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It's one thing to see it on a computer screen or cellphone. But to see all that stuff and all the notables under one roof? I need to put my phone down and go to NAMM!
I doubt that. It's not open to the public. It's about companies that create gear and gear dealers not us customers. Dealers go to NAMM and decide to stock a lot of gear they said they didn't care for in pictures but liked when they saw it in person. The stores push and pull the market by what they choose to stock and sell.
They should stop actually, talk about over saturated poopie!
Not a new idea - you're actually years too late!
In the 80's Dean Guitars had a runway at their booth, and had a bevy of scantily-clad beauties model their guitars that year - people talked about this for years. They also had a Penthouse model at their booth for several years which also consistently drew large crowds.
Not a new idea, but a horrific one. Maybe theses companies should not push away half their market.
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It's one thing to see it on a computer screen or cellphone. But to see all that stuff and all the notables under one roof? I need to put my phone down and go to NAMM!
Yeah but it isn't even for the end consumer
Myself and many others find the DBird to be a superior design to the original in every aspect, but anyone is welcome to prefer the inferior version
I'm sure the DBird is a very fine bass. I haven't played a Dingwall I didn't like the feel of although my experience is limited to only three previous occasions. As far as their sound goes I have mixed feelings.
I'll disregard the self congratulatory tone and embedded putdown as far as the rest of your above comment goes. I don't have a horse in this race...although I gather some others, being official Dingwall endorsers, do.
Oh you mean this!?
I may be in the minority here but that type of playing does nothing for me. I know there is a time and place for it I guess but strictly slap style does nothing for me. She does have skills though.
iirc my first NAMM show was 30 years ago. Back then I had a good relationship with a local shop, and badges would be passed around from day to day. They'd get extras with random names, and viola, you're in. That was pre-9/11 and other bad events. Was an annual pilgrimage with my buddy Harry.
The last couple years I've had a good relationship with a sales rep for a large music company, and they can get free or cheap "guest" passes for their clients/family/etc. This is the first year I haven't gone by choice (only other times were due to other travel - I've been within driving distance all but two years) as I just didn't feel the need to make the trek. Over the last decade or so, the cost/benefit analysis has swung the wrong way, or I'm just getting older and less patient. Parking, lines, food/drink prices, and ALWAYS getting sick right after the show now outweigh the experience. Thankfully I have been able to get both my wife and son into the show so they have gotten the "NAMM-experience."
If you've been to a large trade show (e.g. CES), it is similar. Just the stuff in the booths is different. And there aren't as many burned-out, vampire musicians/hangers-on showing up at the crack of noon at CES.
NAMM remains a huge event, but it has changed over the years. Back in the day, shops would come and deals were written, often for the whole year. It really was where you saw new stuff and sorted out your buying. The internets changed much of that, but the fact that NAMM still exists points out that the human interaction and personal touch still counts. It is the reason that business travel still exists in a world with bridge lines and skype. Relationships are often better solidified (or ruined) in the flesh. The last couple years it was great to get to hang with the people who build my gear and chat in-person. Maybe it is because I'm in a bit of a gas-free zone or just burned out from a pretty insane run of day-job and night-job, but towards the end of last year when I'd be pinging my friend to get me passes, I decided to...pass. Still nice to see the photos here, and I have some other friends who have been going to the show and said for them to give my regards to some mutual friends.
Shameless day-job plug: CBS Sunday Morning is doing a story tomorrow on touring "holograms" of Roy Orbison and others. I should be one of the people interviewed for that piece, hopefully I'll get the last word like last year
The last couple years I've had a good relationship with a sales rep for a large music company, and they can get free or cheap "guest" passes for their clients/family/etc. This is the first year I haven't gone by choice (only other times were due to other travel - I've been within driving distance all but two years) as I just didn't feel the need to make the trek. Over the last decade or so, the cost/benefit analysis has swung the wrong way, or I'm just getting older and less patient. Parking, lines, food/drink prices, and ALWAYS getting sick right after the show now outweigh the experience. Thankfully I have been able to get both my wife and son into the show so they have gotten the "NAMM-experience."
If you've been to a large trade show (e.g. CES), it is similar. Just the stuff in the booths is different. And there aren't as many burned-out, vampire musicians/hangers-on showing up at the crack of noon at CES.
NAMM remains a huge event, but it has changed over the years. Back in the day, shops would come and deals were written, often for the whole year. It really was where you saw new stuff and sorted out your buying. The internets changed much of that, but the fact that NAMM still exists points out that the human interaction and personal touch still counts. It is the reason that business travel still exists in a world with bridge lines and skype. Relationships are often better solidified (or ruined) in the flesh. The last couple years it was great to get to hang with the people who build my gear and chat in-person. Maybe it is because I'm in a bit of a gas-free zone or just burned out from a pretty insane run of day-job and night-job, but towards the end of last year when I'd be pinging my friend to get me passes, I decided to...pass. Still nice to see the photos here, and I have some other friends who have been going to the show and said for them to give my regards to some mutual friends.
Shameless day-job plug: CBS Sunday Morning is doing a story tomorrow on touring "holograms" of Roy Orbison and others. I should be one of the people interviewed for that piece, hopefully I'll get the last word like last year
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MDBass
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I'm sure the DBird is a very fine bass. I haven't played a Dingwall I didn't like the feel of although my experience is limited to only three previous occasions. As far as their sound goes I have mixed feelings.
I'll disregard the self congratulatory tone and embedded putdown as far as the rest of your above comment goes. I don't have a horse in this race...although I gather some others, being official Dingwall endorsers, do.
Ha!
I didn't design the bass, I have no horse in the race either.
I thought the extra winky face, and the actual explanation, was enough to denote the tongue in cheek nature of the post...but evidently not.
You missed the irony of me employing your own logic in regards to other players agreeing with my take: it wasn't self congratulatory at all.
I'm just one guy with an opinion, same as the poster you responded to and the "many" TBird lovers you referenced.
I just thought it was funny that you initially took issue with someone expressing their subjective opinion, simply because it differed from the subjective opinion of others...still do, actually
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Ha!
I just thought it was funny that you took issue with someone expressing their subjective opinion, simply because it differed from the subjective opinion of others...still do, actually
Well…being musicians we aims to entertain. Glad I succeeded in coaxing a smile. "Keep em laughing" as George Carlin said.
Well…being musicians we aims to entertain. Glad I succeeded in coaxing a smile. "Keep em laughing" as George Carlin said.
What's the difference between a musician and an entertainer?
The entertainer gets paid.
An oldie but a goodie, I'll be here all week, try the veal!
Funny you would mention this. I have to constantly remind myself of this when I start having visions of a central rail with a couple of bouts of vacuum bagged carbon fiber and an on board CPU to turn the fret board into a self teaching instrument through embedded LED's. You load it with music and it guides you note for note through the piece at whatever speed you want to run.
Composing new bass lines? No prob, just switch it to compose and it records everything you play and writes it in standard notation, nashville numbers, tab, or customize your own system to dream up and refine parts without having to work through recordings or memory. Once you have your composition where you want it, just load it into the training app and let it guide you through it at whatever speed you prefer.
An added benefit would be the ability to turn it in to a competition machine. Just switch it to head cutting mode, record each player, compare data and declare a winner. And that's just the delusions of a single not so smart guy. Turn that over to the bright boys and watch what happens.
I've also been obsessed with the idea of a lap steel built around a tele neck. I was given a tele neck and I want to do something nice with it and give it back to the guy that gave it to me.
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Questions for the TB NAMM attendees:
1. I had heard the effects market is seeing a bigger surge than usual in new analog pedals. Is that true?
2. Is there anything genuinely new and interesting there this year? I was wondering if anybody saw anything radically new or übercool - as in potential gamechanger products? Or is it "more and better but still mostly the same" from what you can tell.
1. I had heard the effects market is seeing a bigger surge than usual in new analog pedals. Is that true?
2. Is there anything genuinely new and interesting there this year? I was wondering if anybody saw anything radically new or übercool - as in potential gamechanger products? Or is it "more and better but still mostly the same" from what you can tell.
Royal Blood only has bass and drums. No guitar.
MDBass
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- Nov 7, 2012
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- 14,892
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- Endorsing Artist: Dingwall-Fender-Bergantino-Dunlop-Tech 21-Darkglass-Nordstrand
The Alpha•Omega Ultra allows you to upload cab IR models to the pedal itself, essentially combining analog and digital signal paths.
Pretty revolutionary, both in design and execution
Does anybody know the price of the new Rickenbacker five-string bass? Not that I can afford one, but.....
