London is now just a (admittedly still great fun to visit) museum for its past musical glories, I worked as a guitarist and music teacher there for 7 years, watching the great small venues close, the studios and rehearsal spots disappear, the guitar shops become more and more unaffordable, and the city destroying cultural landmarks like The Astoria for Crossrail development. It's really just a place to go play if your a big touring band and can pack out the a venue like The Roundhouse. There is very little grassroots music scene left, as most creatives, and the venues to support them, have been priced out of the city in the last 15 years. More and more small venues close down because the council is more interested in the noise complaints of new wealthy residents than the importance of fostering a creative community. Such is life in a big city!

@profd65

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Seattle, only on a grander scale.

@jeremyserwer2586

5 жыл бұрын

Yes most big cities seem to be less about up and coming bands and places for local and regional musicians to play and more play grounds for the wealthy stiffs who want a playground for their exclusive income class. I live in SF and almost all the musicians are gone and so few venues are left. The only people playing music here are the weekend warriors. Seattle still has a great music scene and you can make money in the periphery of the city.

@GT-wo2oj

5 жыл бұрын

Na mate, your right in some regard, but the London music scene exists. Just not in SoHo or any of the places these guys went to. Just make an effort to go to the right areas.

@ModernRome1

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyserwer2586 Nashville is still kickin for the starvin musician...

@tomporter83

4 жыл бұрын

How wrong you are. Yes Denmark Street, Camden, Soho etc - these are all museums to the musical past, and no self respecting musician nowadays really plays there. But times change, tastes change, people move on, and scenes emerge and disappear. There is still an incredibly strong and big grassroots music scene now, just not in those areas.

Who better to ask about London than an Australian

@HARTYNMUGHES

5 жыл бұрын

It was a joke.

@timothyallen108

5 жыл бұрын

Almost anyone

@edadpops1709

5 жыл бұрын

Joke humor 😁

@honnaconna7312

5 жыл бұрын

Big oe

@arthurdduda8233

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao exactly what i was thinking

I wish this was a syndicated series. This is amazing.

I remember going into Macari's in the 70's with a friend and we asked about Les Pauls, he said oh no dont talk about horrible Gibsons lol, that's because he didnt have any on sale. I think it was Macari himself. We used to call in a lot for fuzz boxes etc, but loved going into all the guitar shops, great memories. No way could I afford a Les Paul, but I did manage to buy a superb CSL copy for £50 when I told the guy that's all I have he said here it's yours plus hard flight case, what a bargain. It played and sounded beautiful, a big step up from my Watkins Rapier 3 pick-up.

It's so strange to see Andy ... just walking

@jdavis.fw303

5 жыл бұрын

Too true

@curtisburns

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@sega62s

4 жыл бұрын

He definitely play better than he walks 😉

This place is heaven....

Chipottle

@Tyler_Wilson

5 жыл бұрын

A part of me died when I heard that.

@FuzzyDancingBear

5 жыл бұрын

@@Tyler_Wilson huh, that part of me came to life when I heard it

@timyoung6535

5 жыл бұрын

Get used to it, we've had generations of you mispronouncing English words.

@trunkmonkey81

5 жыл бұрын

Aloomineeum

@FuzzyDancingBear

5 жыл бұрын

@@timyoung6535 chipotle is a Spanish word dumbass

Hey everyone, I look forward to live chatting with you during the premiere! - Andy

@hdsg8361

5 жыл бұрын

this was amazing

@toneydavis9802

5 жыл бұрын

London has been on my travel list for some time now. It has moved to the next trip on the list. After this video I think back to back trips are in order.

@kyleboggs1966

5 жыл бұрын

Premiere? Indicating there will be more of these?

@ths-bd6jq

4 жыл бұрын

supergrass!!!

Guitarist guide to Chicago! Reverb and Chicago Music Exchange are right across the street from each other!

Why would anyone watch TV when there is an endless amount of great stuff on KZread?

I'm suddenly really proud to be a musician from London.

2000 years of TONE!

@jeffblack5024

4 жыл бұрын

HenryVIII’s lute tone is still sought after.

This was ace. Made me nostalgic of living in London as a student in the 90s going to the pubs in Camden like the Hawley Arms or Enterprise, buying albums at Sister Ray you couldn’t find anywhere else or spending countless hours looking in the Shops on Denmark Street dreaming about buying all the guitars and pedals I lusted over. Fantastic trip down memory lane and great to see a lot of these shops are still going 20 years on. Thanks guys.

Thank you, thank you thank you!

So glad you got That Pedal Show to host. Someone who has proper knowledge

Andy has like the perfect silky smooth radio voice. He could easily sound at home doing voice over narration for documentaries.

So cool. Thank you Reverb for existing. And Andy and Dan for being so informative and excited about the state of guitar. Cheers

My two favorite Internet people!

Ain't Nothin' But blues bar deserves more love. The place is tiny, but the musicians that play are top notch every single time I've been (which is a fair few...).

This was fantastic! PLEASE continue this concept as a series!

I’ve had the pleasure of playing the 100 Club 5 times. Each time it’s just as special. The feeling you get on that stage knowing the legendary people who have played there is incredible!

The fact I’m moving to London and I stumble across this is the universe calling to me. Thank you so much guys, this video is amazing.

"Tone>All other human contributions from London"- Andy

GREAT video guys. I live just outside london and I'm heading down there tomorrow, the first thing my girlfriend says to me when I got in tonight: "Don't spend all day dragging me around Denmark Street"

@joerobinson6199

5 жыл бұрын

dannybrazen you mean there’s other things to do?! Lol. There’s always the newer stores. If she doesn’t want to go to Denmark st.

@bee.normal

5 жыл бұрын

When I visited 5yrs ago, I had mapped every guitar/music store in London I could find. After lots of walking, turns out google maps was outdated! About 80% were no longer guitar stores, mostly in Central/South London. And most were turned into Pret-a-manger (sigh...)

@joerobinson6199

5 жыл бұрын

jo sg not surprised. I was just posting my usual complaint of the fact we live in the center of the city of Philadelphia. Not one guitar store. Within the city. Not one. Unless u want a $99 guitar.

I love this concept!!!!

18 minutes?!?! I could have watched for 18 hours. Great vid

I love seeing how excited they get over the gear.

You can't really imagine how much I enjoyed it and what a useful tool is going to be this video in my next visit to London. Thank you so much, I really appreciate it

Just Love this!...so amazing to see Andy finally out the dark room and sharing some great footage for us to see, was hoping he could do some more playing, but lets hope thats in the near future, cheers! 👏🏻🌟🎼🇬🇧

That was a great little doc. Makes me homesick a bit.

@fuzzbuzzfuzzeffects

5 жыл бұрын

This!

This video was awesome! This show should be on TV! Thanks for sharing this content.

This is a brilliant video! Please do more of these!

Andy is a fantastic host and presenter. He should do more of these. Just so long as we still get our pedal demos!

Reverb getting Andy on board with them is the best thing to have happened to the internet since those ProGuitarShop demos!

I love this series. Thanks for sharing!

Ace video. Ain’t nothin but was my local for a few years. Kudos for including it in your story. Love your work fellas.

This was great, Andy and Dan are a great duo. More like this please.

Andy and Dan: Doesn't get any better!

Two of the greatest KZread guitar people EVER!

Was in London last weekend - passing through on the way back home. I spent the day traipsing around many of the locales in this video. The guys at Wunjo's acoustic shop were the tops. Got to play the 1923 Martin O-28 they had in stock. Sublime!

Really Enjoyed this. 2 of my Favorite people on the planet. I am now even-more-determined to visit London. Great stuff.

Thank you so much for this video,Andy is an amazing narrator. Please do more travel and videos like this.

This video is now how I'm going to show everyone where I hang out in London. Very cool!

Thanks Andy so glad i got to see this ...how cool !!!

Fantastic video! I started my day watching this and now setup with a big smile on my face :)

Please do more Guitarist’s Guides for other cities. This was amazing, and Andy is a great host!

Wow, this was fantastic, an Ocker and a Yank in London!!!!! Andy's commentary is stellar, I love these chaps/guys!

I would love to go here and be in awe of music history. What an amazing video!

Regent sounds truly a great shop the ppl who work there always great and helpful

Just visited every guitar store in this video today after seeing this video. What luck I'm in London and came across this gem! Even ate at the Chipotle, had to.

Nobody says “Soho” like Andy.

@USS_Liberty

5 жыл бұрын

Jon Lohrenz ...and I'm playing through a 65 Amps SoHo.

@JpsMusic100

5 жыл бұрын

I guess you could say that he woke up in a soho doorway

@fernandoazevedoneckeljr.2771

4 жыл бұрын

It's gotta a nice low-end to it

Excellent travelogue! Well done guys

This was great! I could have watched hours of this. I love those places, feel really lucky to be a guitarist and live in London and get to visit these places regularly. Bought guitars from Hanks, Regent Sounds and Macaris. Anthony is a legend! Thanks for the video

Oh man this was great! Hopefully you'll do some more episodes in different cities.

Only a few minutes from go-time! We're wearing our ball gowns and tuxedoes for the premiere, and we can't wait to share this journey with you all.

@jimsy5530

5 жыл бұрын

You're in London - have some respect and call it a dinner jacket, eh lads? ;)

@Tim.Pierce

5 жыл бұрын

which one of you will be wearing the ball gown? ROFL!

@edadpops1709

5 жыл бұрын

Reverb You and Andy should do one of these for Portland and seattle. Great info.

This was a great video. I really enjoyed it! Can’t wait to see morr

Brilliant. Great to see two of the best providers of guitar-nerd content in tandem. Cheers boys.

Hey Dan, love your work man. I’m an English guy, living in Singapore, happened to be in Queensland on the weekend with the original bass player (Keith) from Icehouse playing together at a wedding.....anyway we got talking about That Pedal Show......kudos and love from all over the world. Love it.

Thanks for the Kalamazoo shout out! Also, not only was that beautiful 102 year old guitar made here but also most Gibsons up to 1984.

Great job guys!

Great episode guys! Love it when your out in the wild🤘

Great idea! Planning my trip when I finish watching this.

I’ve bought many a guitar from Regent Sounds over the years. Great guys there that give you all the info, let you try out gear in peace with no pressure etc!

Great to see you in my home town! Come back again soon fellas

Awesome!! Thanks guys

I would've liked this twice!!!!" I need more of this content in my life!"

I visited London last month and I went to a few of those places. London is really amazing. Very musical. The food also is delicious. Can't wait to get back there.

Well done guys - this is next level pedalmania!

Thanks to the algorithm for bringing this one back. I hadn't seen it before.

Why would anyone give this a thumbs down ? Great video.

This would make an amazing series!

Guys you nailed it! Fir me this is the best episode to date! Wish Mick was joining you both in front of the camera.

I love this so much, me and my best friend Dave (we were the two guitarists in the band Dave started) both lived in Stoke Newington in the late 1980s and would often get the 73 bus on a Saturday morning to Tottenham Court Rd and tour the amazing guitar shops on Charing X Rd/Denmark St. I bought my Dad a guitar from Macari's in about 1989, a Washburn electric acoustic that still sounds amazing.

Top work, chaps! I thought I knew the London guitar scene pretty well, but there's lots of excellent information here.

awesome clip guys,,,good work

Beautiful

Great tour! I remember when 48th St in Manhattan was like that; Manny's Music, Rudy's Music Stop, We Buy/Sell Guitars, Sam Ash, ESP and others. I can't believe that has all changed now. It used to get a lot of musician traffic with history similar to what was described for these streets in London. I am glad to see that London still keeps their history alive.

What a great and interesting video - I would love to see more of this! A dream vacation destination!

Nice change of pace, Andy. Enjoyed Dan as a guide as well as his own channel. Chris

Aah The Gallery. I went there shopping in 96. Martin was busy luthier'ing in the cellar so he locked me in and left me to it. Lovely bloke. I was SO spoilt for choice in his Shop that I just couldn't make up my mind. I should've grabbed the display model Petersens that he showed me but instead I went back to Wales the next day with a Modulus Q5. I have kicked myself a number of times since... The Modulus IS lovely and still my best bass but those Petersens had curves like super models. It would have been a very different experience I'm sure.

@basswulf

5 жыл бұрын

I was glad to see The Gallery get a mention. I did get one of Martin’s Sei Flamboyants and, on the rare occasions I pop in, he still remembers me and, even more so, the bass. For bassist visitors to London, this has to be one of the places to visit

Yeah certain parts of London, the energy left from all the great bands lingers. Best for music ever!

Only problem with this documentary Is it needs to be about 15 to 20 minutes LONGER! Awesome!

Bloody brilliant!! Love London.

Amazing to see that two guys together - even they don’t play the guitar!!!!

Thank you.

Thank you SO MUCH for this!

Thank you for such a fun/great video!! Cheers!!

Andy and Dan, you have to make more videos like this.

Great video, kind of shows just how much the music scene has changed in only a short period of time. We need another band to come along and really excite the scene again.

FANTASTIC!!!

Cool trip in London. Glad to see lots of the shops are still in business.

Great show lads, very interesting.

Next time I'm in London gonna hit those spots! Thanks guys.

This was AMAZING. Thanks!

Very awesome. I want more of that.

@tomasvarela788

5 жыл бұрын

me too

@carlcyr2968

5 жыл бұрын

BELL TONES AMEN TO THAT !

I don't know if Awesome Andy likes to travel , but it would be cool to see historic musical stuff all across the US . The more musicians that see these places the more appreciation is giving to keep them around . GREAT VIDEO ,REVERB !!!!

This needs to be a series

More of these please. The career of one, Andy Martin has taken a promising trajectory after joining Reverb.

awesome video ! thanks ! reminded of my London years...

Great episode guys!!!!!