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Roger Smith
(General Manager)
Years Playing: 19 Years Drums & Guitar
Current gig/band: AQM + Various depping covers
bands
Current setup: Gretsch drums,
Zildjian cymbals, DW hardware, Yamaha guitars
Coolest bit of gear in the store: Gibson
Dark Fire Guitar
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Piece of kit you couldn't live
without: Roland TD10 V-Drums
Musical influences: Everything on my Ipod -
Anthrax to Justin Timberlake
Most memorable musical experience: Playing
infront of 25,000 people at a music festival in new Zealand
Future ambitions: Play at Wembley or 02 Arena
Favourite album: ...And Justice for all -
Metallica
My Playing style is: Hard, Tight & Fat
Musical motto/maxim: 'The Money Beat' will pay
the bills
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Matt Curtis
(Assistant Manager)
Years Playing: 9
Current gig/band: Typewriter
www.myspce.com/typwrtr
Current setup: Fender '62 Telecaster
Reissue, Ernie Ball Wah, T-Rex Dr. Swamp, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone,
MXR Carbon Copy, Orange Rocker 30 Combo
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Coolest bit of gear in the store: Gibson
Custom Shop '61 SG ReIssue, Blackstar Series 1 45 Watt Combo
Piece of kit you couldn't live without: Tortex
.88 Picks, Fast Fret
Musical influences: Muse, Interpol, Joy
Division, Magazine, The Cure, Oceansize, Radiohead, The Cooper Temple
Clause
Most memorable musical experience:
Stewart Copeland helping my old band pack our gear away at the end of a
gig
Future ambitions: To own a Gibson, To be in a
successful band, Own my own guitar shop
Favourite album: The Cooper Temple Clause
- See this through and leave
My Playing style is: ROCK!
Musical motto/maxim: Play every day
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Curtis Lugay
(Assistant Manager PA Store)
Years Playing: 30
Current gig/band: Skatroniks, Kyrbgrinder plus
many more...
Current setup: ProTools HD2, Logic, Cubase
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Coolest bit of gear in the store: Gibson
Johnny A
Piece of kit you couldn't live without: Ears
Musical influences: Weather Report, Funkadelic
/ Parliment
Most memorable musical experience: Meeting
Stevie Wonder
Future ambitions: Finish my studio
Favourite album: Siberian Nose Flute orchestra
Play Metallica
My musical style is: Grooving
Musical motto/maxim: Music with feeling and
lyrics with meaning
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Owen Thomas
(Guitar Sales)
Years Playing: 15
Current gig/band: Solo - Singer / Songwriter
Current setup: Fender
'61 Jazzmaster, Fender Jaguar, squier Classic Vibe Tele, Ibanez
Acoustic, Peavey Classic 30, Korg Pitch Black, Fulltone OCD, Marshall
Echohead Delay, Electro harmonix Micro POG |
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Coolest bit of gear in the store: Gibson
Hummingbird
Piece of kit you couldn't live without: White
Sharkfin Picks
Musical influences: Joy Division, Elbow, Glory
Tellers, Stone Roses, Stapleton, Duran Duran, Nirvana, Kings of Leon,
Silverchair
Most memorable musical experience: Being asked
to include tracks on an official release
Future ambitions: Complete recording of solo
album
Favourite album: Nirvana - In Utero
My musical style is: Rock / Blues with a touch
of Jazz
Musical motto/maxim: This one goes to eleven
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