What I saw at NAMM today.

[alaskaleftybass]

Thank you soooo much for your pics.

Amps amps amps please.... maybe Peavey...? For sure GK.

 

[pickles]

The martin booth is good for realizing there are even crazier priced instruments out there.

Like, 3 NYC sadowskys, or a martin.

 

[BlueAliceOasis]

Chuck rainey was there thurs, so was billy.

There is an ibanez premium gary willis that is NUTS.

New EBMM Ps are killer.

New Aguilar tolex color is the exact same blue as my dads '83 ford e150 interior.

Fender brought some great CS stuff for INSANE prices, but the new production stuff was mostly boring.

Warwick made a yin yang thumb and a bunch of other crazy customs.

Fodera, sadowky, spector, mtd, fbass, and pedulla had lots of beautiful stuff out.

Orange basses looked pretty weak.

Sennheiser HD25 plus sounded amazing. Kind of a grado knockoff, done really well with ultra tight but very deep lows.

Focal 3-way monitors sound really good, too bad they are 6k/pair. Seems like they were in every booth on the recording side.

U audio gave some compelling plug in demos. Kind of funny, the whole hall was booths alternating hand wired neve and la-2 copies ... And plugin companies. U audio showing off both.

Yeah, Warwick is really putting out this year, that Yin-Yang Thumb is a real beauty.

Happy to hear that MTD has high quality stuff out, although I wouldn't expect less of them.

 

[Ulf Buck]

GKs new preamp pedal please?

 

[McG]

If there's anything you guys want me to get a pic of (it may be crappy, bu I'll try), just let me know.

If you have time please drop by the Gallien-Krueger booth and get some shots of the Plex preamp. There's a thread of guys very excited and intrigued about it. A first hand report would be awesome!

 

[pickles]

Oh. The eden glowplug 12ax7 box ... underwhelming.

 

[Unemploid]

i want those first two ibanez hollowbodys, but i don't know which one.

here's the crybaby bass mini wah info:
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[fjadams]

Danelectro had some cool shortscales.

I liked the looks of the new Danelectro/Mosrite bass. Didn't see scale length on it though.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Really nice of you to post all the pics. I like the new finish on the Artcores. Also think the O-Bass is pretty cool, particularly the black.

Thanks again.

I like the look on the O basses, too. What is the scale on those? I'd love a sonic report on them.

 

[madbass6]

Thanks for sharing ! Very cool!!

 

[Slpbass81]

I'm sorry to hear that it's not feeling well.

I'm also interested to know why Rickenbackers don't work.

I believe he meant it towards their mediocre quality control. I wouldn't get too upset unless you work for them.

 

[dukeorock]

You didn't take that many pics....

How many did you take and share with us?

 

[Continuum]

Crazy that Fender hasnt been dishing on the Elite Series basses that are all around the web. I hope they also have some cool oddball stuff also!

 

[Ian Perge]

Thanks for the pictures and reporting - I also would love to hear a higher-end Talman Bass with the Carey Nordstrand's "CND" P & Big Single-esque Pickups that sound monstrous in the SR-650/5/6 & SR-750/5/6 Four, Five and Six-strings.

...if you could get some shots from the Mike Lull booth, I'd very much appreciate it!

 

[Murdoc_420]

Cool picks, yeah that's Wooten for sure.

That bass Sheenan is using, looks horrible. I saw a picture of a titanium bass recently (probably this forum) but the neck was 4 tubes together so I don't think it's the same. Notice this one is a single tube and the frets jut out, also notice how Sheenan's hand is wedged in between two of the frets, that can't be good. Imagine getting your hand caught in frets while you are trying to move around. Also, the metal bar in the gut

On a more positive note every thing else is looking pretty cool

 

[RRDieselbass]

I can't remember the brand name but I saw a couple of thunderbird type basses that were "relic-ed". One was blue, love to see more pics if you see these basses. Thanks

 

[Whippet]

Did you see the Ibanez Workshop SRSC Cerro 805?

Aren't they coming out with that in March or April?

 

[steweDbass]

Do check out Booth 2997 in Hall D (Pacifics / Dragonfly) My friend Harry, the owner of dragonfly guitars (a little known but amazing Japanese high end brand) will be there with a few guitars and a couple of basses to check out! They're worth checking out for sure if you have time. Tell Harry OI sent you
Cheers!

 

[mudpup]

I can't remember the brand name but I saw a couple of thunderbird type basses that were "relic-ed". One was blue, love to see more pics if you see these basses. Thanks

Probably a Sandberg......

 

[Winston Wolf]

Sadowsky single cutaways.