NAMM 2012 Coverage

[Predator1]

Have the links expired? I cant view them.

[roodyrocker]

Have the links expired? I cant view them.

They should all still be good. I clicked on them from here a minute ago and they all worked fine.

[Predator1]

I finally got to see to see them and man you took a lot of pictures. Thank's!! I will say that the Charvel booth was a let down. Chinese guitars and Custom shop guitars that look like household furniture. The lack of Pro Mods should have been a clue that something was going on, not even the Hot Rod Chrome? Very dissapointing indeed.

[roodyrocker]

I finally got to see to see them and man you took a lot of pictures. Thank's!! I will say that the Charvel booth was a let down. Chinese guitars and Custom shop guitars that look like household furniture. The lack of Pro Mods should have been a clue that something was going on, not even the Hot Rod Chrome? Very dissapointing indeed.

Yep, lots of pix. Ya gotta love digital a couple CF cards will hold hundreds of shots. On the Charvel booth, yeah there were lots of Chinese Charvels but they're trying to compete with the younger guys playing Schecters, LTD's, etc... Those aren't aimed at the San Dimas Charvel fans. The custom shop stuff admittedly was a small display but the stuff looked killer! I was just happy to see Charvel out on the main floor at NAMM and with a nice big display! I hope they do well. I also hope that as younger players grow up they will gradually move from Chinese Charvels to the USA Custom shop stuff. These younger guitarists aren't going to start right off the bat with an expensive USA Charvel.
As for the Promods, those are now built in Japan and they had a few on display.

[roodyrocker]

Here are some links to a few videos I uploaded to Youtube from NAMM 2012. They are of the Jackson and Charvel booths plus a couple from Jet City Amps since someone requested demos of their new Earhart 50 amp. I also have a video showing a demo of the new Fishman wireless Guitar Synth pickup which I haven't uploaded yet. I filmed it using a Kodak Playsport and I'm having some issues getting my computer to recognize it. The ones below were shot with my Zoom Q3HD.

Jackson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF90UNr8Vf0

Charvel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qrSJHig9UU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0MxnzIdfOk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJBsh3cDx7E

Jet City Amps Earhart 50:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=253bPoC6ISw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I4AzArlrko