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05-07-2009, 10:53 AM
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Is it smaller than the one in Anaheim? I want to go check it out, is it worth it? |
05-07-2009, 11:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | It used to be the big show, and the winter show in Anaheim was always the small one. That started changing around the time NAMM moved out of McCormick Place (really really really horrible union issues).
I used to manage a guitar store, and here's my take on the show. It's a business. It's not a product display for fans and wanna-be's. I hated not being able to get my hands on a new product and discussing it with my sales rep because some pin-head is spending twenty minutes using his Guitar Center chops on the rig. The music store people are there to learn about products, and to do business.
It's cool to meet people (I've met Entwistle, Freebo, Billy Sheann, Carol Kaye, Jeff Berlin, George Van Eps, Vivan Campbell, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Mel Bay, Leo Fender, Bill Schultz, Hartley Peavey, and a host of others.). It's cool to see new gear (I talked to Ned Steinberger the first year he was there- sharing a booth with Mandolin Bros. and we talked the day before Andy West put them on the map. On Saturday most people thought the Steinberger was a joke or a toy. On Sunday (after the Dregs concert on Saturday night) his booth was swamped.
But is it worth it? Yeah, if you're respectful of the show's purpose and intentions, and if you're interested in seeing and learning new stuff. It's not just a hang and it's not a place to get in the way of the business.
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05-07-2009, 02:06 PM
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05-07-2009, 03:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: La Crosse WI | | | I like summer a lot better, allot less star gazing allot more biz going on it is also a bit more relaxed and much more personal with dealers
I am 95% sure I will be there |
05-07-2009, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by superflybass  I am 95% sure I will be there | I hope so, and if you do, we need to work out a time/place to hang and have a few beers again. |
05-08-2009, 01:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | Is it cool to go as a visitor and talk to vendors (I'll probably only be hitting up boutique guys, not venturing over to the bigger Ibanez and Fender companies) and take some gear for a brief and non-invasive spin? I just want to try some stuff, talk to some builders about what they do, and give myself a frame of reference for all the different makers out there. I've only ever played maybe three boutique instruments in my life, and one of them I own.
If the hang is happenin' and not impeding business then I'd also want to participate there. I don't want to be "that guy" wanking while people are trying to do business, but from what I've heard from friends going, the network there is great. |
07-01-2009, 07:23 AM
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Editor-in-Chief, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: North central Ohio | | So, who is going to Summer NAMM, then?
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07-01-2009, 07:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: La Crosse WI | | | I am 100% in
Tom I will pm you cell phone number in a few day so we can hook up
I will be there from Wed - Monday |
07-04-2009, 12:24 PM
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07-06-2009, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim Cole I'm in!!!! | Awesome, Tim!  |
07-07-2009, 03:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oak Park, MI | | | I think I'm in too.
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07-07-2009, 04:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New Jersey | | | I'm still not sure, maybe i will know by this weeknd. |
07-07-2009, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by tombowlus Awesome, Tim! | Yeah, I am excited. Any get together plans yet?
Burke...even at namm I think we will be able to follow the sound to you 
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07-10-2009, 03:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: La Crosse WI | | | I will be at Renaissance Nashville Hotel you guys ? |
07-10-2009, 03:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nashville | | | I'll stop by if I can get a "stop-by" pass. |
07-10-2009, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by superflybass I will be at Renaissance Nashville Hotel you guys ? | Our rooms are at the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel. |
07-11-2009, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim Cole Yeah, I am excited. Any get together plans yet?
Burke...even at namm I think we will be able to follow the sound to you |
I don't plan on playing a whole lot, just me and my little camera. But feel free to get in a "slap off" with Marcus while your down there. I know Tom does every year. It sends Marcus scurrying back to the wood-shead. His people have banned the video.
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07-11-2009, 08:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Connecticut | | | Excuse my ignorance, but when is summer namm? And where? Im looking foward to the release of the new Rockbasses, and anything else new.
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07-11-2009, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by rapturebass Excuse my ignorance, but when is summer namm? And where? Im looking foward to the release of the new Rockbasses, and anything else new. | It's in Nashville, July 17-19. We'll post pics up at www.bassgearmag.com and here, too, I am sure. |
07-11-2009, 02:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Georgetown, IN (Louisville KY) | | I'm going this year! I'll bring my camera along, so I'll post pics when I'm back.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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