Winter NAMM 2019 (ultra Pic-heavy)

[wintremute]

Vigier

 

[wintremute]

A random bass player in the wild!

 

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Minarik Guitars

 

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Paul Lairat

 

[wintremute]

So back to Ana Karina Sebastião. It turns out that I missed her playing at the MarkBass booth. To be honest, even if I had been there that place is always so packed I wouldn't have been able to see anything. She told me that she played Tagima basses, and that she'd be playing at their booth at the end of the day.

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A worthy entry for the Purple Bass Club.

Her pedal.

 

[wintremute]

And that's it for today's pics. I took over 700 today, plus some movies I'm going to try to upload.

I'm going to try to post some more personal photos on Instagram, and you can check those out here: Charles Larson (@charles.larson.9) • Instagram photos and videos

 

[bench]

They were explaining to me about the bridge system. Each string has its own bridge. The unique part is the how the string connects to the bridge. You remove the ball, and loop it on.

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This looks interesting. Checked the webpage. They have a video on how to cut out the ball ends and the price for four bridge units is rather steep, but i´m intrigued...

 

[Jeff Scott]

They were explaining to me about the bridge system. Each string has its own bridge. The unique part is the how the string connects to the bridge. You remove the ball, and loop it on.

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This looks interesting. Checked the webpage. They have a video on how to cut out the ball ends and the price for four bridge units is rather steep, but i´m intrigued...

Like a mountain dulcimer.

 

[The Rage]

Bought a Genzler magellan few months ago (killer amp BTW), and now there are those picks of GK, GRBass, Darkglass, Quilter... Good days for bass amps.

Any Spector booth?

 

[Midak]

Sub'd!

 

[howlin]

forgive my ignorance if this has been covered, but when did 2Tek bridges come back? or is this just a one-off with a NOS bridge from decades past?

He has a NOS 2Tek bridge left so he used it on that bass. I wish he hadn't used that bridge as I think those are the ugliest bridge I've seen. Beautiful bass though.

2TEK has been available from Warmoth for quite some time. Having had a 2TEK installed on an early '90's Jazz V I have to say it's a work of art and a very efficient bridge, especially on a 5-string. It cleared up a floppy B-string and the little bit of extra weight helped with neck dive. If I could have found the right p/u's [the Kubicki electronics were just too sterile] I never would have sold that bass.

 

[sPiKi]

Thanks for posting all these fantastic photos and putting us right there at the show. Love seeing the weird and wonderful (and so many ugly headstocks!).

 

[HeavyJazz]

Epifani was back (he wasn't there last year).

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This amp was so light it was scary. Seriously, I could lift it with my pinky and I don't think it could be used as a paper weight.

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Ceramic?? Or more Neo stuff?

 

[ModuMan]

Enfield Guitars and SimS Pickups.

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As a Prince fan I appreciate that they did an homage to his Warwick Thumb with the Eye graphic. But disappointed it doesn't look that great. :/

Thanks very much for all the pics!

 

[iomamo]

And that's it for today's pics. I took over 700 today, plus some movies I'm going to try to upload.

I'm going to try to post some more personal photos on Instagram, and you can check those out here: Charles Larson (@charles.larson.9) • Instagram photos and videos

Many thanks for the photos.

I must say that - from what I've seen so far - there's very little that appeals. Even from brands I ordinarily like, it seems that NAMM is taken as an opportunity to present the gaudiest paint jobs and most highly (dis)figured woods. Not my thing at all.

 

[Fathand]

A lot of traditional basses and stuff that looks familiar already.

Padalka, Adamovic, Ritter and the new Nordstrand bass caught my eye. Sad thing is that the last one is the only one I could possibly consider buying (and the only thing outside the boutique section).

Plenty bass amps to choose from too, and that's good.

 

[Ian Trusheim]

@wintremute any chance you can stop by Aguilar, Trickfish/Serek booth?

Or did I miss the posts in this thread?

 

[lamarjones]

Yo, great work man!

 

[PraiseBassing]

@wintremute Thanks for taking this task on for us!

 

[lamarjones]

Thanks for this thread, wintremute!

Thumb bass is one of my fave sounding basses with least fave ergonomics. I have sold many Thumbs due to pain in my left wrist and thumb. Warwick knows all about this. If they designed and manufactured a metal upper horn extender (ala Steinberger) they would sell many. They would likely also sell many more Thumb basses. Anyone from Warwick R&D/marketing lurking here, or anyone know someone in that area? Oh well, a person can dream, right?

I will never understand Warwicks ergo game. I get that a few dig their narrow spacing and short upper horn bodies, it's got a certain look feel. The only body shape they have that comes close to bringing their bodies to a normal orientation is the fortress. Have you seen the attempts at making a streamer with a longer upper horn? ***? And the whole broadneck thing. A standard 4 is 19mm spaced at the bridge, Fender 5s and smiths and roscoes are 18mm, full size spacing like MTDs sadowsky and more are 19mm for 5s. Their options are 17 and 20. How do you not account for the vast majority of 5er spacings out there? And no sizing down the broadnecks to 19mm isn't the same with the size of those necks. I can only think of the Yamaha JP6 as having that much width. It's nuts, but it's kind of like it's their goal to alienate those wanting traditional ergo. And I've been a fan and player for a loooooooong time......