cragginshred
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My first Namm was an overwhelming experience -as expected.
Got my badge on Thursday afternoon and went in for a recon walk thru.
Arrived at the Boutique amp sector with Sammy Boller in the Friedman booth shredding on the new signature Jake E. Lee head. I got to play thru it too! New amp circuit based on the JCM 800 as opposed to the BE which is based on the Plexi -See Vid
Other observation
-Everything sounded good thru Dave Friedman's rig. I was able to sample Steve Stevens new head and the Jake as well as the JJ and BE Dlx with the tap of a button!
- To the casual observer Namm was actually a big guitar center. A lot of girlfriends in tow dressed like it was a concert. Tons of white noise from ever direction in certain areas. The drum section was particularly loud. Loud was not the issue -I play in a hard rock band, but the sound was coming from numerous directions with layered aspects that was overwhelming after a while.
-Many deals were done as well. The crew I was with bought $65,000. worth of ESP guitars on Friday.
-Kemper had a booth with both a stage as well as a bar type counter with all the modelers and head phones set up. Once you sat down a Coors can was offered by one of the German owners!
-Many booths had head phones set up too with IRs for cabs. Engl amps were in the ESP are upstairs
-All the big names were upstairs. Gibson, Fender, PRS, Taylor. Jackson Charvel and EVH shared a room.
Outside the complex was a stage in front of the Hilton with rotating bands at night.
Nearby was the House of blues where I got to see Andy James open for Gus G while enjoying a 13$ coors light
Got my badge on Thursday afternoon and went in for a recon walk thru.
Arrived at the Boutique amp sector with Sammy Boller in the Friedman booth shredding on the new signature Jake E. Lee head. I got to play thru it too! New amp circuit based on the JCM 800 as opposed to the BE which is based on the Plexi -See Vid
Other observation
-Everything sounded good thru Dave Friedman's rig. I was able to sample Steve Stevens new head and the Jake as well as the JJ and BE Dlx with the tap of a button!
- To the casual observer Namm was actually a big guitar center. A lot of girlfriends in tow dressed like it was a concert. Tons of white noise from ever direction in certain areas. The drum section was particularly loud. Loud was not the issue -I play in a hard rock band, but the sound was coming from numerous directions with layered aspects that was overwhelming after a while.
-Many deals were done as well. The crew I was with bought $65,000. worth of ESP guitars on Friday.
-Kemper had a booth with both a stage as well as a bar type counter with all the modelers and head phones set up. Once you sat down a Coors can was offered by one of the German owners!
-Many booths had head phones set up too with IRs for cabs. Engl amps were in the ESP are upstairs
-All the big names were upstairs. Gibson, Fender, PRS, Taylor. Jackson Charvel and EVH shared a room.
Outside the complex was a stage in front of the Hilton with rotating bands at night.
Nearby was the House of blues where I got to see Andy James open for Gus G while enjoying a 13$ coors light
Was that $65k for the purchase of the entire ESP company?
