I'd love to known when/where those Ashdown roasted basses will be available to purchase in the USA
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If I create a Namm thread, will pictures magically populate?
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@Lance Bunyon if you build it, they will come! Just like magic 
They have a new USA distributor as of late last year. That is yet to be seen how the new distributor works out.
Ashdown USA
This is from last year, but it carries over to this year:
Fender CEO Andy Mooney explains why Fender isn’t at this year’s NAMM – and what needs to change before it returns
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I have inquired with the new distributor, but so far have not heard anything at all about Ashdown from them.
All that sexy EBMM stuff is chubtastic!
I have a friend there sharing images, and also through observing the MTD USA thread for images posted today (sold out the booth full of guitars by 11AM!), it sounds like it's a mix of smaller boutique/ up and coming custom builders, and there is some genuine excitement going on.
So - as the post pandemic NAMM evolves, perhaps that's how it will continue to play out. Smaller folks just don't have the marketing budget to do what Fender mentioned is their new paradigm in that article referenced above. And that actually could be very good news. Love all the amazing instruments posted here regularly from brands I've never heard of before. Seems NAMM could be just the ticket to promote that brand of creativity and ingenuity, for those that can afford the cost to attend.
So - as the post pandemic NAMM evolves, perhaps that's how it will continue to play out. Smaller folks just don't have the marketing budget to do what Fender mentioned is their new paradigm in that article referenced above. And that actually could be very good news. Love all the amazing instruments posted here regularly from brands I've never heard of before. Seems NAMM could be just the ticket to promote that brand of creativity and ingenuity, for those that can afford the cost to attend.
This is possibly the worst news ever.
Is Ric there? In years past I got all kinds of emails invites, info on who would be theere, etc.. This year not so much. Not that I could have gone, even though I’m about two hours away.
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This is interesting to read and also not restricted to music.
As someone who regularly attends trade shows in the medical space, it was interesting to see certain companies not attend this years AACC conference (also held in Anaheim, I stayed at that Hilton attached).
Plenty of MASSIVE vendors chose not to attend this past year, and have insinuated they won’t again. Even the largest players in molecular diagnostics, which is my expertise, skipped the largest molecular show of the year.
All that said, most of this has to do with cost control and what the vendors stand to gain. Many of these vendors skipped because they were consolidating lines and restricting offerings. I guess they figured they didn’t need to spend north of $300-400k to market that. I’m wondering if Fender/Gibson are taking notes from the same page.
Did it drink a Red Bull?
@Sushi Box FX and @TonyP- may be able to drop a few pics. I’m sure they have some from the Sushi booth at least.
Sire put out info on socials and website, but I haven’t seen videos yet.
Sire put out info on socials and website, but I haven’t seen videos yet.
