• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

NAMM 2010!!! Whats new?

#203
R Baer said:
We were really lucky to have lots of groove players stop by. Al Carty stopped by, pick up the Nordstrand P-Bass, crank down the tone control and just laid into some of the heaviest grooves I've heard in a long time. Juan Nelson and Dan Lutz also did some great groov'n, along with quite a few others. Interesting how these are the guys getting all the work. Hmmm... :eyebrow:
Click to expand...

I meet a guy the first day who slapping away and had a good sound, he was an "artist" for one of the exhibitors. I asked him who he played with and he said he was tiered of gigging and just did demo's at NAMM. I wonder how well that pays? He was probably twenty-five, I wonder if NAMM demonstrator is a life time proffession?:D
 
#204
Back when I used to go to NAMM all the time I'd met quite a few players who spent the brunt of their time doing seminars/demos/workshops for really big companies, traveling to various music stores etc, leaving little time for local gigging. But most of them seemed to be involved in the keyboard and software end of things.
 
#207
yeah, i went to namm every year for 30 years (since 1973), and kinda got burnt out on it. i got to pick out my first Alembic Series 1 directly from Rick Turner in their hotel suite in 1975 (i got to choose one from about 25 of them). i had a great time hanging out and jammin' with Stanley Clarke and Billy Cobham in the late 70's, and was fortunate enough to meet, and subsequently work with Leo Fender in 1980. by the 90's it was more fun to look at the chicks and all the posers than to look at the new gear. the last time i went was in 2005 and nothing much had changed. maybe its different now, but looking at the pics, it doesn't appear to be.
 
#208
Well for those who think that all bass players that slap don't gig. Well I do slap and I do it where it is appropriate and I do gig.

When I'm checking a bass out for a possible purchase I slap to see just how versatile that particular bass guitar is.

That is me in the Enfield bass clip. I was slapping and picking because the owner of the company,Martin Sims asked me to. He wanted to show how versatile the pickup and preamp system was. The parts where I was playing pizzicato didn't make it to tape.
 
#209
JAUQO III-X said:
Well for those who think that all bass players that slap don't gig. Well I do slap and I do it where it is appropriate and I do gig.

When I'm checking a bass how for a possible purchase I slap to see just how versatile that particular bass guitar is.

That is me in the Enfield bass clip. I was slapping and picking because the owner of the company,Martin Sims asked me to. He wanted to show how versatile the pickup and preamp system was. The parts where I was playing pizzicato didn't make it to tape.
Click to expand...

I'm sure there's a lot of more practical playing, but like Jauqo pointed out it doesn't really attract the cameras.
 
#210
R Baer said:
We were really lucky to have lots of groove players stop by. Al Carty stopped by, pick up the Nordstrand P-Bass, crank down the tone control and just laid into some of the heaviest grooves I've heard in a long time. Juan Nelson and Dan Lutz also did some great groov'n, along with quite a few others. Interesting how these are the guys getting all the work. Hmmm... :eyebrow:
Click to expand...

Jauqo, please don't take my post to mean anything against the slappers. Some of the heaviest grooves we heard came via a thumb. Juan Nelson for example, did some very soulful slapping that drew a crowd and had folks swaying in the isles. Walking around the show however, it was very common to run into the guys slapping and tapping a million notes a minute, but with no real musical feel to it. I think that is what the slap/tap post were referring to.
 
#212
ksandvik said:
OK, I see. Car show exhibitors have scantily clothed ladies in the booths. Namm exhibitors have bass players that slap.
Click to expand...

Slapping is actually a very good way to show off a rigs dynamic range. That style is very demanding on a amplifier and speakers and contains everything from the lowest lows to the highest highs.
 
#213
R Baer said:
Jauqo, please don't take my post to mean anything against the slappers. Some of the heaviest grooves we heard came via a thumb. Juan Nelson for example, did some very soulful slapping that drew a crowd and had folks swaying in the isles. Walking around the show however, it was very common to run into the guys slapping and tapping a million notes a minute, but with no real musical feel to it. I think that is what the slap/tap post were referring to.
Click to expand...


I didn't take offense. I just wanted to point out that there are so many reasons why players are slapping at the NAMM show.
 
#214
Where was this a year ago.....

M3Carbine-slide1.jpg


:(
 
#220
Juneau said:
It was really cool to meet you as well Jauqo! See ya next year, if not sooner :)
Click to expand...

Juneau said:
It was really cool to meet you as well Jauqo! See ya next year, if not sooner :)
Click to expand...


It was kool to get the chance to meet you as well.


The 4 string Skjold that I played was killing all around.

What was the name of that model?
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back