New Bass stuff at NAMM 2026

[kodiakblair]

I watched the Peter K Lee video earlier today.

 

Maybe it was just the stalls he visited but heehaw interested me. Plenty burl tops in evidence and bold colours ; all on the same old standard designs we had for decades.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

[SumOne]

You want something new and different instead of just re-releases and new paint jobs? .....we'll, this is what you get:

 

https://musictech.com/news/gear/groove-thing-music-buttplug-namm/

[NancyJohnson]

Well, as NAMM 2026 is more or less done and dusted, my personal opinion is that it was pretty underwhelming from a bass perspective.

 

The majority of (new?) basses just seem to be reissues/reboots of decades old designs and the amps/processing all a bit meh to be honest. 

 

Where's the innovation?

[SumOne]

 

3 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

Well, as NAMM 2026 is more or less done and dusted, my personal opinion is that it was pretty underwhelming from a bass perspective.

 

The majority of (new?) basses just seem to be reissues/reboots of decades old designs and the amps/processing all a bit meh to be honest. 

 

Where's the innovation?

https://musictech.com/news/gear/groove-thing-music-buttplug-namm/

Edited 1 hour ago by SumOne

[Homatron]

Haha... that ought to be added to the  IEM megathread.

[NancyJohnson]

5 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

 

Four grand.  Jeepers.  It's an SB-1000 with his name on it.  Can't you pick up an original one for a quarter of that?

 

Maybe this'll be the start of something for Aria.  The Buggles edition.  The Planet Earth edition.  Take a stock(ish) instrument, slap a facsimile signature on it, sell it as something special.