PHOTOS from Summer NAMM! UPDATED JULY 10!

[Jon Chappell]

NOTE: As of July 10, there are now a bunch more pix, courtesy of Rick Landers of Modern Guitars magazine. Check 'em out later in this thread. -Jon Chappell

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The EZ-Slide was originally designed to help guitarists who had lost a finger, had arthritis, or had other problems that required a prosthetic device for playing. Basically, you hold it down on the fretboard with your left hand, and it fingers a major or minor chord, depending on how you hold it. But the inventor also calls it "training wheels" for guitartists who are just starting out. I'm editing a video on it now -- Craig

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Some Music Man guitars. Unfortunately, you can't really make out the purple sort of finish on the guitar...it's a very sutble overlay of color that shows only under certain lighting conditions. -- Craig

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The King company was big on stand-up basses. -- Craig

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Nik Huber guitars had instruments with blue LED fret markers...this one was already sold.

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A Nik Huber bass - nice wood!

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Electro-Harmonix had the usual collection of cool little toys. The Metaphors is designed specifically for bass, with crunch, compression, and EQ. Note the Direct Out - I think E-H has figured out that a lot of people use their boxes in the studio for recording. -- Craig

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DigiTech's RP-500 - they definitely got the form factor right on this one. It uses all-metal construction and combines RP technology with some of the GNX technology. -- Craig

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One of the RP-500's big deals is that there's a switch that cuts out the amp sim section. The idea is that if you're using the RP-500 in the studio, you can switch in the amp sim but if you're playing live, you can forget about the sim part and just treat it like a floor board set of effects. I've already edited a video on this - it should be live soon. -- Craig

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A close-up of the "vacuum cleaner"-type switches.

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This is Yamaha's Audiogram 6 USB interface, which I believe will street for around $150 - pretty for a six-input interface. There will be a video on the Audiogram series. -- Craig

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The Audiogram interfaces feature Yamaha's "one-knob" compressor technology, which is showing up in a lot of Yamaha gear. -- Craig

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Steinberg showed their new controllers and interfaces for Cubase. Although introduced at Musikmesse (there are videos on them in the Messe report in the theater), they're now closer to reality. -- Craig

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Here's a closeup of the CC121 controller. --Craig

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Belkin's Go Studio turns an iPod into a field recorder. Note the mics on the side: They rotate to change the pickup pattern. There's a video on this, it should be in the theater soon. -- Craig

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Note the gain options, low cut filter, and limiter - good idea. -- Craig

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I/O includes combo 1/4" phone/XLR jacks, as well as a 3.5mm input. -- Craig

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Ace guitarist Johnny Hiland and ace luthier Paul Reed Smith. I got some footage of Johnny playing his PRS at the Peavey booth, it's really hot and will be showing up in the Theater soon! -- Craig

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Here's Roland's new portable recorder, the RH-09HR. We have a video of it in action, featuring Roland's Amanda Whiting.

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Yes, it has a reverb! -- Craig

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Edirol's UA-25EX is a USB interface with a lot of features, and is built like a tank. A video is on the way... -- Craig

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Here's a picture of the "Great Wall" of NAMM. What they did was dedicate the 200 row of booths to tiny, low-priced booths where just about everyone could afford to strut their stuff. If you're familiar with Winter NAMM, this was kind of the Nashville equivalent of Hall E.*And like Hall E, this is where you can find all kinds of cool little toys...as you'll see in some of the videos :) -- Craig

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Another view of the Great Wall. It reminds me a bit of shopping in Shanghai, where there are tons of teeny shops packed into a shopping zone. I kind of expected to see a booth selling fake Rolex watches and another selling counterfeit DVDs. -- Craig

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The Chirp virtual keyboard from Tanager lets you use a QWERTY keyboard as a controller. I whipped out my Mastercard so I could use this on the plane ride back from Nashville, but they didn't have any copies for sale. -- Craig

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A close-up of the Chirp drum pads. You'll see more in the video that I'm editing. -- Craig

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Electro-Harmonix showed a Big Muff for bass. You'll hear it in the EH video. -- Craig

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Smart AV showed the Tango, a console/control surface with a huge touch screen. It's going to list for around $7500. -- Craig

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You can work on an arrangement level from Tango's screen. -- Craig

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These are made by the Helmut Guitar company. And that's not just a German guy's first name, either. --Jon

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AMT had a bunch of effects that are designed to work in the studio as well as onstage. -- Craig

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Here's a closeup of one of the AMT tube-based effects. -- Craig

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AMT also makes an AC adapter for effects that has gobs of current and several different types of voltage outputs. It was one of those "picked up the night before the show" products! -- Craig

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Another AMT effect. I just happened to like the way this looked, so I couldn't resist a photo. And of course, there will be a video of all this stuff... -- Craig

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At the sE Electronics booth, Bobby Cochran (son of Eddie Cochran, who wrote "Summertime Blues") was playing acoustic guitar into the sE GM10 acoustic guitar mic...which as you can see, clamps on to the guitar. Yes, you can move around while you're playing, no problem. There's a video that's already edited with Bobby demoing the GM10 at the sE booth. -- Craig

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This is the Guitarmidor, which maintains a constant temperature and humidity. But man, it's pricey! You can see all the details on the video. -- Craig

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Proof that they're able to keep the Guitarmidor temperature at 65 degrees. Come to think of it, given Nashville's climate, sleeping in it might not be a bad idea. -- Craig

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CruzTools makes tools for motorcycle maintenance, but they've branched out into tool sets for guitar maintenance. Actually there's more to the story than that, but it's all explained on the video that I haven't edited yet, but will soon :) -- Craig

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Here's the complete CruzTools setup kit for guitars. -- Craig

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O.K.! Just what is this and who makes it?! I know it's a digital, multitrack recorder but I need specifics!

[Jon Chappell]

O.K.! Just what is this and who makes it?! I know it's a digital, multitrack recorder but I need specifics!

It's the Smart AV Tango (a hardware DAW controller). Check it out at www.smartav.net

Also, there's a video of it on Musician's Friend: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/namm/videos

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I am NOT doing a performance of "Walk Like an Egyptian." Although frankly, I have no idea of what I was talking about... --
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That's the 2050 in the foreground. --Jon

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[jaxn slim]

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Awesome! Thanks for posting all the pics.

I thought these guys with the art deco amps were my favorite booth... really nice guys, too. And the amps sounded great.

I saw Johnny Hiland there, too. He was a lot shorter than I had imagined. I also saw Victor Wooten, Vince Gill, and a bunch of other people that I recognized but couldn't place.

[MikeRivers]

O.K.! Just what is this and who makes it?! I know it's a digital, multitrack recorder but I need specifics!
Nope, it's not a digital multitrack recorder, it's a DAW control surface. No audio goes in or out of it. It's from SmartAV (http://www.smartav.net/), the people who made that large console format controller with the bowed strip across the back.

[NITEFLY182]

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Nik Huber guitars had instruments with blue LED fret markers...this one was already sold.

Thats not a Huber. Hes probably representing Auerswald at the show but that may be a ritter. They both do off-the-wall stuff in shapes like that.

[Anderton]

Thanks for the clarification! It was at the Nik Huber booth, but all the people at the booth were talking with others when I stopped by...

[Jon Hiller]

I had posted these in the effects forum this morning, and Jon asked me to post them over here too, so here they are....


First up is someone who used to post here, I think his name is Brian, the IndyGuitarist.com guy. He had a bit of a crowd at his booth both times I went past so I was only able to get him with his back turned, but you can see a bit of his stuff between him and the guy who he is demoing the stuff for:

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Next up, the Belcat pedal booth. I wanted to go back and check these guys out, I have never seen their pedals, but they make bridge pickups for acoustic guitars that I have seen which have been pretty good. Their pedals looked very well made, and those little things that are stacked in the background on the left side and lit up are some sort of miniature guitar tuners. They also had a very heavy-duty looking pedal tuner which you can sort of see in the right background.

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This is the Zuni Guitars booth. This guy owns and operates an old-fashioned root beer saloon about 15 minutes from where I live and he also makes his guitars in another part of his building there.

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Some Retro-sonic pedals... their chorus pedal sounded amazing!

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A very cool-looking and good-sounding stand-up bass. Apparently this caught a few peoples' attention, as I saw pictures of it elsewhere as well...

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Greasy Groove corp. I had never heard of them, but they had a huge display of pickguards and custom neckplates, and other custom parts.

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the other half of Greasy Grooves' booth:

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Some T Rex pedals. This was another one I was going to go back by and check out but I didn't get time...

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Apparently Harmony Guitars are back and in a big way. This is one of the new guitars from their booth:

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Jose Ramirez classicals:

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Lehle:

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The 65 Amps booth:

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A nice-looking new mic from ADK:

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Some Jay Turser guitars. The tele looked really good in person!

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Hagstrom showed some new acoustic guitars. I had a couple minutes to check these out. They seemed pretty nice but I was kind of surprised to see they were Chinese-made since Hagstrom is from Sweden. They looked and sounded good, regardless.

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Some Walden guitars. These photos didn't come out quite as well as I'd hoped, I kept getting bumped while I was trying to take them, and there were quite a few people in and out of the display too, which, while good for Walden's business, isn't so great for taking pictures:lol:

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Samick's Greg Bennett limited edition 50th anniversary Royale. I got to spend some time at this booth because I had to wait a few minutes for my rep, so I got to take this one down and play with it. This is a limited run model with a custom neck inlay and it comes with a custom case, too.

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Surfing With The Alien. I wanted to take a little more time at the Ibanez booth even though I'm not a dealer for them, just because they had a LOT of really beautiful instruments on display, but between the crowd at their booth and my not having much time, I didn't get to go back. Note that there are two different versions of the guitar, one that's more expensive with a sculpted body and one that's just painted. Both looked very cool, though.

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A Vai pedal...

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A Baldwin piano:

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[Jon Hiller]

I picked up BC Rich at the show, so I got a few minutes at their booth. Here's James (one of the guitar teachers at my shop with an Avenge:

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My daughter Maddie next to a 10-string Bich:

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A Kerry King signature V model:

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A white Virgin model

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James with a Warbeast Trace.

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Next, the Kustom Double Kross amp. Unfortunately this one was not a working model, so I didn't get to hear it. There has been a lot of buzz over this amp, as Kustom has hired amp designer James Brown (he designed the original 5150 amps, the Peavey Classic series, I think the Triple X series and JSX amps as well) away from Peavey and this is one of his designs. 4 channels (well, actually, 3 channels and a boost), and supposed to be able to create a BUNCH of different tones.

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A couple pedals on display at the Creation Audio Labs booth. I didn't get to hear these, but they looked cool....

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And lastly, this guitar was a booth or two over from the IndyGuitarist booth, and I just thought it looked very cool:

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Overall, I thought it was a pretty cool show, not as crowded as others I have been to, either in the number of attendees or in the number of vendor displays, but we got some business done (picked up Kustom, BC Rich, Rockfield Pickups, and did a scheduled order with Samick/Greg Bennett), and got to play with some new stuff. I didn't see many "famous" people at this show, but that's not really what the show is for.

One other quick note, I got to spend about 15 minutes in the Behringer/Bugera Amps booth. I thought the Bugera stuff was pretty cool for the money. There are definitely better sounding amps, but the Bugera stuff seems to be the real deal, for those who are curious about them.

[IndyGuitarist]

Thanks for the mention! :)

Some more pics I took:
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[Kayzer]

I WANT MORE PICS!!!!

[bieke]

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great pics !

[Anderton]

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great pics !

We have learned from the Master of Trade Show Pictures... ;)

[Anderton]

I WANT MORE PICS!!!!

As soon as I finish rendering my last 5 videos, I'll be sending more photos to Jon, who will prep and post them. So...more pix to come!! Glad you like 'em!

[sabluka]

I already invented the mic holder but never pushed it..Hmm!

[Jon Chappell]

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While not exactly a pro audio show, ADK, Sennheiser, Audio-Technica, MXL, and several other mic manufacturers had booths. -- Craig

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Attention drummers: Clamp this fan to your drum stand, and you'll have a nice breeze. Don't try this if you're a singing drummer, though :) --Craig

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The Bogdon cardboard box bass. I didn't believe it either, so check out the video. --Craig

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More Bogdons.

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And of course, a bevy of Bogdons. --Craig

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No photo can convey the cool look of the finish on this custom Martin guitar. --Craig

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HC moderators Dendy Jarrett [left] and Jon Chappell [right] have a laugh, probably at my expense :) -- Craig

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Dendy Jarrett - yes, this is the guy who retrieves passwords, solves problems, and deals with as many as 3800 emails every day from the HC community. He's also a very nice guy, a great drummer, and a good friend who really cares about Harmony Central. -- Craig

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The first of three Joe Satriani limited edition guitars at the Ibanez booth. -- Craig

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The second of three Joe Satriani limited edition guitars at the Ibanez booth. The Silver Surfer decoration in the middle is a 3D sculpture. This is cool. -- Craig

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The third of three Joe Satriani limited edition guitars at the Ibanez booth. -- Craig

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NAMM had some exhibits from their Museum of Making Music. This is a vintage LinnDrum. -- Craig

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A bunch o' ADK mics. -- Craig

[Jon Chappell]

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The O-Tray drink holder attaches to mic stands. This was one of the "Great Wall" booths. -- Craig

[Jon Chappell]

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A Peavey JSX amp. Yes, I know it's not a new product. But the chome and blue LEDs look so friggin' cool. -- Craig

[Jon Chappell]

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If you go to NAMM, one thing you'll find out mighty quick is that there ar 4,550,592 pick manufacturers. -- Craig

[Jon Chappell]

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Another entry from NAMM's museum: A vintage Rickenbacker. Gorgeous!! -- Craig

[Jon Chappell]

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SIMS showed their Jammate keyboard. There's no video on this, although I did do a video of their Hipster guitar practice amp. -- Craig

[DiscoFreq]

Great pictures! It seems all the big sites switched to video, but I think a lot of people don't have enough time to look at videos.

Do you have a good picture of the JoeMeek Floor Q? I only found videos...

[blueschick]

Checkout these pics. of the Harmony Central Video crew in action at the Daisy Rock Booth interviewing Blues Artist Lisa Lim and Tish "President" of Daisy Rock Guitars. The Harmony Central Crew was a blast to interact with! :cool:

[Anderton]

Thanks for posting those! Jon's always the one who gets to do Daisy Rock...my turn next show!

[Jon Hiller]

I found some more photos.... This first one is a new guitar pick that's made of wheat and is supposedly biodegradable. I have spent a little time with it and other than it being a touch thinner than I normally use, I would rate this product an "A". I figured it would tear up pretty easily but so far it hasn't done so. James (the guitar teacher from my shop who went to NAMM with me) got a heavy Wheatware pick and it's very cool as well. Very low pick noise with either the light or heavy, and they seem tough as nails considering they are a wheat derived product. The company is called "wheatware" and can be found at www.wheatware.com.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008167.jpg

Next is another new pick that I have grown fond of, it's very articulate and seems to be good quality material. We got a couple of these and have abused them pretty hard with good results. The company is called "Rick Rock".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008168.jpg

The Pick Card people were everywhere....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008170.jpg

As evidenced by the next example being Bugera's pick card....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008171.jpg

[Jon Hiller]

Next up, the "V Pick", which is made so that it's the same tip shape no matter how you pick it up. Handy if your picks have a tendency to slip a bit while you're holding them:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008172.jpg

There were also giant picks. This big pick was from Pickworld.com, and the Wheatware pick next to it is a standard 351-size pick, just for comparison.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008174.jpg

And then there were the picks that you can get that are imprinted with someone's fingerprints.... kinda strange, but I think the idea is that if they're imprinted, they won't be as easy to drop or to move around in your hands.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008175.jpg

This was a company that I wanted to go back and take a couple pictures at their booth but I didn't have time, and the two times that I did walk by them I couldn't get a shot because of the crowd, as their booth was in the walkway area on the 2nd floor. They make a tray that will sit on top of your amp to hold stuff. This is probably a must-be item for those who have a habit of setting a drink on top of their amp, lol. You can find them at www.amptoppers.com.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008176.jpg

[Jon Hiller]

Sorry for the pics of swag in the last couple posts, but I did think that those were worthy products that some might want to know about.

Next, a couple photos from the Charvel guitars booth:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008078.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008077.jpg

Ted Wade, author of the Fast Hands Drum Stick Control book and dvd, teaching my daughter Maddie how to do a drum roll on a cool old marching drum.... You can find his stuff at www.tedwadedrumming.com.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008061.jpg

Next, a few guitars at the Daisy Rock booth

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008032.jpg

[Jon Hiller]

A nice Lake Placid Blue Music Man bass:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008014.jpg

And lastly, after getting there early Saturday morning so we could avoid the lines at the registration booth, and then having to wait 45 minutes for the doors to open, here's Maddie after seeing them starting to let people in (FINALLY! as she says, lol).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/JonHiller/Summer%20NAMM%202008/summernamm2008007.jpg

[Kayzer]

No Pics from ESP, BC rich, Jackson, Rico or PRS?

[Jon Hiller]

No Pics from ESP, BC rich, Jackson, Rico or PRS?

I posted a few photos of BC Rich a few pages back. Jackson I didn't have time to go in and take photos, as I was pressed for time, the Charvel guitars were outside the Fender/Gretsch/Jackson/Charvel room in the hallway so I walked past them. I did not see Rico guitars there. PRS was there but I think they may have been in a room, I'm not sure. I know that I didn't stop at their booth, again a matter of not having enough time. I KNOW PRS was there, though, as I saw Paul at a couple different times when I walked the main floor.

BC Rich didn't have a real large booth at this show, and they shared it with Traben and Michael Kelly, who are both owned by the same parent company as BC Rich (Hanser Music). Also, my rep told me that something happened to their display, and they just put together what they could get their hands on at the last minute. I don't remember if he said their display got broken or lost by the airline, but I'm pretty sure it was one or the other. That may be part of the reason they had a smaller display as well, seeing as they didn't have their actual display fixtures on hand.

[Kayzer]

^^ thanx for the info! Every 6 Month i am waiting to check the namm pics of my favorite manufactures but this summer namm has really less picture so i am desperatly looking for pics at the web and here of course...

[Xance]

PRS was there but I think they may have been in a room, I'm not sure. I know that I didn't stop at their booth, again a matter of not having enough time. I KNOW PRS was there, though, as I saw Paul at a couple different times when I walked the main floor.


Paul was there but PRS didn't have a booth.

[Jon Hiller]

^^ thanx for the info! Every 6 Month i am waiting to check the namm pics of my favorite manufactures but this summer namm has really less picture so i am desperatly looking for pics at the web and here of course...


I think a lot of people didn't expect much this year because apparently the crowds were really, really thin last year at Summer NAMM in Texas. I had one person who works for a company I deal with tell me that they talked to more people on Friday alone this year than they did ALL weekend last year, so attendance was apparently up. But I'm sure that lower expectations probably played a small part, as did one other thing: The INFOCOMM trade show was the same week as summer NAMM, and it was in Vegas, so a lot of companies had already made plans to be in Vegas and didn't have resources and/or time to make summer NAMM as a result. So there were several things in play, but apparently it was a better show in a lot of ways than last summer's show.

[LavaMan]

I think a lot of people didn't expect much this year because apparently the crowds were really, really thin last year at Summer NAMM in Texas. I had one person who works for a company I deal with tell me that they talked to more people on Friday alone this year than they did ALL weekend last year, so attendance was apparently up. But I'm sure that lower expectations probably played a small part, as did one other thing: The INFOCOMM trade show was the same week as summer NAMM, and it was in Vegas, so a lot of companies had already made plans to be in Vegas and didn't have resources and/or time to make summer NAMM as a result. So there were several things in play, but apparently it was a better show in a lot of ways than last summer's show.


I was a great show! I echo these comments. I was in Booth 2022 and had constant traffic...much better than Winter NAMM...

[wheat]

This first one is a new guitar pick that's made of wheat and is supposedly biodegradable. ... The company is called "wheatware" and can be found at www.wheatware.com.


Dang! I meant to look these guys up at the show. My actual given name is Wheat Williams III, and my family has been using the Wheat name since my grandfather was born in the 1890s. I should be able to get some sort of product endorsement out of this (or maybe just a free pick...).

I understand they make drumsticks too.

[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[Jon Chappell]

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[RaWksLUt]

There is def. some sweet gear in those pics.

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BOYEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

[Anderton]

Hey Rick! Great photos. If the magazine thing doesn't pan out, you could always have a career as a photographer :)

[Smachimo the T]

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I'd like to know more about this girl. :love:

[Anderton]

I'd like to know more about this girl. :love:

There's a video featuring her in the Summer NAMM 2008 coverage in the Theater. Look for the Trega guitars video.

[Smachimo the T]

There's a video featuring her in the Summer NAMM 2008 coverage in the Theater. Look for the Trega guitars video.

Thanks :)

but now what about THIS girl:

http://jonchappell.com/hc/snamm08/JCNickSterling.jpg

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Oh.. wait a second....:cop:





(ugh! being a member of HCAF for 3 years makes me socially inept!)

[iamgodsvek]

i thought for sure that was a girl until i read her name, er, his name

[iamgodsvek]

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not to troll or nething but i listened to this dudes shit and...quite annoying. SUXS. plus having my chemicle romance and pantera both on your myspace top immediatly makes u an idiot in my book. plus he's got pics of him and like...everyone!!! is that like credibility? Dimebag threw me off a roof into a pool when i was like 10, am i cool now?

plus he looks like a woman...oh well, back to Marduk
\m/

[MakuseruSukotto]

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Man, I miss him in Fuel.

[winker]

You guys cool! Great Photos, Great guitars, great People, Everything's Great.. I love that red Guitar.. Can I have it???

[fantasticsound]

http://jonchappell.com/hc/snamm08/AUT_0181.jpg

Any special reason you failed to mention Thom was humping for a really neat travel guitar company, Voyage-Air? Their acoustic guitar and electric guitar prototype fold at the neck/body joint. The electric sounded fantastic. (I couldn't really hear myself on the acoustic, but if Thom likes it... ;) )