SHOW SEPTEMBER 2009

The fall edition of Vintage Veenendaal was again succesfull! We hope that all those who joined the show can look back at a great day.

The parking lot was loaded with cars and hundreds of people entered the Veenendaalhall to try and catch a glimpse on the most beautiful guitars, amps, and other vintage materials. There was a lot to see and talk about and even people with very different backgrounds were all talking to each other about their great passion: guitars. Guitar dealers, but also quite many private collectors who emptied their attics, showed their vintage guitars, amps, parts, books CDs/DVDs etc. There were many different things to see, from acoustic till electric, from authentic till bizarre and from very cheap till extremely expensive.

Guitars were valued at the booth of Palm Guitars, and some exhibitors provided demo's at their booths. Even though Vintage Veenendaal is a rather ‘quiet' show, the are a couple of demo slots during the day, during which everyone is allowed to pump up the volume and show what they have to offer. And these demo slots were very much used!

This time we had a special guest at the show: singer and guitar player Tony Spinner: Tony Spinner was born in 1963 in Cape Girardeau , Missouri was he infected by rock and blues at an early age. His parents often played records by Marty Robbins, Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. Tony decided to start playing guitar after hearing guys like Jimi Hendrix and Alvin Lee in the early seventies. Hendrix , Berry , Duane Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rory Gallagher and Robin Trower are still his heroes and important influences.

Most people know Tony Spinner from his work as guitar player and singer for other bands and musicians. Tony toured with Pat Travers, recorded and toured with Paul Gilbert of Mr.Big and for the last ten years he has been touring as backing guitar player and background singer for Toto. He's been on all of Toto's live recordings since 1999 and has toured the world over several times with the group.

In the shadow of his work as a session musician, Tony Spinner has continually worked on his solo career. He has released a total of five solo albums as well as guest appearances on many other artist's cd's and tribute recordings. The new Tony Spinner album, his sixth, is release in early 2009. His first three solo albums, ‘Saturn Blues' (1993), ‘My 64' (1995) and ‘Crosstown Sessions' (1996) were released on Mike Varney's Blues Bureau International label. Due to busy touring schedules, it took some time before Tony recorded ‘Chicks & Guitars', his fourth album, that came out in 2005. In October 2007 the cd ‘Live in Europe ' was released through Grooveyard Records.

The Tony Spinner Band has been touring throughout Europe since 2004. The current line-up of the Tony Spinner Band consists of bass player Michel Mulder and drummer Han Neijenhuis. Tony has chosen to work with this Dutch rhythm section because he considers them to be the best match for his style. For more info: www.tonyspinner.com

As usual we handed out the award for the most authentic vintage guitar, as well as one for the most bizarre vintage guitar. The jury members this time were Kees Luijendijk, Rob Ruijter van Rob Ruijter Muziek , and Nicky Moeke from Gitaar Plus. Kees and Rob were the cup winners during the March showing. After some discussion among the jury members the ‘NIEVERS Challenge Cup' for the most authentic vintage guitar was handed to ANDERS ANDERSON from Boogie Music, Sweden . The award for the most bizarre guitar went to ARJEN EHLERS. Both Anders and Arjen won the cup for the 3rd time, meaning they may keep the cup! Anders en Arjen, CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Anders tells us about his winning guitar: Its a Fender Telecaster manufactured 1966, in the very,very rare custom colour Firemist Gold. The neck is with a maple fingerboard (maplecap) wich is very rare and early for a 1966 years model,
more common in say 1967 and 1968. Both the rare colour and maple cap neck combination, has been specialyl ordered by
the unknown customer back then. It has of course been a longer delivery time and a more expensive Telecaster than the normally blonde Fender Telecaster. Anders has been collecting and selling vintage since 1975 but has never seen another one.

If you would like to read an extensive report on the September show, then keep an eye out for the latest edition of ‘Gitaar Plus' magazine. Please also visit the ‘Photo Gallery' webpage at this site to get an impression of the fall edition of Vintage Veenendaal.

During the show we handed out a FREE GUITAR STARTERPACK from Ibanez. The pack included among others an electric guitar and a small amplifier! At 15.00 the winning card was picked from the box by one of the youngest visitors at the show and the winner was…. Paul Veldhuizen!!
Paul was happily surprised with his new guitar. It is his First electric guitar. He tol dus that he usually plays the contrabass or acoustic bass but feels it will be a nice challenge to play the Ibanez guitar. Paul, good luck! ......

After the hand out of the guitar starter pack, it was TonySpinners turn in coolaboration with Guitar Systems. Tony handed out a free effect pedal, the de TrebleTool Junior©, a unique Treble booster. The main concept of the TrebleTool Junior© is based
on the Dallas Rangemaster, a germanium transistor based Treble booster developed around 1965 in London, UK by a company called John E. Dallas & Sons Limited. The same company also developed and produced the well known Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face. The Rangemaster was used to drive Tube Amplifiers into saturation because high gain tube Amplifiers were not available during the 60‘ties. Famous guitar players who created their unique sound with a Treble booster are Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, Bryan May and Tony Iommi. Like the original Rangemaster, the core of the TrebleTool Junior© is a single stage transistor preamplifier based on a selected New Old Stock (NOS) germanium transistor with the correct technical specifications (gain, leakage current, hiss and tone) combined with a high pass filter. This combination will boost the higher frequencies of the input signal up to 37 dB. and creates a transparent dynamic sound that will cut through the
mix without being perceived as over the hill. The boost can be characterized as a non linear boost with asymmetrical clipping when pushed and is very musical sounding. The TrebleTool Junior© is basically a Rangemaster extended with features that increase operating flexibility and solve shortcomings of the original design but do not change the original Rangemaster sound character. The TrebleTool Junior© is developed and handcrafted in The Netherlands. For more info: www.Guitar-Systems.com

The winner of the effect pedal was: Siem Weustenraad !!

At 16.00 it was about time to close the show. We heard from many of you that it had been another extraordinary day with many interesting guitars. We therefore hope to see you again at the next show at March 27, 2010.

On behalf of the Vintage Veenendaal team,

Mirjam en Eline Nievers