Hugh McDonald and Bon Jovi Rocks Giants Stadium

We have always been big fans of Hugh and Bon Jovi since we were young rockers ourselves. So when you get the chance to meet them in person and see what great guys they are you get even more pyched. Plus the backstage passes really help with the experience:)

Bon Jovi just finished up their latest tour and we had a chance to see the band. Big thanks to Hugh for hooking us up as we right up front in front of the stage. This band just simply rocks. What a amazing feeling when there are 60,000 people behind you in the stands singing Bon Jovi songs back to the band.

Above are some pictures we took from the concert. We were just having too much fun than to bother with taking a lot of pictures.

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Brooklyn Gear at Summer NAMM in Austin 2006

Brooklyn Gear exhibited all of our great gear at Summer NAMM 2006 in Austin this year. We really fell in love with Austin. Except for the heat it was a great time for all of us. The local BBQ and Tex Mex food was awesome.

This year we thought we would do something different in our booth so we hired a Cigar Roller. The guy you see pictured above rolled and handed out cigars to our existing and new dealers who came by our booth. A little bonus for those who made the trip.

A special thanks to Glen from Austin Bass Traders and John from Bass Emporium for being great hosts to us.

A very special thanks to Jon Smith(Ken Smith's Son) who also came to the show and helped us out at our booth. People stopped to listen in the aisles when Jon played. Jon is becoming a terrific player as his father is even before he started building basses www.kensmithbasses.com

Steve Rodriguez and his new KSDv60j5

Steve Rodriguez the studio and concert sound of Alicia Keyes is going back on road this month to Europe. Steve has also been busy as MD for "Rihanna" with whole bunch of TV Dates.

Steve originally met up with Brooklyn Gear a few years back when he heard about our Perfect Strap and took them on tour with him with Alicia Keyes for over 18 months. He has been our friend ever since.

So Steve is going back on the road so he came back to Brooklyn Gear to check out the KSD basses. After checking a couple of models out he found that 60j5 he wanted.

Above is a picture of Steve in our sound room when he came by in August 2006 before heading out on tour.

You can also check out Steve at his Myspace Account at www.myspace.com/stylesmusic

Chris Chew of North Mississippie All Stars and New KSDv70j5 Lefty

Chris Chew of North Missisippie All Stars had a chance to come by the offices of Brooklyn Gear. We have always been a great fan of Chris's and the North Mississippie All Stars www.nmallstars.com

Chris has been playing EBS pedals for some time now so we knew what he liked before he came over.

Once Chris came over to our sound room and picked up that lefty 70j5 he was hooked.

So check out Chris and the North Mississippi All Stars who do over 200 shows a year the next time they come around your neck of the woods.

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