Brubaker at the 2009 NAMM show.

Should be a pretty good showing, he's taking about a dozen instruments including the Brutes, the new JXB series J basses (pictured below), several customs, a semihollow KXB with four or five preamp modules, several customs and his new travel guitar. It'll be nice to see what kind of feedback there is from the show.

JXB-5. Swamp Ash with Maple top and Birdseye Maple board.

 

My fretless six will also be there.

 

Front and back on the new JXB-5. The sunburst Alder JXB-4 will also be there. Both are 34" scale. 22 fret, 19mm.




KXB-6 Custom with removable preamp modules. Not sure what the fingerboard wood is but the modules have matching wood covers. Have to see the Lacewood top IRL on this one, Kevin did a treatment on it and it's 3D.



This Brute MJX-5 along with several others...



The new Travel guitar will also make it's debut. Uses the Floyd Rose system with pre-tuned strings.



I think the Mean Green will be there, along with my fretless six among several other customs...

 

Thanks. I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out. I guess the funny thing is that I don't mind it going to NAMM to be pawed. Pretty sure it'll come back in great shape... barring a plague of locusts, etc.

 

I stopped by the Rockville GC recently and took the fretless six. I was checking out a Minimark and I could see people peeking around the corner like they didn't want to make direct eye contact with the bass. There was a preteen kid with his mom who stood at a distance, obviously in awe so I spoke to him and we had a nice conversation about basses. Then I asked him if he wanted to check this one out and the look on his face was priceless. I don't know which one of us had more fun, him playing it or me watching the fun he was having. That's what it's all about. Music is fun.

They're tough instruments, my other fretless has made the trip to NAMM several times, along with being handed to countless people locally and still looks great. I'd hope as many people who want to pick it up and try it out do vs. being afraid like it's some fragile flower or something. It's a bass I gig with.

 

I won't be making the trip, Sandy... gotta work. Let me know what you think of the basses.

 

It might've been. Then again I know there was a singlecut KXB Xtreme 5 with a similar green color scheme. Was it this:



Didn't realize that was being called Mean Green too. Maybe the doublecut can be the Hulk