Where did you start your musical journey? Where did it all begin for you? I got the chance to go back to Guildford, meet up with Lee and get a Music Store Tour, it was a blast. The Shop has grown dramatically, it’s like the Tardis, the same frontage but a huge amount of expansion behind! Join me as we take a walk around Anderton’s and frankly reminisce!
Funnily enough, back in 2001/2 I tried to get a job at Andertons as I was studying at the Academy of Contemporary Music. They just didn't have any vacancies at the time, so I ended up at Wetherspoons 😔😅
It started for me in the same place as you at Anderton's as I came from, just up the road from you in Church Crookham, Camberley. That was back in the 70's and it was the original, much smaller shop. I bought my first Fender Precision bass there and when I wasn't playing it I would sit and stare at its beauty. So glad the business survived and is clearly thriving. I spent many thousands of hard earned pounds in there over the years. I have good memories of a terrific manager there called John Hulk who would kindly let me take various bits of gear to try out and which I would always end up buying...can't see that happening nowadays.
@@andsoistoppedI just parked on the street opposite. There’s a ton of parking down the street, obviously if you’re loading or unloading they can clear space for you
@@Producelikeapro most certainly. It’s funny as I grew up in Guildford but never shopped at Andertons as a kid. I used to cycle down to Nova Guitars and drool over their selection. Do you remember them? A unique and incredible shop. Of course I’ve since bought loads of stuff from Andertons now I live 3 hours away!!! 😂😂😂😂
I loved how Warren and Lee hugged at the end and then both became really self concious, that was really sweet. I would love to see Warren and Pete have a jam, I'm sure that the two of you would really bounce off each other.
Watching Lee and Chappers bojanglin around with guitars and gear several years ago rekindled my love for making music. Seeing his progression as he learned to play guitar always lifted me up when I felt bored or frustrated with learning the instrument myself. Its so rad to find out you and Lee go back... you are both legends and when I make it, setting foot in Andertons to buy a couple random patrons the guitars of their dreams will be the first thing I do. 😅 Much love from the states. 💯🙏
What a small world ! Andertons is the main place where I get my gear. To learn the history, Lee carrying on the family business and to find out you used to work there is crazy and cool 🙌🤙
As far as I am aware, there's nothing that size in the North West. Anderton's has a large amount of square footage whereas most in Manchester and Liverpool you can't even swing a cat! Why don't they open up another shop this neck of the woods? I think I speak for many when I say that we would go there very often...
Ahhhhhh! This brought back such memories. Andertons was my local music store that I would visit whilst living in the Guildford area, when I first started playing back in the late 70s / early 80s (in a fairly well known local band); maybe you even sold me something Warren (drumsticks? Guitar picks? Strings? Who knows)? I've seen various iterations of the store layout since then. And I see it's changed yet again (e.g. drums downstairs now), so I must go re-visit sometime soon. Legendary!
I remember coming into the shop in the early/mid 2000's with the intention of buying a Line 6 hybrid amp (which was being touted at the time as the greatest thing since sliced bread.) This guy called Lee basically told me to do myself a favour, wait a few weeks, and they would be getting in a couple of Epiphone Blues Custom 30 combos which would blow the Line 6 into the weeds (I paraphrase.) I subsequently ordered one (had to wait a few weeks as apparently there was limited availability) and am forever grateful to Lee for his advise. As an incidental effect of Lees advice, I wouldn't have got to know Pyotr Belof who designed the BC30 for Epiphone/Gibson if I'd bought the Line 6.
my first guitar was a spanish (classical) guitar my sister was given to learn it. Of course she didn't. A few years later I had the sudden urge to learn Yesterday on the guitar to impress a girl from school, who didn't understand what a musical (and in general) genius I would become . That would be 1988 ca. That girl would be 51 now, and I haven't shed a tear about her in 30+ years, but I still play the guitar!
As a uk resident I only use GAK or andertons..Last one I got from Lee was an LTD EC 1000 piezo in blue...awesome guitar.turned out it was the one chappers played in a DM, SD, EMG shootout.
Yamaha makes one of the best recording acoustic guitars on the market and have for decades. They make fantastic electric guitars, but cannot, for the life of them, understand how to market them...
They do very well in the rest of the world, the US is a difficult market to break, facing the established companies there and also Yamaha in the rest of the world is associated with cool indie bands and not classic rock and bands
PA is much cheaper now than then, to get a full range rig then it was insanely expensive. I agree on the payment, that is ridiculous how it hasn’t kept up
I asked how much for the tattooed drummer you said over a million !!!!!! Come on Warren baby can you come down a little???? A million in Iranian Rial ???????
Buying Zyn cymbals from Golumb’s at Glasgow Cross because they were affordable. They were also a family business and they were close enough to a massive footfall area to get passing trade.
Nice one Warren, really great vibe between you guys, not stepping on each other but putting a lot of valuable information out. I would be interested in you doing Musicstore in Köln too as a European comparison. Live PA room and Mic Rooms are pretty cool there. Cheers 😊
Not long ago i bought a Korg Microkorg from Andertons Online & recently just bought a Yamaha Revstar from Andertons online and have never ever been to Mr Lees shop & really will never need to after seeing this intriguing video -just one word tho: flange 🥳
@@Producelikeapro incidentals asides the last eP_iF_ah_knee I owned was a rather lush blue Nighthawk from Gamlin's of Cardiff while I was living it up in Mid.Glam 😊 Ps: no code nor innuendo was used in the making of this msg btw 😁 PPS: just 319 shopping days until Christmas 🎸
I love the history. I've watched both of these channels and had no idea they even knew each other ler alone worked together. What a wonderful journey they've both had.. One staying home, and one going out into the wider world.
WARREN: How about some COMPRESSION VIDEO? They were few on PLAP but I mean like all in RECIRDING WISE. I mean by that like: For vocals I go for this one if I can, go 3:1, release/attack. The same for acoustics, for bass (DI/AMP/SUB), some for piano? You know ALL IN ONE VIDEO, that You could record in Your studio to show. Just an idea : )
Unfortunately not, @@Producelikeapro I couldnt drive back in those days and the High Wycombe (Loudwater to be precise, in east Wycombe) was the closest one to where I was based at the time, if the other local store in Wycombe (Percy Priors) didnt have what you wanted. I remember I bought that RBX fretless from Kingfisher and had them swap the pickup out for an EMG and I kept that until about 2014-15. Never ever been to Fleet though.... Worked in Hook for a while but never ever went to Fleet....
I spent a good deal of the mid to late 90s going into Kingfishers in Fleet and noodling on their guitars. I lived in Fleet and could walk to it. I got my first guitar from Guitar Village in Farnham which is now my local. But I did buy a good amount from Kingfishers over the years. Very sad that they're no longer in business. I knew you were a local lad so it makes sense that you worked in both locations.
@@Producelikeapro I still have the Aria Pro Ii guitar, Boss CE3 & Boss OD2 Turbo Overdrive. Bought them all Feb 85. It’s crazy how that’s nearly 39 years ago!
Small world and never knew you guys started out together way back when. Ya should get together again at their video review room and have a jam session with your fave guitars an amps with your good self, the Captain and Pete.
@27:00 i remember buying a Vox AC 30 blue speaker for £15 when i was working for Martin Hannett to run a Sequential circuit pro one through. years before ACID
I'm lucky to have a 2007Ish Marshall triple super lead valve amp made in England, Best amp I've ever had, I hear valve amps are on the way out due to new technology ,?? Correct me if I'm wrong
Every wedding I went to in the 1970’s and early 80’s had a live band for entertainment by the end of the 80’s it was a DJ we had neighborhood dances with bands there was so more opportunities for live bands
Andertons is a great shop. Brilliant customer service and a huge range of stuff to choose from. I popped in a few weeks back and got me a new bass weapon. I had been to a competitor in Brighton the week before but their service and selection was so poor Andertons got my business. Thanks Andertons!
@@Producelikeapro I always ended up parking at Waitrose and had to hurry back as the parking was for max 2 hours.... which is not enough when camping out at A's
In about 1983 I was at Lancaster uni. Me and my mates heard there was a real actual strat in a music shop in Preston! So we all piled in the car for a pilgrimage. Sure enough, there was a tired old strat (post CBS) in a shop, in a glass case. No touchy, no playey. Go away! How times have changed!
Warren, I had no idea! So glad you showed us this walk down memory aisle. I must confess to "needing" to buy something from Anderton's, not that they needed support from an amateur from Northern California, but it kind of felt like a community thing to do. So they shipped out a Duesenberg guitar. The staff were so nice and they included a signed photo card of Lee and Pete, which I framed and hung in the studio next to a letter from the Queen and Buckingham Palace! Ha! Maybe Lee would be amused.
Okay, Warren, here's what happened. It was a reply to mine. When I retired (from one job) I had time on my hands. I'd read the Queen enjoyed receiving letters, including those from the far flung commonwealth, for example. Feeling very nervous to get it right, I studied how to address Her Majesty and where to send it. I wrote it in longhand, for some reason, and made it as heartfelt and sincere as I possibly could, trying to imagine the Queen reading it. It was a letter of birthday wishes for her 93rd. I respected her lifetime emphasizing service, wanted to show that respect and NEVER expected a reply. Perhaps my no-expectation was increased by my embarrassing handwriting, a scrawl no doubt convincing her I'd retired at age 7!! Anyway, I was astonished and had it framed and now it's hung in my music studio, above a Morgan AC20 Deluxe and, since the Duesenberg from Anderton's arrived, next to the signed card from Lee and Pete, not terribly far from a signed poster from Tom Bukavac. Now that I think of it, maybe I could persuade you to send something to join them on that wall of majesty. You certainly have helped me understand enough of recording to get started creating songs and I'm grateful for that. Now you see what's out here in this community you've created. Thank you, Warren. Cheers.
