Saturday 16 January 2010

NAMM - Day 2

I'm still in awe of how well put together this thing is. I guess they have been doing it for over a hundred years but the sheer size and amount of exhibitors boggles the mind.

JOe and MAC from Two-Rock stopped in to say hi. These guys shipped in a wonderful Jet Sig 1x12 combo for us to use and it sounds spectacular.

Phil from Matchless is here as well and was so great to meet him. He's given us a Clubman rig to rock out on so when it comes to a nice chunky piece of amp tone, we're well sorted.

To add to the joy of the day some incredible players stopped by to say hi incuding Reeves Gabrels. What a legend this guy is, Bowies guitarist for many years and did the 'Tin Machine' project with him. It was a real honour to meet him


Dave Linsk from OverKill who will soon be the proud owner of a Remote Loopy2 and a bunch of other stuff we make


Owen (guitar) and Jason (drummer)from Purple Melon an amazing band from the UK who are out here blowing peoples fragile minds stopped by to say hi and let rip on my tele. There's a vid of Owen on our homepage at the moment, the guy is an astonishing player and the band are incredible. If you're in LA onn Monday the guys are playng the Viper room


Two of our artists Prashant Aswani and Dave Wood bummped into us as well. Prashant is playing shows at NAMM and is one of the guys who seem to be able to play anything without limits. Dave plays for Jesse McCartney, Hilary Duff, Taylor Hicks, Norah Jones (hello ladies)


To top it all off i was finally able to nab a pedal that i've been after for ages. Within the space of a day I had two freinds call and say 'Daniel, you simply have to get a SEVERE from ToneFreak ( www.tonefreak.com ) Dereck from Tone Freak was kind enough to stop by the stand and set up one on my board. This thing absolutely KILLS. The best sounding high gain overdrive pedal i have ever heard, and i think I've probably heard all of them, (i know what you're thinking but I've heard that one, owned that one, and heard that one too) seriously it is a freakin marvel. So its been an incredible day, we're running on pure adrenalin but having the time of our lives.
Day 3 is now upon us, another beauiful day in LA. Here we go ....

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