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Notes from NAMM - 2006 - Anaheim, CA
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GUITARS! BASSES! FUN in the SUN!
Hard to believe it's been a year since we were in beautiful Anaheim California for the annual Musical Instrument Extravaganza that is NAMM. For those of you that don't know, NAMM is the biggest Music Instrument trade show in the US, and is where manufacturers from around the world come to show off their latest and greatest. It's an "industry only" show, meaning it's not open to the public, so we try to give you a sense of what it's like to be there.
To experience it for yourself, just stand on your feet for four days, while playing multiple radios on different stations at once at loud volumes, while talking fast and loud to 20 people at once all day. Oh, and don't forget to stay up too late going to the great shows all around, and paying too much for day-old sandwichs. Yes, it's a glamerous event, and we love it. We especially appreciate all the players and independant music instrument dealers that stop by and support us, as they have for the last 30 years. So enjoy these little snapshots from our trip to Southern California.
After that, be sure to see all the new basses in every series!
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Rex Brown of Pantera and Stuart Spector holding a Rex Brown signature model bass.
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Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse and our own PJ Rubal
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US Series Buckeye Burl, showing those famous Spector curves
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A Beautiful example of our first production run of Guitars! Yes, this one is sold, but contact your local dealer to order your today!
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Solo Artist Jo Sallins with Suart and PJ
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UK Rocker Pete Emms with P.J. Rubal and Stuart Spector
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A proud member of Red Sox Nation stops by to check out the new Guitars
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Lynn Davis, the "LA Groove Goddess" brought her Chanel style to the show.
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Doug Wimbish, the Journeyman bassist, stopped by, and after playing for a bit, chatted with Jo Sallins.
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Pablo Stennett, bassist with Jimmy Cliff and Ziggy Marley, stopped by to see Stuart.
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A side view of the Euro series basses, showing the sculpted curves, the massive bridge, and the layered tone woods.
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A ReBop 4 DLX in our new Zebrano wood.
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David Z (ZO2, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Joan Jett) checks out the latest basses with PJ.
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Sean McNabb with Great White, House of Lords, Quiet Riot, and many others
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PJ Farley, formerly of Trixter, now with RA with PJ Rubal!
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Christy Glenn of Stattica with PJ.
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Holding the Spector Guitar is Dave Pearl, from the band Drist, who are featured on the new PS/2 game "Guitar Hero". With him are John Tam, producer of the Guitar Hero game and Corey Fong, brand manager of the game. A couple of us got to play the game, and it was cool! It was great to meet these guys.
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Sprinkle of THE UTMoST
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A Show-Stopping Line-Up of US Neck-Thru and Bolt-On basses with Spalted tops.
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Jerry Scott of the band Healer with PJ Rubal
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Quintin Berry with Grasshopper from Bass Central in Florida, and what is becoming one of the most famous basses in the world. Grasshopper is getting the signature of well known and well recorded bass players from around the world. It's signed front and back and is pretty amazing to see.
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Ray Shindledecker of Breakingform
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Our good friend Adam Phillips from Autumn and Empire is looking to add a new Spector to his bass collection. He also just signed with Transparency Records - Congrats!
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NY based solo artist Chris Kuff
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Mike Duda of the band W.A.S.P
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Dug Pinnick of King's X and Quintin Berry talking bass.
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LA's Matt McKenna
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Our own PJ Rubal trades licks with Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse.
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Producer/Player Ricky Riccardo stopped by.
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To the Top! |
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