Mansons Guitar Show Confirms John Paul Jones and Incredible Charity Raffle Prizes

Manson’s Guitar Shop is proud to announce the legendary bass player John Paul Jones ( Led Zeppelin/ Them Crooked Vultures ) will be appearing at this years show taking place Saturday 23^rd and Sunday 24^th October.

The 2010 Mansons Guitar Show is set to be both the biggest and best show yet with a record number of exhibitors confirmed including virtually every great guitar company on the planet!  Manufacturers will be bringing their best model examples to exhibit at the prestigious weekend with several UK exclusive launches confirmed. A great mixture of the small independent guitar companies are rubbing shoulders with large corporates, and the presence of guitar legends such as John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin means Manson’s Guitar Show is undoubtedly the UK’s premier guitar lovers event. A full list of exhibitors and artists is attached separately.

We are also proud to announce that Manson’s Guitar Show is set to be one of the most unique in terms of prize-winning opportunities and has grown even greater this year. For 2010 Ampeg are giving away a bass rig signed by its roster of bass artists that includes members of The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, Black Sabbath, King’s-X, Alice In Chains, The Smashing Pumpkins, and many others. Marshall will be offering a signed amplifier by one of their legendary artists and Avid Distribution are giving away one of their Eleven Rack systems worth nearly £800. Acoustic players are equally well looked after with Faith and Freshman Guitars offering mouth watering prizes. You can win these prizes through the charity raffle at the show, charity auction or through an exclusive Express And Echo giveaway.

Manson’s clinic, demonstration and performance room will be running flat out throughout the weekend. Martin Barre (Jethro Tull), Walter Trout (Blues Legend), Jerry Donahue (The Hellecasters), Jan Akkerman (Focus), Alex Hutchings, Jas Morris (Guitarist Of The Year Winner), Stuart Clayton (Carl Palmer Band), Chris George (Marshall Official Demonstrator), and flying in exclusively for the Manson’s Show US bass artist Michael Manring (Zon Guitars) will all be appearing at the show.

Mansons Guitar Show 2010 Exhibitors:

Alan Miller Guitars

Aria (Seymour Duncan)

Aristedes Instruments

Avid Distribution (Digidesign)

Bad Cat Amplifiers

Bare Knuckle Pickups

Barnes And Mullins

Bassline Publishing

Blue Rock (Godin)

Creative Guitar Player

D’Addario (Planet Waves, D’Addario Strings)

Diezel Amplification

Fender (Fender Custom Shop, Taylor)

Freshman Guitars

Gibson USA

Gremlin Music (Blueridge, Gitane)

Headline (Paul Reed Smith)

Helen Foundation

JHS (MXR, Vintage, Dunlop)

Korg (Hartke, Vox, Korg)

Line 6

Loud Technologies (Ampeg, Mackie)

Manson Guitars

Marshall Amplification

Oasis (Huss And Dalton)

Orange Amplification

Oyster House Media (Bass Guitar and Acoustic Magazine, Guitar Buyer)

Patrick Eggle

Peavey (Budda, Trace Elliot)

Shure (Shure, Monster Cable)

Source Distribution (Jet City, Eventide)

Strings And Things (Music Man, Hercules)

Tanglewood Guitars

TC Electronics

Vanquish Guitars

Westside Distribution (Martin Guitars)

Zon Guitars

Artist Appearances:

John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin/Them Crooked Vultures)

Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)

Jan Akkerman (Focus)

Jerry Donahue (Fairport Convention/ The Hellecasters)

Michael Manring

Alex Hutchings

Walter Trout

Jas Morris

Alex Bershadsky