The Airing of the NAMM Grievances
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2024
- Our battle-weary hosts have returned from the scorched trenches and badge-strewn wastelands in Anaheim, California, and they’re ready to recount what they saw. Welcome to the NAMM 2024 airing of the grievances.
Zach and Rhett are coming at this from two different angles: Zach as a vendor with Mythos Pedals, and Rhett as an attendee and noted UA-camr-about-town. This year marked Zach’s first on the vendor side, an experience he calls “trial by fire on the show floor.” It ain’t cheap to showcase at NAMM, and Zach has some ideas for how to give participants more bang for their buck. The worst feeling in the world, after all, is dropping a mountain of cash to travel to the show, only to stand alone at your booth for four days. (By the way, three days might be a better fit.)
Rhett and Zach share their horror stories-from pushy salesmen in suits to awkward physical confrontations-and forecast some possible solutions before they turn to the auction of a Mark Knopfler guitar for an insane sum. Why are vintage guitar prices shooting up, and how are scalpers screwing up the gear market? Tune in for the juice.
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I hear you on the hassle to make content, but the majority of us don’t get to go so having good creators like you guys making NAAM content is extremely helpful.
Great Content! ... I've watched hundreds of your Contents on all the socials... 😂😂😂Seriously... great conversation... As always I learn a lot and felt like I was sitting in the room with you... In a very comfortable chair
I like the idea of closing off the NAMM floor for the first few hours to "blue badges" only. There's still plenty of time for everyone else to hang out!
In the TV biz we celebrate the 100th episode, it's a real milestone. Congrats!
Can't wait to see Dipped in Tone in syndication on TNT
So good to see you at NAMM Zach. Thanks for stopping by to say hello.
It was the guitar he played ‘money for nothing’ and ‘brothers in arms’ on, the silliest thing was the estimate, not what it went for. There are many things like this in the world, art for instance that go for ridiculous money, so no reason to get annoyed about it.
...rich people are evil to guys who get upset over stuff like this.
I love the NAMM floor videos. You do what you want.
Yes Rhett, I love seeing videos from the NAMM Show.
I feel like having a separate "Media Room" or Hall where interviews and product demos can be scheduled in a recording friendly (i.e., less loud) situation would be beneficial. I also liked the idea of splitting the day between business and attendee. But having a CON vibe would be helpful for NAMM to fill in some of the gaps where attendee and booth numbers have dropped off.
Andertons I think made a lot of content. Between them and Premiere Guitar, it is pretty well covered plus of course the individual companies making some content....
My originals band is called DIP and we refer to our fans as the DIPsticks!
Pretty spot on with the content creation at NAMM. It's hard and if you try to blitz and make tons of product demos and the quality isn't there (because it's hard to make quality content on the show floor) it can end up backfiring and hurting your channel. The fun stuff like the interviews are a much better use of NAMM for creators.
Reflection of the carpet on the bridge cover. I leave it on there because it feels good under the edge of my hand. I thought you would have loved the ES335 or I would have put my R9 Murphy Lab up, lol. Thanks for the "dip"!
To answer your question, Rhett, I don’t get to go to Namm, as I don’t live on the same continent, but I would really enjoy a video from you about « the hang ». Just some snapshots of what you enjoy of it.
Love these talks, congratulations on the work guys.
😢you guys should have booked a killer guest(s)..100 episodes is special 🤘❤️🎸.. congratulations you guys..I love the show and follow both of your channels. It's a wonderful time to be a musician
Just started the vid. I am hoping for 10+ minutes of Peavey chat 🤞
If you’re already going to NAMM might as well shoot some booths you’re interested in-anything that really stands out or is interesting to you.
Let's Imagine for a second that Rather than Come to NAMM, let's just go to the Fender Store and the Gibson Store down the street.......Stores which used to be called Guitar Centers. I used to go to NAMM beginning in the very early 80's....... As for "Yellow Badges"......with all due respect......Lock the Doors.......Guys like You, Rhett, can easily get a badge from a manufacturer.....like the one sitting next to you. :)
I like the NAMM coverage because I can’t get to the show - so to see your favourite UA-camrs hanging with people and checking out the booth is great! And, the chance to meet your favourite brands (like Mythos - Zach) would be great!
I met Fredrick Taccone when he was building amps out of his place in Lido Isle CA. He builds incredible amps. He's been a major influence, not only from a musical perspective. He's a really good dude. Happy to know that D13 is in good hands.
I've been to almost every NAMM since 1980 first as a buyer and, starting in 1986, as an exhibitor. It was "trade only" when I started. It's more like Disneyland now. It's always been the biggest money maker for NAMM with is the the Music Dealers' organization not the Music Manufacturers'. I understand that as the show got smaller and smaller booth pricing had to go up and they needed to generate revenue from the pubic but I don't have that kind of time and money to waste anymore.
Appreciate your insights on the recent 2024 NAMM Show. As past exhibitors we too feel that there needs to be more time for dealer, distributor and manufacturer interaction. They are the ones who help finance these shows and drive new and existing products to retail markets. We shall see if NAMM is listening.
Yes, interested in floor videos...but from as many aspects a possible. One of my favorite things from 2023 was Ryan form 60 CYCLE Hum meeting Mel from Alameda guitars and the content that has come from that.
Great episode guys, thanks for the small shoutout! Vintage guitar prices now are super high as well as amp. 4k ish for blackpanel deluxe reverb, maybe double that for a tweed deluxe...crazy!! How about $300K for a dumble ods??? CRAZY! Great seeing you both at NAMM!
I like me some NAMM content if it stands out. Outside of Premier, all the ones you mentioned were basically making use of the hive of great minds present. So if a booth has a pre-setup recording rig like Mythos it can be great to have a group of creators with different playing styles rapid fire through new pedal -of-the-day to really get the best idea of the ground it covers and it makes a great first point of contact for the listener. Or on the same compare and contrast kind of note, being able to go to all the amp booths and compare the influences and faves of each builder to get a good vibe check is really great for people without great big music shops to shop around in. So if the content is good it's worth pursuing, be it due to a well equipped creator or vendor. But it's just noise otherwise, people aren't that thirsty for NAMM content that they need a rehashing of each new product at nauseum. If anything it's about the hang for them too. They like to know that it's cool people making stuff for them to get excited over and feel a little like they're living it.
There are many things, that I disagree with Rhett. When Im inetersted in one brand, I watch all the videos any youtuber made about them. So I watched like 10 Mythos NAMM videos, 15 Victory NAMM videos etc.
Keep em commin, I love them.
I do like it when youtubers pick the new NAMM offerings that they liked and why. For example the Mule thunder bass would have been great to see and to hear why you liked it.
Rhett: Why is annoyance your default feeling towards a person who has more than you or chooses to spend their money in a way that’s different than you?
Imagine if we did that to you when looking at the $30,000.00 worth of equipment in this camera shot alone. That's close to the median income of an American worker. Love you guys and this channel, but get some perspective brother.
Rhett’s video quality looks so good.
I appreciate this discussion. I’m considering showing my guitars at a future NAMM and this kind of prepares me for what I need to do.
Interesting thing with the SuperConductor is, they used 2 parallel transistors to mimic the asymetrical and nonlinear characteristics of old Ge transistor. Creative people they are.
NAMM is a trade show. It's original intent was to connect people in the industry to sell product. I don't think they should have any general admission at all. I say that as a guy who would love to go.
The Namm discussion is really interesting. Guitar companies of all sizes have leaned really hard into 'influencer marketing' through UA-cam and Instagram, but there's no place for that at the show. The show is for business relationships, but the marketing has evolved outside of it. I get why the big players have moved out, it's because they don't need the merchant relationship building (they get it anyways), and the show doesn't facilitate modern marketing strategy. Big trade shows usually have a media day. It would make sense to evolve the definition of media to include influencers to some extent and help facilitate the social engagement, but as a parallel or even separate activity instead of just happening at the same time as the buyer/seller relationship. The whole Con aspect then gets into another thing entirely. Having a day for brands to develop relationships with UA-camrs and other content creators to facilitate marketing as a relationship just like merchant relationships seems like something that would be incredibly valuable to brands who don't have the savvy to drive it themselves.
I got sick ! Monday after NAMM 2024.
But had a great time !
ZUTA AMPS/ PEDALS
I enjoyed the videos of Tim Pierce and Driftwood guitars. There are way too many product videos but that is the point of NAMM. The public should have a couple of days to be there because we are the end user and its probably the only time we can see most of the products in real life.
NAMM Nashville is on so you've got a solid 4 months to get ready to do it all over again.
My feeling is that Nashville is possibly gonna blow up and be a way bigger event than anyone expected.
People are publishing a lot of content from Nashville and Austin; I think they should start up a competing festival with SXSW and have a tradeshow but a lot of stuff for people to do and see, again more of a festival/event vibe than just another tradeshow trying to stay relevant.
Remember the whole period of time when PAX started getting big - both E3 and CES were concerned as well as MWC (mobile world congress) for a while. They all survived but the landscape is far different than before what was basically an enthusiast group spawned from a seminal webcomic started dropping viral events that were not only attended but the people who did had to fight for the tickets as well as corporate sponsors competing for booth space.
Interesting hearing Zach talk about how much of a difference (in neck width) your left hand can feel. I remember on the Novo page when I posted caliper measurements of neck inconsistencies, he posted in response something along the lines of "those are such tiny differences, nobody would feel that" and dismissed my experience with crazy neck shape inconsistencies.
42:20 LET'S GOOOO CLASS WAR RHETT!!!!
45:20 TAX SHELTERS LET'S GET INTO ITTTTTT
I intended to shoot some video at NAMM, brought a DJI Osmo 6 with Lavaliers and extra batteries, but it was very quickly obvious that it wasn't a great idea as a first-time attendee. I almost got more from the hotel afterwards (hi again, Rhett 🙂) and from Greg Koch's performance (edit: oops, the Koch Marshall Trio!) down in Costa Mesa Friday night - like Rhett said, it was more about the hang with friends and (for me) meeting YT personalities in person.
Tho you guys had a small booth, it really helped that it was an end spot, so we could all kinda gather around the booth
Saw you both at the show. Rhett seemed stressed (at that moment) so I didn’t bug ya. I did stop by the booth briefly, but it was busy.
No vids from the NAMM floor. The booths are in salesman mode and don't have any time for a real interview And it's hard to hear Anything
The Knopfler Schecter Tele was the one that blew my mind. Over half a million USD!
It’s always funny when people (like Rhett) over value old guitars and then are complaining about people who are overvaluing some other guitars. There’s only so many provenance guitars. Like anything price goes up with scarcity. Nothing at all about the auction is like scalpers.
Gilmour’s strat can sell for 3.4 mil understandable it’s Gilmour. But let that old hack Mark Knopfler’s most iconic guitars sell for half a million and we need to eat the rich 😡🤬
It’s all about the music man. Guitars should be free for real musicians. Let those dr’s and lawyers, global businessmen pay extra for theirs.
@@joshuaenos9001 quite possibly the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in a guitar comment section.
I strongly disagree with Rhett about NAMM videos. I love them. I’ll watch videos from the floor from all kinds of different creators because they may have different perspectives on the various products.
Zach, is it better for you if people buy your pedals directly or through a dealer?
Just 2 points… On namm things not getting covered or things being impossible to find coverage of is a little annoying like the new Rivoltas, but a lot of the this is what I found interesting days after Namm type videos tend to be more interesting when it’s not Premier Guitar or similar group (andertons, reverb, sonic state). On Charity Auctions, I really think anything sold for Charity should have an Asterisks when talked about because the charity aspect is going to raise the price of something flat out and has no bearing on the actual worth of something or prices for related things
Love you both… but the conversation about the auction is a bordering on obtuse. You’re givin these opinions, which I totally get, in front of 10’s of not hundreds of thousands of dollars of gear… Gear that the a big % of the average audience member is prolly never gonna get one of, let alone multiple… and that’s not even compared to what that money sitting semi-decoratively on your shelves could do for people struggling everywhere. I’m just as guilty as I am lucky enough to have some great gear too, but let’s be honest, we regularly use a fraction of what’s in our collections.
But just a couple out of 15 Novo’s, or gibsons, or Two Rocks, etc could feed, house a family, and send their kids to school for for a long, long time…
I 100% agree there’s a bright line where the amount being paid for an 83 LP is sickening… disgusting… but there’s a way in which some of this stuff is relative…
Seriously, love yall… just food for thought. In a way, we’re all collectors, just at different levels.
I agree 100% with what you were saying about the Dire Straits auction. You could buy a new tele for like 2k that performs the same as most any other tele. Just seems crazy when teles go for so much... The Suhr Pele is cool and I get why the 84 Les Paul and the Burst went for so much.. The burst is worth sooo much more than the 84 in my mind.... But it is all because of it being associated with a famous person... Rich guys remember that period in their life and want to reconnect with it.
As someone who makes some money playing guitar, but not my living, being able to watch NAMM videos is fun. Basically the inside scoop of what to expect over the next year for gear. That said, I think because of that is should have even less people allowed to go and then more of the people who do go could then produce better content for those not in attendance. For me consuming gear reviews usually starts with Premier or Andertons, and then I go seek out the players I more connect with and get their take on that gear. My biggest far away intrigue is the new Bad Cat, seems like that and the REVV stuff, basically tube amps that allow them to be run silent, are really pushing brands to think about how their product is used. Most of the gear that is purchased is never going to be on a stage in front of 10,000+ people, it's going to be played in bedrooms and bars. So for me, more access to better content would be ideal.
2 days it should be open to the public and 2 days it should be just buyers/media/etc with one of the non-public days being a promotion-centric day
Speaking for a lot of vendors I think…and there’s a reason folks like PRS are asking if it’s worth it. I’ve heard a good many, both media and vendors say they can no longer justify the expense of NAMM, especially after this show. It’s why I haven’t gone, it’s why so many are not. NAMM continues to charge more while continuing to strip away at members benefits. And don’t forget room and board and freight. That’s just a few of many things. I’ve been trying to justify it, but quite honestly, most of us are better off doing things like the Dallas Guitar show or similar. At least there, vendor expense is an 8th of what NAMM charges. And these are shows where vendors are allowed to sell on the floor. Something NAMM won’t allow. It’s just my two cents anyway. I do certainly miss the hangs.
if you aren't already you should call the end of your show "shoyles and shills"
I consider myself a Tone-Head!
This was the first NAMM I didn't hear about before it started
I’m sorry but I cannot lump collectors in with scalpers. As a huge fan of Mark I would absolutely buy any or all of those guitars if I could because of the emotional connection I have with the music. It seems Rhett’s indifference about the artist is shading his view of the values. I would rather have these instruments than any of the “iconic” instruments he mentioned just because of what I feel about the music.
IMHO with the merging of idiots like me being transformed into gear nerds, and makers and sellers becoming content creators? I can't think of any better way to build (not just grow, but build) the community than to tweak NAMM into a 'CON'-ish type thing.
There are ways to layer it so that us nerds aren't harshing your mellow and we can all hang.
Thought experiment: How much would the red strat have gone for if Knopfler sold it? I say 1.5 mill.... It was funny how the auction lady kept saying dollars instead of pounds...
I love this video! So awesome! Got a new subscriber!
I agree with you guys about NAMM content. It's generally not very good. I'm interested in the new Bad Cat Rubicon with the Two Notes integration, so I watched the Andertons video. It sounded good for the 20 seconds that Pete played it, but I don't think that 20 seconds could really help me make a decision about the amp. I'll wait for the demo videos in a few months. I know the purpose of those videos isn't to give a full demo, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to get from those videos.
Bussin
People that buy vintage guitar to resale need to realize that to resale a high price guitar you will probably have to consign it to one of the major vintage stores which will cost you 20% to start off with. Then you will need to be open to offers that the vintage store will probably convince you to try to take. Then there is this, I consigned a 56 , D-28 at the biggest store in Nashville a few miles up 8th. street. They said it needed a fret job, I said are you kidding? It did not need a fret job, not even close. Knowing I was from Hawaii and I probably wouldn't want t ship it back they said " Don't worry, you don't have to pay us for the fret job until it sells" So I bit the bullet. Guitar No.2 same vintage store, I bought a 1947 D-28 on line ( still, the most expensive guitar I had ever purchased) from them which they sold to me as "All Original" (Discussed and confirmed many times with them) Year went by and never really bonded with it. Took it back to them to sell on consignment and what did they say? This guitar has had a fret job. I said no because I had bought it from them and it was sold to me all original. "Silence". and alot of back pedaling at the most "honest" vintage guitar store in Nashville with it ending that sometimes mistakes are made and the fret job wouldn't effect the resale to someone. Probably true but my point is they sold it as "Everything was original" and it wasn't. Guitar 3, Same store, They did an appraisal on a "Parlor" guitar I found over here in Hawaii. No cracks, still playable. The owner of the store who I feel as well as you would probably feel, knows more about acoustic guitars than anyone in the world, said it was a 1885 to 1890 Washburn but said its value was only about 1,200.00. Something that old and playable is only worth $1,200.00? I say all of this because if your going to buy and resale vintage guitars you better be well educated on vintage guitars or you could really be in trouble. Buyer Beware ! I believe that 90% of the tone of a guitar is in the hands of the player. Vintage or new? I have had many vintage instruments. some good ,some bad. I love old things. The strange thing now is I have a 2022 PRS Studio guitar and I have never and I mean never, had so many people tell how good it sounds and plays effortlessly. Its crazy, I never heard the same about my 56 tele or my 56 strat. all though I think they sound great but they never leave the house which is a shame because in the end guitars are mean't to be played and not hang on my wall or the walls of all the Hard Rock Cafes.
Never forget that all the classic music was made on what were brand new guitars at the time. PLAyer like Hendrix et al, literally took new guitars from the shop to the studio. Don't be too surprised when a new guitar sounds and plays good.
@@MrScrofulous Except new guitars then were not the same as new guitars now.
For starters, the woods came from forests which were hundreds of years old whereas today they mostly come from tree farms, max 20 years old.
Pickup materials too were different as were their construction. When Fender, for example, first started reissuing their classic models in the early 80s they found that they couldn't directly reconstruct the pickups as they wouldn't sound right due to the differences in the materials; they had to rely on ear to fine tune the tone. But this resulted in a slightly different sounding pickup and all manufacturers have this issue
Finally the guitars themselves were hand assembled unlike machine-assembled today.
All these things add up to make the guitars from the 50s and 60s different to their modern day counterparts.
@@JohnnyFriendly you’re right but in the wrong way. Almost everything is better in modern manufacturing. It’s much easier today to buy better instruments off the shelf. Yes the old guitars are different. They’re not, however, better.
Rhett judging and begrudging people he doesn't know, who have the money and chose to spend it in an auction benefitting charity; not a great vibe. Shows some generational difference by not appreciating the cultural moment represented by the Money For Nothing song/video. Joe B has spent way more money on way more guitars he'll rarely play, but doesn't get the same shade from RS. Weird.
Aren't you sponsored by Premier Guitar? I enjoy watching good and shorter video's of the show since I didn't go. I don't subscribe to all channels so I don't see them all. I really miss the Nashville show. Its pretty much just guitar stuff.
Love this content 😂 great job
I think Jim Irsay bought DG's black Strat. He travels around with a show of his music/memorabilia and then they put on a concert where Kenny Wayne Shepard plays it during Comfortably Numb.....with Tom Bukovac, Mike Mills, Kenny Aronoff etc....No good billionaires but at least that guitar still gets played i guess. Doubt anyone like Kenny Wayne Shepard will be playing that Money For Nothing guitar
love the show. you guys complaining about what people pay for guitars is rich 😂
We live in a culture of Takers! Take a look around all you see is less and less consideration for other people. The ME is seriously out of control
42:40 it's not too much money, it's money for nothing!
And chicks for free?
34:55 nightmare fuel
This might be a stupid question (related to the Knopfler auction). How much does it affect the overall market when some nimrod overpays for a guitar that's nothing to write home about, beyond the provenance of it belonging to a celebrity? That has to skew used market prices beyond what we mere laymen can understand. I mean, to pay that much for an average guitar just because you can is kind of a d*ck move! Just my humble opinion.
Gone for twenty years. Saying this for 20 years. Split it up into two events. Trad NAMM Mon thru Wed dealers only. Then open to public, sell tickets (split revenue pool to exhibitors to defray costs) and promote to end users. World of Wheels. Get actual interest in the products. Concerts all day in the dome with exhibitors artists jams. It’s not hard.
Rhett, I totally agree with your guitar collector rant. Just the fact that anyone has the mad money to spend hundreds of thousands on a guitar highlights the absurd wealth inequality in our society. It's not healthy for a democratic society to have that disparity.
What is the difference between you paying your most expensive guitar that probably cost you monthly salary and the guy who earns millions and spends his spare money. Plus its investment for him / her. What is most reasonable?
In regards to the auction, I think it's great that money went to charity. Just ridiculous that these guitars go for that much money. I almost guarantee NONE of those guitars will ever get played again, but that's not why they were purchased. They are going into someone's house as a piece in a glass box that says I bought this. If Knopfler had wanted these to be for players he would have sold them to players anonymously, the fact that they were sold this way speaks to the intended buyer.
I am a UA-cam content consumer. I was looking for more videos about the NAMM experience. But I sit on my couch watching videos. Not making them.
well the used market seems to literally be tanking. I wouldn't be surprised if sales plummet for new gear here in the next couple years. So theyll either need to increase prices or cut them bigtime somehow which will come with a drastic decrease in quality. I could see quality dropping nearly as low as post recession after 2009.
Rhett...turn down the bass on your mic. Too much
I think he sounds fine
NAMM floor videos?
Andertons did a series of floor videos there and sometimes you could hear them speaking but for the most part ,..the audio was NOT GREAT at all.
Its like trying to talk to someone in a noisy bar or dance club,.LoL
Good stuff. You guys just don't realize the gravity of your celebrity!
I am not agreeing or disagreeing with this, but I think for the Knopfler guitar's, it needs to be more compared to movie props, or celebrity memorabilia, it almost has nothing to do with it as an instrument, which to me, feels sad.
The Christie’s auction neatly mirrors our broken society. An elite portion of people with more money than sense buying instruments never worth those figures whilst working musicians actually making something scrape a living
Same in Collector cars. I am sorry but your 70 something Datsun 510 is not worth 10K just because it's old
I think the comment on scalpers is a bit Harsh.I think if you have the foresight to see what is going to dramatically jump in value and you make a purchase you have every right to sell it for what the market determines the value, it's not the fault of the seller that it's going for so much. It's The fault of the people that are buying the stuff that want it, no matter what.
NAMM should NOT be open to the public. If u are a nobody and just want to see the new gear and meet celebrities then you should have to go through the trouble of making a relationship with someone who can get u in. Is that really too much to ask? If we let everyone in the purpose of NAMM is null and void, too many people distracting the business.
Namm back or not, the shill is forever, that's for sure.
31:00 I have to comment on Rhett’s awkward interaction with some rep from some big company who couldn’t read between the lines.
1. It’s not rational to write off this company altogether because of the uncool behavior of one person. Collective blame makes no sense. Also, why limit your own opportunities? That’s silly.
2. It sucks that sales rep guy was tone deaf and oblivious and awkward. But you didn’t help at all by not simply saying “hey I’m kind of having a moment here with an old friend - why don’t you email me about it because now isn’t a good time.” How hard is that?
3. Rhett, my friend, you are a public figure sitting in a public space, ostensibly at a public event for industry networking - it’s pretty understandable that someone would think it’s okay to approach you in that setting. Humility will do wonders for your brand in moments like this. How lucky that anybody wants to talk to you at all? Respectfully…
If I may add - Rhett, getting a lil big for your britches bub. Remember, you’re only the star of your own movie. ⭐️ ⭐️ 💫
So many levels of wrong with your reply. When you’re in private time, you should expect different interactions. Sure it’s fine to approach but the rep needs to read the room. Your comment is frankly asinine.
@@StupidGuitar okay, a simple “wrong” would’ve done just fine.
@@BlackGuardBilly the two of you seem more full of yourselves than Rhett was here. It’s kind of funny to see people so high and mighty (you two) while accusing someone else of being the same. Need a mirror?
@@StupidGuitar what you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
I don’t even click on Namm videos to watch them anymore because they are indeed usually pretty much a wash. Poor audio, often times the sales rep describing a new product seems rushed. I would honestly rather watch a produced and edited product demo video whether it’s from a Content creator, like yourself, or even from the manufacturer themselves.
Weird how if you’re “killing it” when playing a song, that’s great. But if you “murder” a somg it means you played it really badly.....
The namm floor vids are usually so terrible
Although I understand your displeasure in the price of a 80's Gibson....I think you underestimate the love in the world that Knopler or MONEY for NOTHING sends out in the world. It's perfectly worth it for someone that is willing to pay for it. I mean none of the guitars that you will own will ever reach these astronomical prices unless either one of you write and play a Sultans of Swing or Money For Nothing. Sounds like you guys are trying to justify guitar pricing....they are just pieces of furniture wood.
No, Namm is not back, its dying.
What an ignorant comment
Proof: your ass.
Gear demos from the NAMM floor are the most pointless thing. Even from just a viewer standpoint it's a bad demo. Now stuff like Andertons walking around making fun of Ibanez names, if you get the right rep who'll play along, those are a fun watch...if they're from day 1 or 2. But trying to do a straight demo....stupid. NAMM floor to me is where you shoot B-roll for a recap podcast.