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Winter NAMM 2017 (ultra Pic-heavy)
- Thread starter wintremute
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- Oct 16, 2014
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I suggest you go check out his YouTube channel to hear the songs he wrote. They're pretty good grooves.
Remco's Groove Lab
hey brad! it was nice meeting you there and thank you for dropping by our booth and for the hang. we're back in manila back to the daily grind. never really got the chance to really thank you for the kind words and warm welcome. being first timers at namm we had major jitters and we were a bit lost with all the stuff goin on. but we had fun. we hope to see you again next year. we'll definitely have a bass or two stationed at your booth. your cabs are killer man!
Great meeting you guys too, Roger. You're doing great work so telling you that was easy
Looking forward to the next time.
Forgot I took these pics. Incredible color in this Fender JB on the wall at NAMM17
Yes sir, wouldn't have to twist my arm very hard to take one of these home. It appears to everything I want in a PJ.
I would post a new thread in the basses section. You would probably get more hits there. Good luck with it.
- Oct 16, 2014
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I know this is late for this thread, but I just realized that @TheBassWizard1 made a video of NAMM! I haven't checked it out yet, but if his video skills are half as good as his bass skills, then it will be awesome!
Complete NAMM Walkthrough and Tour
Complete NAMM Walkthrough and Tour
well, for those that are gluttons for punishment, the entire set. The second flute player turned out to be a monster. Ignore the vocals in Elanor and the wonky solo at the end was behind the back and with teeth (not practiced since my guitar days, at least the teeth part). The first act was a comedian who played a key tar with his tongue so I had to go there...
Three songs, three different basses. Just because...
Ibanez SRSC805 strung E-C on Red Clay, MTD 625-24 on Afro Blue (just got it yesterday and never gigged a 6'er), YYD on Elanor.
Red Clay is a "classic"..nice rendition.
Really digging the Steely Jam...I might not make it down this year - gigs tonight, sat and sun. Fri is a day job day from hell. Maybe Sat AM if I'm energetic.
On a plus note, Presonus announced a nice looking interface that I'll likely get
Prayers to the Rainey family. I've been lucky enough to meet Chuck twice - once before his stroke and once afterwards. The second time I commented that it was great to see him. Chuck replied, "man, it's great to be seen!" He's freakin' awesome, sweetest guy in the world.
Great pictures. It was hard to see everything. Attendance was around 100,000 people from what I was told. I got to play Ida Nielsen's bass and had to have it! Bought it as soon as it got to Chicago! Was great to meet Ida as well!First off, hats off to Wintremute, he's pulling more than double duty with the pictures compared to the rest of us combined.
Saturday was a bit more relaxed for me, rather than jetting around the place on my own trying to see as much as possible, I took my time with a friend of mine and looked at a few items more extensively.
First up: Lowdown Basses.
This is a new company based out of Chicago that makes more affordable custom basses. Prices ranged from 1500-2500. They caught my eye on Friday and I made it a point to come back Saturday after talking with their luthier Tim Seisser for a bit. Glad I did. They have a kind of rugged elegance to them, with all the grainy wood and nothing but oil finishes. When I sat down with them a played a while, I immediately noticed how comfortable they were, in the sense of a broken in catchers mitt or a favorite pair of shoes. the wood finish felt wonderful; the feel of lightly oiled grain under your hands lends a sense of groundedness with the instrument. Your body is more able to intuit what it's doing with the instruments when you have that extra sensory feedback. The neck was nice - slightly wider fretboard with a comfy back and 34" spacing made playing naturally easy without having to get used to it. They sounded superb - I could easily get an aggressive roar out of them, or dial it back to a mellow thump with a turn of the tone knob. It's worth noting that the two that I played were passive; just a volume, pickup selector, and tone. I'm usually dead-set on active circuitry, but for once I didn't feel like the basses needed them in the slightest. They sounded great by default.
I immediately got the impression that these are working-man's instruments, not meant to be particularly showy, ostentatious, or absurdly polished (though they certainly are pretty), but something you can take on the road with you and enjoy without fuss. It's worth noting that Tim said that this was the explicit design philosophy behind them, which he nailed. Color me impressed - this is a company to watch in the future for sure.
In the same booth were the SonicFarm amps, which also sounded wonderful. I didn't really play around with them too much, I was more focused on the basses, but I managed to grab a blurry shot of them:
Somebody requested more Sandberg shots, so I tried to get some more I may have missed.
Equilibrium Guitars. These were designed with the modern-day shredder in mind: slim, quick neck and jumbo frets that made zooming and tapping around the fretboard easy as pie. The active electronics made it easy to dial in an aggressive middy tone perfect for any modern day metal band. These kind of gave the opposite impression of the LowDown basses: smooth and sleek and waiting to unleash whatever wanky mayhem you can think of. I liked them
speaking of wanking, here's a final shot of yours truly noodling away on that Sandberg puzzle bass:
After two full days at the convention, I'm all NAMM'd out for this year. I'm going to enjoy a quiet rainy sunday and let my feet recover. Turns out Converse aren't the proper shoe for walking around 10 hours a day
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I see by your pics Tech 21NYC has some new 112 cabs out. It's the latest rage!
- Oct 16, 2014
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2018 is calling: Going back to NAMM. What do you want to see?
Don't reply in this thread. This is the 2017 thread. I just wanted to notify people who posted in 2017 that 2018 NAMM is almost here.
Don't reply in this thread. This is the 2017 thread. I just wanted to notify people who posted in 2017 that 2018 NAMM is almost here.
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Cabs with multiple speakers, particularly 2x12 and 2x15 (if anyone dares to make those things anymore!).
Edit: And I wouldn't mind a comment or two about the Genzler Magellan 212, please, especially if Barefaced shows up with their Big Twin and is sitting right next to them and you could compare them!
Edit: And I wouldn't mind a comment or two about the Genzler Magellan 212, please, especially if Barefaced shows up with their Big Twin and is sitting right next to them and you could compare them!
