The Holy Grail Guitar Show 2018

[Michael Watts]

The Holy Grail Guitar Show returned this past weekend after a year's hiatus and it was absolutely superb! I've been lucky enough to have attended shows in Montreal, Healdsburg, Santa Barbara etc and while they all had their strengths the sheer depth of scope and variety of guitars on display in Berlin this week was like nothing I have seen before.

I recorded this podcast while my thoughts were still fresh, I hope you enjoy it

I'll post pics soon once I work out what happened with photobucket... are we all using imgur now?

All the best

MDW

[ianLP59]

I was there too and concur that there was a mind boggling collection of instruments on display from the very practical, tasteful and beautiful to the utterly bonkers - think a guitar with a flat top, neck and headstock and where the back should be is another top, this time arch topped complete with its own neck and headstock!

Cheers,

Ian

[El Conquistador]

Michael,
Thank you for this. I enjoyed it, and, learned about builders I would not ordinarily had a chance to discover. If I was an electric guitar guy, I would be seriously looking to own a Jersey Girl guitar. Sounds like a great show with a lot of money behind it.

Steve

[K Trespass]

Originally Posted by Michael Watts

The Holy Grail Guitar Show returned this past weekend after a year's hiatus and it was absolutely superb! I've been lucky enough to have attended shows in Montreal, Healdsburg, Santa Barbara etc and while they all had their strengths the sheer depth of scope and variety of guitars on display in Berlin this week was like nothing I have seen before.

I recorded this podcast while my thoughts were still fresh, I hope you enjoy it

I'll post pics soon once I work out what happened with photobucket... are we all using imgur now?

All the best

MDW

Michael - not had chance to listen to the podcast yet but impatient to hear your views on the ‘Tree’ Jumbo from Mr Kostal.

[Michael Watts]

Originally Posted by K Trespass

Michael - not had chance to listen to the podcast yet but impatient to hear your views on the ‘Tree’ Jumbo from Mr Kostal.

It was amazing. That's all I really have to say about that one. The first Kostal jumbo I've played in mahogany and just sublime. Sadly I didn't get the chance to use it in the mini concert as it was already on its way to the UK but it certainly left an impression!