NAMM news

[Chris P.]

I'm gathering all the NAMM news for our website. I made some articles about all, but in Dutch. Here's all the news I know. I guess you can find the websites yourself for more info?

Aguilar Hot Series P and J pickups
Ampeg PF-800 Portaflex tranny-head 800W
Ampeg B-15N - Again an all tube, limited edition Fliptop.
Aria Cliff Burton Signature
Ashdown 100W tube amp
Ashdown Wojtek Pilisomething sig amp (light weight)
Ashdown Little Bastard 15. 15W tube amp for recordings!
Ashdown Dr. Green effects. Cool looking cheaper effects
EBS Billy Sheehan Drive
Fano has a nice new classic looking bass
Fender Pawn Shop Bass VI
Fender Pawn Shop Mustang Bass
Fender American Vintage Series (love the LPB Jazz with matching headstock)
Fender Custom Shop '51 Relic and P with two '51 pickups and Tele headstock
Fender Select active J
Gibson LP Standard
GK series of small heads and powered (!) cabs
Höfner Gold Label. Basses in this series will follow. Bit custom shop-ish
Jackson Concerto Bass
Jackson Ellefson Kellybird Pro
Lakland shortscale hollowbody. New design.
Laklands with spalted tops
Markbass MultiAmp
Mike Lull JT4/5 and Nonrev Bird
MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe
MXR Bass Drive M86
NS Design NXT Omni
Pigtronix Bass effects
PRS Core Basses
Sadowsky onboard preamp
Schecter Nikki Sixx
Schecter Johnny Christ (Avenged Sevenfold)
Spector NS5 USA
Spector Coda Pro (Korean Codas)
Status Chris Wolstenholme Signature (Muse)
T-Rex Sweeper 2 Bass Chorus
Traynor Small Block bass combos
Vintage violin bass with pick ups close
Warwick 8x10 and 2x10
Warwick LWA1000 light weight 1000W
Warwick Rockbass Star Bass and Triumph Lite (EUB)
Warwick Streamer CV. Streamer with pickguard, less frets than normal, vintage colours, passive, JJ.
Warwick Rockbass 32" 5-string Corvette
Warwick W-bass. W-shape body. Cheap and made a bit as a joke for promo.

I'm sure more will follow. Anybody got more?

[Dave W]

Thanks, Chris. Not much really new and exciting, is there?

[jumbodbassman]

for ampeg fans i thought there was a strong rumor about a V4  and a poor mans b15

[Aussie Mark]

Ernie Ball have the Sabre reissue

[TBird1958]

 Mike Lull and his Non Reverse Thunderbirds, 4 and 5 string 

[Chris P.]

Cool!

[Denis]

Looks nice though I think the pg could use some fine tuning.

[4stringer77]

Well looky here, new Starfire.

http://www.lamusic.ca/Guild-Starfire-Electric-Bass-Cherry-Red-with-Cas-p/3792400866.htm

[Dave W]

Well looky here, new Starfire.

http://www.lamusic.ca/Guild-Starfire-Electric-Bass-Cherry-Red-with-Cas-p/3792400866.htm

There's a thread on the Starfire here: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=7682.0

[saltymonkey]

Looks nice though I think the pg could use some fine tuning.

That's the first thing i thought when I saw those pics. There's something a little off with how the guard sits in relation to the horns.

[drbassman]

That's the first thing i thought when I saw those pics. There's something a little off with how the guard sits in relation to the horns.

The guard is totally wrong in relationship to the body.

[nofi]

someone had to do something to a tb to shake up the design a bit. it looks fine and i'm sure it will sell.

[dadagoboi]

The guard is totally wrong in relationship to the body.

He should have consulted Scott on the p/g, it looks like it was modeled after a BaCH.

[the mojo hobo]

That's the first thing i thought when I saw those pics. There's something a little off with how the guard sits in relation to the horns.

The pickguard on the Lull looks off because the neck is sunk into the body more than on other NR birds. The bridge is also closer to the edge of the body.

[dadagoboi]

The pickguard on the Lull looks off because the neck is sunk into the body more than on other NR birds. The bridge is also closer to the edge of the body.

That may be true but it doesn't justify not taking the time to get the proportions more visually pleasing on the p/g.  If necessary you hire a professional to do it, it's not that expensive.  IMO there's no excuse for bad design on a bass costing over $3k.