Sounds great Scott! Love finding those hole in the wall places with delicious food at great prices.
I don't know how long you're planing to stay, but if by chance you're a spicy noodle lover and looking for a delectable dining experience tonight with your honey, try ANQI at South Coast Plaza. A 20 minute drive from Anaheim. Kind of pricey (compared to Los Gueros) but a memorable experience. Vietnamese fusion with very interesting takes on some of the simplest ingredients. Great noodles, and even though it looks shishi, not at all pretentious. As per all of SoCal, casual attire is perfectly acceptable.
http://www.houseofan.com/anqi/
I wanted to thank you for being there this year and hope you can do what YouTube seems to fail at, i.e. show us some acoustic instruments and support gear.
Everything is focused on accessories or bling, stompboxes or microamps, elitist collectibles. Thank God Taylor got any attention for its revolutionary bracing. Either that or, who's not at NAMM this year. It's frustrating for acoustic musicians.
Thanks for the response! Looks like you had a lot of fun at the show!
Thanks for the notes. We returned very late last night, back home in Kansas. Just a one-day event for us, marathon from start to finish. A full day there is as about as much as I want to handle. Neglected to mention got to meet Joe Caruso and his crew from The Music Emporium near Boston. Long-time supporters of the Cafe, good people doing incredible business.
Those that know me better know I'm crazier about food than mandolins, but not necessarily high/fine dining. I like be be off the grid everyone wants to be on. Places with bars on windows, badly painted interiors, hope your tires are still on your car kind of places with people that really know how to cook. The best cuisines of the world are born out of poverty, as is much music. That street taco place is a gem, five star for poor people. We spent a good couple of hours Friday morning at Ink & Bean Coffee Saloon and Wordshop 3-4 miles away from the show. One of the best espresso shops ever. There's also a killer vegan restaurant near there called Healthy Junk that's doing remarkable stuff. I'm no vegan/vegetarian but this food is remarkable. Got a proper Asian noodle fix at the very fine Zzamong in Korea town in a dicey strip mall in LA on the way to LAX.
Thanks for the tip on ANQI. I'll check it out. Also a good Chinese Muslim joint I've dined at 6-8 miles from the show, Mas’ Chinese Islamic Restaurant. How about that name?
Any good music trip has to include a lot of interesting food. It's why Queens is really almost a hobby for me with visits 3-4 times a year just for food exploration.
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Are these new Northfield cases as resistant as Calton or Hiscox? I need a waterproof case for the gigs I can go by bike. Also it's considered a flight case? By the way, the square Northfield Airloom is a secure flightcase?
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She痴 Wayne痴 daughter and is now working out of her own shop in Asheville, NC. Know she痴 building some amazing guitars and ukuleles, but am not certain about mandolins. But, she popped into my head when I saw that question...
Scott, thanks for the pics and commentary! Looks like some exciting stuff happening. Would love to see one of those 915s in person. When I saw the first small pic I wasn稚 impressed, but the full size one you put up is gorgeous! That said, if I were going to get up into that price point for Eastman, I壇 probably go with one of their Giacomel tributes...
Also, very glad to hear TME is thriving. There are some awesome acoustic instrument stores right now, and I love having the options they offer...
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Was this year’s NAMM so dull that the only things worth talking about are some expensive cardboard cases and Taco shops? What about the Weber and Collings booths? Would loved to have more info on the new Myrtle and Cedar Weber for instance. No photos?
If Adrian from Northfield would very kindly answer a question - Could the new Airloom case be available direct from the German manufacturer - Jakob Winter ?. I'm not meaning at 'production cost',but at the cost in Euros or in UK 」's equivalent of the US cost.
This would make it a far more attractive proposition to us 'outsiders',instead of having to fork out shipping cost + tax to import from the USA. It would also give us one additional choice in an already pretty deprive market for a decent case (especially in the UK). We'd still have to pay for 'shipping',but there'd be no tax on it as it's within the EU.
Would it be possible for that to be done ?. It's unfortunate for many US stores/companies,that the increased shipping costs over the last several years,have pretty much prevented us outside the US from buying from them. So,as this case is actually manufactured in Europe,could we source one from there 'direct' without the additional 25% (approx.) add ons ??,
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The noise level in Hall D near the Calton booth was brutal. Some cat demo'ing a plug-in for a guitar across the way that made it sound like the epicenter of a full-scale bomb drop in a war. Drago at Schertler had earplugs he was wearing when he wasn't visiting with someone.
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I'm very glad to see the Punk Rock Girl had returned and still sported that awesome do (in different colors this year). She still looks great and sounds very interesting. I'm similarly all about food on business trips once the business is squared away.
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I love these NAMM threads. It has cost me money. A single picture, on a thread like this, of the National RM-1 when it came out, cracked open my wallet. The moth flew out and somehow funds became available.
I have never been to NAMM but I have been to a few trade shows, in NYC, one show for greeting cards, and another for gifts, and another for scarves, jewelry and women's accessories.
I know that after a couple of hours I was cooked. Your eye can only take in so much new design and flash and dazzle. At some point you just need to sit down with eyes closed. Put on one of those eye masks. Its not pain, not like hurting pain, its just visual overload. All of a sudden nothing is interesting and you are just tired of seeing things.
I cannot imagine combining visual overload with sound overload. After one day, I am not sure I could go back, regardless how much I wanted to. The brain just gets saturated.
Maybe its just me. Maybe I am more sensitive than many. But I think Scott is providing an amazing service here. Seriously. I get to see the highlights and share the enthusiasm, and not have to go. Its wonderful. Scott your efforts on my behalf are greatly appreciated.
I enjoy the pix and reports but have one complaint about the show---none of these mandolins have enough strings.
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Last time I exhibited at NAMM I almost got into a fistfight with the owner of a speaker company whose both was across the aisle from mine. NAMM officials came to his booth to advise him he was exceeding the db level. For whatever reason, he thought I'd "told the teacher" on him and started cursing me out.
When I told him I wasn't the person who "told the teacher" but I was glad somebody did because I couldn't do business with people, he replied, "Hey, Mannnnnn, it's a guitar show. It's s'posed to be loud."
That was my last NAMM Show.
Hi Adrian,
I did read that both A's & F's will fit. Does that include the short neck F4?
The reason I ask, I have a couple fiberglass, or shell cases that are designed for both A & F, but my F4 doesn't fit in them. It 'kinda' fits in one (scary!), but definitely not in the other.
Thanks for any info you can provide.
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