Yes, and Jake is ultra-cool person too.
Hey WV Bass-
A word I heard from Jake is that he was going w/ a new model, a long-scale. Hard to tell from the pic...
Did you see anything like that at Nashville?
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Yes, and Jake is ultra-cool person too.
Hey WV Bass-
A word I heard from Jake is that he was going w/ a new model, a long-scale. Hard to tell from the pic...
Did you see anything like that at Nashville?
wintremute
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wintremute
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when I take photos at winter namm I never ever get to try anything, but I do get to look and listen
those old school looking epiphones look pretty sweet, maybe we'll get to hear some sound samples eventually
I'm wondering what kind of pickups those are and what scale
those old school looking epiphones look pretty sweet, maybe we'll get to hear some sound samples eventually
I'm wondering what kind of pickups those are and what scale
thank you @wvbass !!!
I was getting ready to build my own backbeat. really excited to try it out. Can you please please please tell me who makes those beautiful arch top basses in your pic? I can't make out the logo on the headstock.
I was getting ready to build my own backbeat. really excited to try it out. Can you please please please tell me who makes those beautiful arch top basses in your pic? I can't make out the logo on the headstock.
Yes, metal bands such as Carole King and James Taylor...
And that other headbanger, Phil Collins...
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Yes, metal bands such as Carole King and James Taylor...
And that other headbanger, Phil Collins...
Just him... but 90% uses from djent metal and that horrible hi-fi distortions...
wintremute
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The last 2 times I went to NAMM (in L.A.), the people checking out and playing at the Dingwall booth were definitely not metal. They just seemed to be regular players of different genres. I'm not sure why you have such preconceived notions, but I think you should put those aside and look into why anyone would want to try a fanned fret bass.
Lee always hangs w/ the DingWallers at the booth, (prolly picking up his check for his likeness associated with them and about 10 other builders!
)I kid, I kid!
There hasn't been too much talk about summer NAMM here. I was there, and I didn't really set out to photograph everything I saw, but I did snap a few pictures.
A few things stood out to me.
1) BackBeat...This was a prototype of a bass "kicker" that you wear on your strap. I liked this a whole lot more than I thought I would
2) Poly Expressive... A guy named Loki from Australia had a prototype of a innovative effects controller system that uses laser positioning to track the location and motion of your foot. For reference, he had mousepad-material mats on the floor to show him the location of his "phantom" expression pedals and stomp switches. This was real too-smart-for-your-own-good, mad-scientist stuff. Really, really cool
3) Serek basses. I only spent a few minutes at the booth, but for me, these were the best basses there. The booth had pretty good foot traffic, and I saw Curtis Novak wearing a Serek shirt. These short scales are nice, classic-feeling designs that are super comfortable to play. I was really impressed by the way that, somehow, regardless of the pickup configuration, these basses all manage to sound different from each other while maintaining a very similar, "part of the same family" tone to them. I can't say enough good things about these instruments.
4) Trace Elliot. It was a noisy room, but I am definitely a fan. The Transit B looks and sounds like a quality piece of Trace Elliot gear. It sounds like what I remember Trace Elliot sounding like. (I say that having only ever owned a single Trace preamp.)
5) Ashdown ORIGINal. I thought the Trace stuff would be my favorite small amp gear. I was wrong. The Hi-Mid knob on these amps is pure magic. I will probably end up with one of these rather than the Elf. There is a DI pedal and a small amplifier in the product line.
6) The Dingwall D-Bird. As a collection, Serek won the day for me. The best single bass that I played? The D-Bird, by a wide margin. If this isn't a perfectly executed design, I'd need a lot more time with it to figure out why.
What are the ABGs in the 11th picture? Look interesting.
Yeah I just learned of Serec basses myself. I thought it was really cool that he is putting DArkStars in some of his basses. And he's local to me!! I'd really like to try some of his stuff. He told me he just dropped off a bunch to Chicago Music Exchange today. I may need to plan a trip up there pretty soon. Awesome pics of all these basses man! Great job.
I've never heard of Bergstok but their "look" is dangerously close to mothman territory. What is a "kicker "?. I really liked the quilted green jazz bass even if it wouldn't be a first choice for colour. The dramatic sculpting on the Keisels showing wide swaths of the underlying body wood is definitely not in my aesthetic wheelhouse.
