, Raymond Blanc’s ‘Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons’ and Abbey Road Studios to name a few.
https://www.crowebass.com/
DJW Guitars started in Thakeham, West Sussex, UK, in 2010. The instruments are my own designs, but nod towards the classic guitar shapes. My guitars are crafted largely by hand using traditional tools, but some aspects of the build are far more efficiently handled with the help of a router, drill, or bandsaw. The critical aspect is to maintain a feel for the wood and how it is suited to it's particular purpose - tone, strength, stability etc.
https://www.djwguitars.co.uk/
Ben hand builds electric and archtop guitars from his workshop in Glasgow, using the finest exotic and home grown timbers available
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj5imEKHf81/
I’m Jake, the founder of Parkhurst Guitars and No. 19 Pickups.
I’ve had a huge interest in guitars and woodwork from a very young age, as I grew up I decided that I wanted to build and service guitars. I’ve always found great satisfaction in taking an instrument that needs love, and giving it the TLC it deserves to getting it playing beautifully again!
https://www.parkhurstguitars.com
Hand built classic shape guitars with extraordinary figured exotic tone woods from all over the world.
https://www.instagram.com/tjs_custom_guitars
Using quality woods and built with an attention to detail that you do not get with a mass produced guitar, you will feel special every time you play your Maybury.
Calling on the classic influences of the 50s and 60s, the guitars are both nostalgic yet different and as each guitar is individually built, the guitar is as unique as the person that owns and plays it.
https://www.mayburyguitars.co.uk/
Our custom guitar heritage has its roots in our family’s love for working with wood. Over the last 70 years, we’ve produced everything from wooden engineered houses to bespoke fine furniture. Munson Guitars is the culmination of our passion for wood, along with the innovative and enabling new technology we use and our love of music.
https://www.munsonguitars.com/
I started making pedals as a hobby, they’d be very basic clones of old fuzz circuits etc in plain enclosures with unevenly drilled holes. But even back then people seemed to like what we were doing and that gave us the confidence and encouragement to continue. After a while I decided to but a brand name behind it and the rest, as they say, is history.
https://www.zandercircuitry.co.uk/
Not everyone has the luxury of having a rehearsal room or recording space in their home’s to keep musical gear separate from their living space. Some of us have to share that space with our partners, kids or parents requiring us to think about the use of colour and design to tie into our houses interior.
We don’t all want a black box of doom sitting in the corner of our living room. Its about time we think about our amps and speaker cabinets as pieces of furniture, well designed, aesthetically elegant with the choice of finish to match and naturally nestle into its surroundings.
https://www.magmaamplification.com/
" A good amplifier should be regarded as an instrument in it's own right. It has a voice, personality and soul. The guitar is something you plug into the front end to make it work properly! "
R D Amplification is founded on over 25 years experience building bespoke vintage tube amplifiers. Rob Dix is a fully qualified Electronics Engineer as well as being an Electric Guitar player, he has spent the past years building custom vintage style amplifiers for musicians around the UK. Over the past few years Rob has been developing designs and undertaking bespoke custom amps.
http://www.rdamplification.co.uk/
LT Custom Guitars are created using only the finest exotic timbers, tone-woods and resin hybrids. Every element is hand crafted, resulting in bespoke instruments of the highest quality. Everything on our guitars can be customised, so if you want specific hardware, a fully carved top, custom finish or perhaps even an unusual shape, it can all be created just for you.
https://ltcustomguitars.co.uk/
Greenheart Guitars is run by student Luthier, Blair Green. His goal is to experiment with new designs and concepts while still aspiring to create well made instruments.
https://www.facebook.com/GreenheartGuitars/
Hand built in the UK and with an emphaisis on natural woods.
I worked there for nearly twenty years, sound mixing live shows and band performances. Over the years I have learnt so much about the intricacies of guitar sounds. And here I am now using my dads tools and my wealth of music experience to produce original and bespoke hand made guitars.
http://cmgcustomguitars.co.uk/
" A good amplifier should be regarded as an instrument in it's own right. It has a voice, personality and soul. The guitar is something you plug into the front end to make it work properly! "
R D Amplification is founded on over 25 years experience building bespoke vintage tube amplifiers. Rob Dix is a fully qualified Electronics Engineer as well as being an Electric Guitar player, he has spent the past years building custom vintage style amplifiers for musicians around the UK. Over the past few years Rob has been developing designs and undertaking bespoke custom amps.
http://www.rdamplification.co.uk/
Handmade guitars from the Surrey/Berkshire/Hampshire borders.
Graduate of the LT Custom School of guitar builders.
The new kid on the block but with great designs and guitars.
https://www.facebook.com/FranklynGuitars/
For music to remain relevant, it needs to evolve, and therefore so do the instruments we play. At Goodwin-sonic we have embarked on a quest to revisit component designs and find ways to improve their sonic performance, as well as ergonomics and cosmetic appeal.
This is all so that you, the musician of today, can find new ways to express your artistic vision, to find your voice and be heard.
https://goodwinsonic.com/
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