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Winter NAMM 2017 (ultra Pic-heavy)
- Thread starter wintremute
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@wintremute Thanks for this! And than-you for asking the EBMM folks my question about modern radius neck passives.
Those new popping EBMM colors (purple and yellow/gold) look great...but just scream 'why not ebony to match the black hardware?'
Already looking forward to the next batch of pics - really appreciated man - thanks again
Those new popping EBMM colors (purple and yellow/gold) look great...but just scream 'why not ebony to match the black hardware?'
Already looking forward to the next batch of pics - really appreciated man - thanks again
Talked to my bud who streamed a couple of his demos. He said wifi was too spotty in the venue to do it reliably. He could only keep his FB live connection going for a few minutes at a time. Video eats up bandwidth.
Sweet pics guys, thank for going such torture to get us these pics. Any chance of a pic of Epi's newest T-Bird(replaces the Classic Pro)?
This is my favorite thread this week. Month? So far this year?
OK! Images are uploaded, so let's start with a bang:
Ritter!
Yes, that does say $36,800.
Next up, these neat-o chambered Ibanez basses:
Followed by a quick visit to the Warwick booth:
Smith's are always pretty to look at, and even prettier to play
As requested, I stopped by Fbass and noodled for a half hour, chatted with some of the builders. Cool guys.
Ritter!
Yes, that does say $36,800.
Next up, these neat-o chambered Ibanez basses:
Followed by a quick visit to the Warwick booth:
Smith's are always pretty to look at, and even prettier to play
As requested, I stopped by Fbass and noodled for a half hour, chatted with some of the builders. Cool guys.
And on to the MTD booth. Visiting MTD is always a bittersweet experience: the place is piled high with some of the most luxurious and beautiful pieces of art on the planet, but you can never play them, because there is invariably some professional jazz fusion dude who uses them and hangs out by the amp all day with a crowd of people surrounding him getting their collective socks blown off. The MTD booth is a great antidote for narcissism and high self esteem: one can spend all year improving oneself in all musical respects, and walk high and mighty thinking one is a pretty hot bass player with monster licks and glorious groove... and then watch some young guy completely shred your face off to the point where your soul, hopes, dreams, self image, and future dating prospects are mercilessly bulldozed flat, leaving you with nothing but despair and a half desire to lay down your bass and finally take up tuba like your grandmother always wanted.
Case in point, this dude:
who's so aware of how superior he is that he's willing to walk around in leopard print pajamas in public.
Anyway, here's the rest of the MTD goodness:
By accident, I walked into the Sandberg booth. These don't seem too well known here in the States, which is a crying shame. Gorgeous basses, with lovely fast necks and a nice thick jazzy sound. Their string tension grabbed my focus immediately: nice and tight, the way I like it. You can really dig into these basses and get some beautiful warm and middy tones, without the strings flopping and clanking all over the place.
A cool carved Warrior guitar, just cuz'
Andrew Gouche doin' his thang:
I made it a point to go check out the new/resurrected Peavey Cirrus basses. I've been curious about them, so I had to go in there and crank one of them up. Maaaaan, these things BARK! There's some serious attitude coming out of those pickups: hyper-punchy midrange and a fat bottom end that clobber you right in the gut. "Bark" is a good adjective for them; this isn't a bass with a smooth and sweet singing voice, or a bright slap happy spanker. This bass yells at you like an angry pit bull. I can't compare them to old USA made ones, because I've never played one, but after seeing the new ones in person, I'd be hard pressed to expect that much of a difference. The neck felt great, very similar to the Sandbergs. Kind of a medium-all-around profile, it was neither wide nor thin, neither fat nor slim. Fit in your hand well, with nice tight strings and low action.
One thing I did notice, it didn't seem to respond all that well to tapping. I'm sure I could improve things quite a bit with some different strings and a more personal setup and eq, but this bass really seemed to want to be played hard.
These Moscato basses were a nice surprise. A custom builder from France with some wicked body shapes and gorgeous woodwork. I think I might have liked these the most out of everything I've seen so far. the neck thickness along the back is nice and slim (I like slimmer necks like these and MTD's), and they had a beautiful thick, warm, and punchy sound. Not as aggressive or angry as the Cirrus basses, but I could definitely hear some similarities between these and a Smith or an MTD. Great string tension, and it picked up tapping and harmonics with ease. Just great basses all around.
I'll try to get more pics of them tomorrow.
Case in point, this dude:
who's so aware of how superior he is that he's willing to walk around in leopard print pajamas in public.
Anyway, here's the rest of the MTD goodness:
By accident, I walked into the Sandberg booth. These don't seem too well known here in the States, which is a crying shame. Gorgeous basses, with lovely fast necks and a nice thick jazzy sound. Their string tension grabbed my focus immediately: nice and tight, the way I like it. You can really dig into these basses and get some beautiful warm and middy tones, without the strings flopping and clanking all over the place.
A cool carved Warrior guitar, just cuz'
Andrew Gouche doin' his thang:
I made it a point to go check out the new/resurrected Peavey Cirrus basses. I've been curious about them, so I had to go in there and crank one of them up. Maaaaan, these things BARK! There's some serious attitude coming out of those pickups: hyper-punchy midrange and a fat bottom end that clobber you right in the gut. "Bark" is a good adjective for them; this isn't a bass with a smooth and sweet singing voice, or a bright slap happy spanker. This bass yells at you like an angry pit bull. I can't compare them to old USA made ones, because I've never played one, but after seeing the new ones in person, I'd be hard pressed to expect that much of a difference. The neck felt great, very similar to the Sandbergs. Kind of a medium-all-around profile, it was neither wide nor thin, neither fat nor slim. Fit in your hand well, with nice tight strings and low action.
One thing I did notice, it didn't seem to respond all that well to tapping. I'm sure I could improve things quite a bit with some different strings and a more personal setup and eq, but this bass really seemed to want to be played hard.
These Moscato basses were a nice surprise. A custom builder from France with some wicked body shapes and gorgeous woodwork. I think I might have liked these the most out of everything I've seen so far. the neck thickness along the back is nice and slim (I like slimmer necks like these and MTD's), and they had a beautiful thick, warm, and punchy sound. Not as aggressive or angry as the Cirrus basses, but I could definitely hear some similarities between these and a Smith or an MTD. Great string tension, and it picked up tapping and harmonics with ease. Just great basses all around.
I'll try to get more pics of them tomorrow.
I found the Roscoe booth down in the basement by accident as well. I wasn't expecting to see them here, I don't recall them ever attending before. Either way, more than happy to take them for a spin. They sound and feel great (probably my favorite neck out of everything I tried), though their tone is just a tad too... polite for my nit-picky preferences. Still sounded great though.
I forget what these ones are called, but I remember seeing them a couple years ago. They kinda freaked me out when playing them, you can feel those little body outlines bend a bit when they're resting on you
they sure do play and sound great though.
I think that's about it for now. I did take some more photos, but many of them are redundant. Let me know if there's anything else you want to see. Cheers folks!
I forget what these ones are called, but I remember seeing them a couple years ago. They kinda freaked me out when playing them, you can feel those little body outlines bend a bit when they're resting on you
they sure do play and sound great though.
I think that's about it for now. I did take some more photos, but many of them are redundant. Let me know if there's anything else you want to see. Cheers folks!
I probably could afford...well...maybe a nice strap...but certainly not the majority of the beautiful basses that grace the pages of this thread.
Ah well...it's still fun t'look...and dream...so thanks for posting!
Ah well...it's still fun t'look...and dream...so thanks for posting!
hey man, I'm right there with you. There's a reason why I spend all my time at NAMM haunting all the botique custom shop stuff. For everything else, you may as well just go to guitar center.
I certainly do not know why they would have done that. I do know that fanned fret fans say their string lengths are laid out like piano strings. That is only superficially true, the length from string to string is very different on a piano than a fanned fret bass with straight frets. This particular bass with curved frets and nut and bridge layout bears an even stronger superficial resemblance to a piano but I don't know that it actually follows piano practice any closer than a straight fret bass. It is entirely possible that the curved frets were used because they sure look cool! CNC machines would make quick work of cutting the fret slots....
Those frets look pretty tame in comparison to Invalid Link Removed!!
That is very odd... I don't understand how that would help intonation but I'm sure that's due to a lack of knowledge on my part.
It does seem though that each string has its own fret locations. Wouldn't playing in any alternate tuning throw off the intonation on the effected string?
- Oct 16, 2014
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Wow! I came back to the hotel to take a break...and I fell asleep. So much for going to the bass jam tonight. 
Well, back to posting. Catching up on yesterday's stuff.
Well, back to posting. Catching up on yesterday's stuff.
- Oct 16, 2014
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- Endorsing Artist: Langstrom Carrot Farms
- Oct 16, 2014
- 6,942
- 29,552
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Langstrom Carrot Farms
