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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #30 on: January 19, 2012, 07:36:42 PM »
Where are you guys finding all this info?

Individual manufacturers' sites, or is there a super NAMM news resource somewhere?

musicradar mate:

http://www.musicradar.com/event/namm/

I'm no big fan of matching headstocks on strats either, but apart from that little detail it looks maghty tasty. The same with the gold Squire strat.


Ah, bless you for that!  :)





Ooooh.


Matching headstock!




Matching headstocks don't do it for me on Strats, but that would be an ace Jaquar/Jazzmaster.


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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #31 on: January 19, 2012, 11:11:48 PM »
Most exciting thing so far is an old looking strat?
Not that there is anything wrong with a vintage strat - just if it is the height of excitement it's a bit worrying.
Surely not the best on offer....unless it's really dull this year :(
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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #32 on: January 19, 2012, 11:15:20 PM »
Surely not the best on offer....unless it's really dull this year :(

I think it is a bit dull, yes.
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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #33 on: January 19, 2012, 11:33:04 PM »
Most exciting thing so far is an old looking strat?
Not that there is anything wrong with a vintage strat - just if it is the height of excitement it's a bit worrying.
Surely not the best on offer....unless it's really dull this year :(

Well, it's the most exciting for me!  Maybe not anyone else.  :lol:

There may be all sorts of exciting developments on the amps and FX front, but I pay less attention to that.

I couldn't say if the whole thing is inherently dull, all those superstratty things look OK.... though hardly anything new there either.  Personally, I'd like to see Ibanez go back a bit further into their history and properly re-issue some older, original models like Artists, Destroyers and Rocket Rolls (and Icemen for Jon!).

Bring back the early '80s!  :P


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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #34 on: January 20, 2012, 12:19:18 AM »
I'm fully loving Fender's Pawnshop Amps.

http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshopamps#PSA-excelsior

A bit silly and obviously style-over-content, but rrp-wise the Excelsior looks like a bit of a deal, and being low wattage and having a 15" speaker, right up my alley.

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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #35 on: January 20, 2012, 12:31:14 AM »
I'm fully loving Fender's Pawnshop Amps.

http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshopamps#PSA-excelsior

A bit silly and obviously style-over-content, but rrp-wise the Excelsior looks like a bit of a deal, and being low wattage and having a 15" speaker, right up my alley.

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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #36 on: January 20, 2012, 12:53:19 AM »
Who knows what they'll sound like, but they look wonderful!  :)
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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #37 on: January 20, 2012, 01:07:23 AM »


the top one
Oh my....
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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #38 on: January 20, 2012, 06:45:34 AM »






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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #39 on: January 20, 2012, 07:48:46 AM »
That last BC Rich needs more switches.

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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #40 on: January 20, 2012, 08:50:32 AM »
It's interesting that BC Rich are going back to the late '70s/early '80s and reintroducing all the complex switching options.  I think they're far too complicated, but it does look right on those guitars!  :D

Presumably the ones with "R" logo headstocks are expensive US models?
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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #41 on: January 20, 2012, 10:54:26 AM »
It's interesting that BC Rich are going back to the late '70s/early '80s and reintroducing all the complex switching options.  I think they're far too complicated, but it does look right on those guitars!  :D

Presumably the ones with "R" logo headstocks are expensive US models?

+1

Those look cool. I like that flat top eagle with the Bigsby too.

And now I just sold a Gretsch White Penguin for being too blingy, the Gretsch custom shop presents this at the NAMM:



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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #42 on: January 20, 2012, 02:30:59 PM »
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Bring back the early '80s! 

Please for God's sake NO! The world doesn't need more pointy-looking guitars  :D
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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #43 on: January 20, 2012, 03:04:45 PM »
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Bring back the early '80s! 

Please for God's sake NO! The world doesn't need more pointy-looking guitars  :D


I'm talking pre-Jem here.  Stuff like this:




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Re: NAMM.. what's caught your eye?
« Reply #44 on: January 20, 2012, 03:14:25 PM »
I like that top Mockingbird!
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