NAMM Stuff - not modem friendly

Doctor J

Some stellar woodwork from F Bass :eek:

Gaspode

Mmmmmm, all very nice. Cant decide which I like best, its between the 3rd and 4th ones.

feylya

The black one with the white epoxied grain :eek:

Dord

Very nice! I like the black one with the white grainfiller. :cool:

Dord

High 5 Feylya!

Doctor J

Jaysus, get a room, lads

Dord

Shup! :mad:

Any more tasty stuff that we can expect for NAMM? other than the usual Ibanezeses that people post here.

Karl Hungus

Got any Ibanezeses to post?

Rigsby

Beautiful basses. They really are unusual looking.

Patricide

the third one is :O :O :O to say the least.

Parsley

I like the one with the maple fretboard...

Dord

New Gretsch Electromatic G5122





Also available in black and walnut stain.

Dord

Reverend Ron Asheton Signature Volcano

Korina body, 24-3/4" scale, set neck, 3 P90's.
Available in see-thru orange and also black. Also available with a trem.

Dord

New offerings from ESP/LTD

feylya

3 8 stringers? Interesting.

If that Rob Arnold had a neck pickup, I'd be seriously interested.

Dord

Yup, it seems to be the hot new thing for 2008. Extended range seems to be the way to go, with even Fender catching on bass-wise.

Karl Hungus

Wow. A whopping 3 8 strings? That is something I had not expected. Especially considering the fact that 2 of them are Stef Carpenter signiatures. Has he even used an 8 string on an album before? I would've expected Meshuggah, or Dino Cazares to be the first to have a signiature 8 string.

Still, very interesting news.

feylya

Eh, don't both Mesuggah and Dino have signature Ibanezs?

Doctor J

feylya wrote: »

If that Rob Arnold had a neck pickup, I'd be seriously interested.

That fact that it doesn't is the appeal

feylya

Meh, I just want a KH-4

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote: »

Eh, don't both Mesuggah and Dino have signature Ibanezs?

Not production ones, no.

Frank Bullitt

Those ESP's are amazing!!!!!

Patricide

God that steven carpenter ................i wanted one before, now i must have one. Also the rob arnold and the graphics series........by god.

Esp just goes to show are THE premier guitar makers out there at the moment, they listened to what people wanted. I havent had so much gas since i played a prs for the first time.

Dord

More ESP/LTD

Dord

Also, new Dan Amstrong Guitars! :eek:



These ones are made of wood, but share the same shape as the Plexi. Retail is $529.99.

feylya

TBH, unless Eggle come out with something new and/or amazing, nothing will compare

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote: »

TBH, unless Eggle come out with something new and/or amazing, nothing will compare

Eggle 7 String?

SxE Punk

As far as I know the guitar that Dino plays, in Asesino at least, is currently a prototype 8 string Ibanez model.

Back on topic, in the first set of pictures, the open pore finish with the black grain looks off the chart.

feylya

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Eggle 7 String?

I'd be all over it like a rash on a fat girl who's all over cake!

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote: »

I'd be all over it like a rash on a fat girl who's all over cake!

Gross... But I concur.

Dord

Fender changes for 2008.

American Standard - They've abolished the S-1 switching system, added some new colours, added a higher mass bridge for the basses, and better tuners all round. Also they come with a new SKB style case.

Also, new to the MIA standard gang is a 5 string Precision. Yep, straight forward Precision, none of that PJ stuff!

American Deluxe bass models will now have Hipshot ultralites.


Only downside is that the price has now gone up for MIA instruments.


Full article here > http://www.gearwire.com/fender-american-standard.html

fish-head

All of Gretsch's new gear is just fab..



There's David Lee of the Legendary Shackshakers sig model. Very unconventional for Gretsch but I really like it..

And to those more budget minded..



Dig that!

There's loads more but I don't want people to mess their trousers at work.

Dord

fish-head wrote: »

All of Gretsch's new gear is just fab..



Dig that!

There's loads more but I don't want people to mess their trousers at work.

Too late

That green one is hot! Whats the model no.?

Dord

New Fender American Standard 5 String Precision Bass





Me wanty!

Patricide

Bout time fender started doing more 5 stringers. Found it impossible to get a 5 string fender jazz bass with a maple neck and black block inlaysa blac and k body. God i would be all over that bass like feylya on a 7 string eggle.

Doctor J

I think it's a backwards step getting rid of the s1 switch. Granted the switch itself was a bit too fragile and awkward, but the options it provided were valid and they could have put in a push/pull pot or something similar and kept the system. Bad form from Fender IMO.

5 string Ps just don't do it for me. That pickup looks wrong, wrong, wrong. Two string retainers too, it looks bleedin crap, just put a bar in FFS :mad:

Patricide

Yea the s1 switch gave it a nice bit o versitility, didnt notice it was gone till u said it. True its not that nice to look at but great for anyone whos wanted one before and couldnt get one.

Question slightly off topic, but what the hell do string retainers actually do?

Doctor J

The head stock on an Ibanez or Gibson for example tilts back after the nut, meaning the string are pulled down at an angle onto the nut. The Fender headstock design runs parallel to the neck, although at a slightly lower level, if you look along the neck. The likes of a G string or high E on a guitar, bearing in mind the height of the string post, has barely any break angle over the nut at all... which is bad, hence all Leo's stuff (Fender, Musicman, G&L) all use string retainers to create that angle.

The_g-man

I should wait the extra day or two for bigger pics, but so far this looks interesting [at least to me:rolleyes:]:




New drawbars and new series of cards with supernatural splashed all over the boxes. Then from their videos for the atelier organs:
http://www.roland.com/demos/en/i0062/index.html
Some very big downloads there but they demonstrate the supernatural sounds as very similar to the "articulate phrase synthesis" from the V-Synth GT.

Johnny Storm

Patricide wrote: »

Yea the s1 switch gave it a nice bit o versitility, didnt notice it was gone till u said it. True its not that nice to look at but great for anyone whos wanted one before and couldnt get one.

Question slightly off topic, but what the hell do string retainers actually do?

I'm just guessing here, but surely the S-1 switch is still on the American Deluxe strats? Where it's always been???
Personally I have thought for a long time that Fender are ****ing themselves by having such a bizarre and unneccessarily elaborate and confusing range of models.

Patricide

You got a point but still, 5 strings are pretty popular these days, not having a selection of them was just stupid imo.

Voodu Child

Here's some more Namm stuff...
These have been on Thomann for ages, but without any pics: 2-ch JVMs.

Not my cuppa tea, but anyway, there ya go, cheaper JVM for those who don't need all the channels.