BassApprentice Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Thought I'd start a thread for the new things coming out from NAMM as it's always a bit of fun. I'll start with this - how much you reckon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Haven't been following NAMM a huge amount, no standouts i've seen on socials so far. Reckon that ibby is going to be around the £1,500 mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I remember getting all excited about NAMM and following threads on the Dudepit. I am so old. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 That looks like a regurgitated pizza at 2am on a Saturday morning. However much it costs it's too much. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 To cut a long story short (my song reference of the day ;- ), here is a link to a thread (20 pages!) showing "every bass" at NAMM 2023. Enjoy 😎 https://www.talkbass.com/threads/wintremute-s-namm-2023-every-bass-thread.1603651/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I quickly scanned through that TB thread. All I could think was there's a lot of Fender and Ernie Ball clones and $2700 for the black Aria Pro II SB-1000 and it doesn't even have the original style bridge!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, bartelby said: I quickly scanned through that TB thread. All I could think was there's a lot of Fender and Ernie Ball clones and $2700 for the black Aria Pro II SB-1000 and it doesn't even have the original style bridge!!! Almost word for word what I was going to post. Add to that there were also a surprisingly large number of instruments with fan-frets compared to a couple of years ago. Unfortunately from an aesthetic PoV nearly all of them were horrible looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassApprentice Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 15 hours ago, TheGreek said: That looks like a regurgitated pizza at 2am on a Saturday morning. However much it costs it's too much. You are correct. $10600. Wild 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, BassApprentice said: You are correct. $10600. Wild 😱😱 Edited April 17, 2023 by TheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 33 minutes ago, BassApprentice said: You are correct. $10600. Wild Wait what?? What is it??? It looks like an Indonesian ibanez???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 4 hours ago, bartelby said: I quickly scanned through that TB thread. All I could think was there's a lot of Fender and Ernie Ball clones and $2700 for the black Aria Pro II SB-1000 and it doesn't even have the original style bridge!!! That's why it pays to check out Reverend. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) New Stingray Special colours (from their NAMM blog) - as well as a number of new guitars - haven’t seen any photos of these new pastel Stingray Special colours with matching head stocks in Wintermule’s thread - I presume there may be some there - interesting no 1976 Ray reissue either? Edited April 17, 2023 by drTStingray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) I'm scanning through that Talkbass thread as I type this. About the only things that jump out at me are the Sterling purple-sparkle finished 5H (with the roasted neck) and on one of the photos there was a twin pickup G&L with the original headstock design (not the one that looks like a dog has chewed it up). There were too many fugly basses and waaay too many Jazz/Precision clones with fugly headstocks. The whole NAMM thing all looks a bit dead man walking. I've no idea who was there and who wasn't to be honest. No Gibson or Fender? Edited April 17, 2023 by NancyJohnson peb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: No Gibson or Fender? Dp they need to be there*? They may as well just have a stand full of colour chips... *maybe from a NAMM financial point of view they do, but not for a showing off new products... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, bartelby said: Dp they need to be there*? They may as well just have a stand full of colour chips... *maybe from a NAMM financial point of view they do, but not for a showing off new products... Does their lack of presence reek of complacency or is it just my feeling? I guess if you’re only showing 60+ yr old designs there’s nothing much new anyway - however Rickenbacker seems to be able to enthuse people! No Warwick + Sadowsky either? Or Spector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Just now, drTStingray said: No Warwick + Sadowsky either? Or Spector? No Spector and unfortunately no 20th anniversary EBMM Bongo either 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said: No Spector and unfortunately no 20th anniversary EBMM Bongo either 😞 Oh yeah - hadn’t thought of that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 hours ago, bartelby said: Dp they need to be there*? They may as well just have a stand full of colour chips... *maybe from a NAMM financial point of view they do, but not for a showing off new products... Would probably argue that whether they need to be there or not, they should be there, if that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 hours ago, NancyJohnson said: a twin pickup G&L with the original headstock design (not the one that looks like a dog has chewed it up). CLF design sub section of G&L? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Probably the most dull NAMM! I doubt it will exist how it does in the next 3-4 years. There is just no need for all that expense now. The videos I've seen seem to show it is quiet with mostly Youtube influencers gathering to try get content. They may as well bin it off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 That Squier Paranormal Rascal Bass with two chunky Wide Range humbuckers 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, LeftyJ said: That Squier Paranormal Rascal Bass with two chunky Wide Range humbuckers Tasty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 On 17/04/2023 at 17:48, drTStingray said: Does their lack of presence reek of complacency or is it just my feeling? I guess if you’re only showing 60+ yr old designs there’s nothing much new anyway - however Rickenbacker seems to be able to enthuse people! A friend who works in the industry said after COVID, Fender got better returns putting the $100,000 NAMM attendance fee into direct marketing to end users. NAMM is for the guitar shops to see new stuff and buy stock. Fender doesn't really need that sort of marketing. Their dealers will buy whatever as they have to maintain a certain stock level to remain a Fender dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Summer NAMM has been less significant traditionally than the winter edition from what I've read, and therefore a lot of producers seemed to concentrate primarily on the Feb exhibition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 7 hours ago, LeftyJ said: That Squier Paranormal Rascal Bass with two chunky Wide Range humbuckers Paranormal Rascal, good band name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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