A Guitarist's Guide To London w/ Andy Martin & Dan Steinhardt | Reverb

Get ready for a British Invasion. That Pedal Show's resident Aussie (Dan Steinhardt) and our very own all-American Andy Martin are on a tone quest in London, finding the shops, builders, and pubs where guitarists can consider themselves at home, even if they're just passing through.
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[@ARawFueledLife]

Who better to ask about London than an Australian

[@HARTYNMUGHES]

It was a joke.

[@timothyallen108]

Almost anyone

[@edadpops1709]

Joke humor 😁

[@honnaconna7312]

Big oe

[@arthurdduda8233]

Lmao exactly what i was thinking

[@JBWGuitarChannel]

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]

Sounds like Seattle, only on a grander scale.

[@jeremyserwer2586]

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]

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]

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

[@tomporter83]

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.

[@allisonwatling9565]

Chipottle

[@Tyler_Wilson]

A part of me died when I heard that.

[@FuzzyDancingBear]

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

[@timyoung6535]

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

[@trunkmonkey81]

Aloomineeum

[@FuzzyDancingBear]

@@timyoung6535 chipotle is a Spanish word dumbass

[@johnlannikk2701]

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.

[@wiggledixbubsy98]

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

[@2yugen2]

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

[@althejazzman]

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

[@aritradas8420]

This place is heaven....

[@cseymour001]

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

[@ExplicableCashew]

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

[@jdavis.fw303]

Too true

[@curtisburns]

Hahaha

[@sega62s]

He definitely play better than he walks 😉

[@AndyDemos]

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

[@hdsg8361]

this was amazing

[@toneydavis9802]

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]

Premiere? Indicating there will be more of these?

[@ths-bd6jq]

supergrass!!!

[@brianallen2322]

2000 years of TONE!

[@jeffblack5024]

HenryVIII’s lute tone is still sought after.

[@joker71172]

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

[@holmesy321]

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...).

[@mikethomas6120]

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

[@erniesfo2022]

Andy and Dan: Doesn't get any better!

[@birdwoodcbgs71]

Thank you, thank you thank you!

[@gavinBsussex]

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.

[@law6044]

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

[@dannybrazen]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@sampacker6547]

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

[@frasermoffatt1817]

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!

[@KozmykJ]

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]

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

[@timchalmers1700]

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

[@emcg43]

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.

[@tollan23]

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

[@fuzzbuzzfuzzeffects]

This!

[@jonlohrenz5446]

Nobody says “Soho” like Andy.

[@USS_Liberty]

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

[@JpsMusic100]

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

[@fernandoazevedoneckeljr.2771]

It's gotta a nice low-end to it

[@davidmoskowitz2714]

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.

[@listentome271]

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

[@drutgat2]

That was interesting. Thanks. A bit unsettling to see Denmark Street change like that - easier when you live in London and go there every weekend, as I used to when I lived there, many years ago. It's a shame that Chappell's closed their New Bond Street store in 2006, as it was quite historic, and you would have heard some good stories in there (I know they relocated to Wardour Street and the company was renamed). Loved the quick glimpse of the George Harrison 'Rocky' Strat copy (bottom left-hand corner of the screen in the first second of the footage from Hank's), and would have loved to have heard more about that.

[@dangreen6360]

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

[@jamesf2918]

My two favorite Internet people!

[@Diax1324]

The internet has replaced TV. I watch TV-quality content like this on the internet instead of on any classic media platform.

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Really nice documentary on the London guitar and music scene.

[@zacharygoldberg5457]

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

[@hesch-tag]

The best guitar event took place at The Royal Albert Hall last Monday 10/21/'19! when they showed Jimi's concert film from 2/24/'69 at that very same venue.

[@gnadzon]

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

[@BellTunnel]

Very awesome. I want more of that.

[@tomasvarela788]

me too

[@carlcyr2968]

BELL TONES AMEN TO THAT !

[@jamescruttwell9344]

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!

[@dheevesh16]

I live in central London, few minutes walk past Soho. I walked past so many of these places without realising how much history is behind them. Holy cow.

[@linksauce_1]

The Good Mixer! What a cool place. I was just standing where they were a few weeks ago

[@danjack-son4871]

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

[@jonathanmurphy9038]

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.

[@malcolmadams2105]

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

[@MisterTee]

The Thames is so clean and pure

[@rdykes828]

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

[@richiereverb]

You can see The 'Harp Guitar' being played by Robbie Robertson in " The Last Waltz ' movie , which by the way is not about waltzes , but blues and rock & roll. He plays The Last Waltz theme near the end of the film.

[@asheriko26]

Andy is the most talented You Tube guitar player. I really wish I had his skills...

[@xoxb2]

Thanks for coming here and covering some of my favourite places. I bought my first LP copy and little amp in Macaris in 1979! Saved my pocket money for 18 months to buy theem. To those who criticise Denmark St, yes it's a bit pricey these days, but not drastically more than other places - guitars are overpriced everywhere in the UK. That's not the point. I often go there stiil, for stimulation and the feel and the history. It holds some of mine, lots of ours. We could try being proud of it instead of succombing to the English disease of universal sourness.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

The first time I went to London was in 2013 and Denmark Street was way different from what it is now, for one thing, the famous rehearsal spaces where bands like the Sex Pistols and Queen rehearsed were still around. Angel music, which bar none was the coolest shop in Denmark Street was still there, in fact when the guys there noticed that I was wearing a button of the Amsterdam shop The Plug, they told me to give their best regards to Peter, the guy who runs the Plug. When I went back two years ago, I found that a lot has changed, the rehearsal spaces are demolished and several shops, including Angel Music have gone, a real shame. But at least I got to see it when it still was that legendary street.

[@Lisbonized]

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!

[@tdunster2011]

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

[@briansavage932]

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

[@christianjimbomb8204]

Wow I love that view of Thyames toilet running through the middle of the city

[@professorhamamoto]

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

[@iamtolgason8106]

This really is so good!!!!

[@Spartanm333]

Jazz Cafe has been a venue of note for decades - I saw Michael McDonald (grammy winning Doobie / Steely Dan writer and vocalist) in a quiet warm up for his European Tour back in the early 90s. Place was full of musicians and media, DJs, radio hosts because he is a musicians musician and a decent man to boot. 10 years before he was courted by Motown to dow their covers album he did What's Goin' On by Marvin Gaye and literally brought the house down... I've never heard anyone get close to Marvin, but we did that night. The single best gig experience I have ever had - intimate, emotional and an artiste right on his mark, paying homage to his own inspiration just for one night.

[@thehandseesall]

I grew up going to Denmark at so it's nothing new for me, but I feel excited for Andy. I would love to have the London guitar experience for the first time again!

[@Unholygamewinner]

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

[@kebmel8668]

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

[@AnAmericanGuitarist]

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.

[@GuitarExpress]

I love this series. Thanks for sharing!

[@farazrahmankhan815]

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.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

I love this concept!!!!

[@FabianSalomonsson]

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

[@rivonvai]

I left UK in 2011 after 3 years staying there and I get to see the place from where I bought my 1st guitar and gears, the Denmark street. And also great memories in Camden town where I watched the 2010 world cup final in a pub :-)

[@althejazzman]

The namedropping on Denmark Street is ridiculous. I've been there loads of times and still learnt a few things from this video.

[@2yugen2]

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

[@ianrossmusic]

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

[@andyp5743]

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

[@julioguitarrista]

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.

[@ArthurStone]

Great tour. Thanks : D

[@IrishBog]

Great show!

[@jamespitoola1954]

Thanks I needed this

[@glisteningkabana8154]

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

[@Guitar19774]

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

[@minder4u1]

I used to hang out there in the late 60s, all the stores that they showed in photo's were open, I chatted with Ray Davis in Selmer, Clapton ponced a Rothman ciggy off me in Denmark st, great times

[@IPushHard]

This was AMAZING. Thanks!

[@ginoames]

This is so awesome!

[@JC_Walker]

Awesome!! Thanks guys

[@oggi3]

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

[@raytheonorion]

So informative. Thanks for this.

[@ljkj63]

i love this .. thank you!!

[@LEgoiste]

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

[@RK-ec5ms]

Bloody brilliant!! Love London.

[@krauz111]

GREAT documentary, keep it up!

[@chaoticembrace6984]

Great episode guys!!!!!

[@cagontuputisimamadre]

Thank you SO MUCH for this!

[@franciscooper4771]

I love how Dan handles those original pedals (5:20ish); has anyone ever held a new born baby or priceless Ming vase with more care?

[@scottrand4857]

When Andy and Dan we're going to play the harp, I was waiting for Andy to say, "And here's my clean tone."

[@carbraga2011]

FANTASTIC!!!

[@Samuelsonfranz]

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

[@blakevickrey]

New York, Nashville, LA, Austin.......where else should they do this?

[@alwayssunnyinbayside]

Portland, Seattle, Denver, SF/Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, the list goes on! I would like to see more of the U.K. and parts of Australia. Oh and Japan too!

[@hadscmb]

Tokyo, for sure. Which has absolutely nothing to do with the fact I’m planning to go there soon :)

[@chaoticembrace6984]

Chicago.....the Aragon Ballroom and the Cabaret Metro.....2 historic venues where the bathrooms told the best stories!!....... And the Park West and Vic Theater two iconic theaters still vibrant with shows all month long!!

[@brettvincient]

Vancouver

[@g.koch.]

Berlin

[@RobinYoulton]

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

[@JJPsyc]

Great job guys!

[@dorothyemond9264]

Beautiful

[@inthewild5776]

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

[@LCC722]

Well done guys - this is next level pedalmania!

[@GUITARCODES]

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

[@bencrandall5514]

This would make an amazing series!