Headed to the Winter NAMM Show tomorrow. Have a few things on my list to visit but always interested in what others than can't attend might wish to hear or see.
Visits I make every year, not in any particular order: Collings, Weber, Eastman, Kentucky (Saga), Gold Tone, Gibson if time permits since they usually don't have a lot of mandolin action.
Hunt down and photograph the elusive Fender electric tenor guitar, assuming one person on their staff can find it, unlike last year.
Visit to GHS, Calton, TKL, possibly a few other case manufacturers.
Hunting down lots of folks to visit with that will not be there with a booth but on the floor, like the Ellis crew, Straight Up Strings, Peghead Nation, Northfield, Carters, Music Emporium, Werbins (Elderly), Sylvan Music, Alex Heflin from LA who is attending as a MC guest, etc. etc.
New this year, have a young professional freelance photographer in tow who usually doesn't take photos of mandolins but grew up surrounded by them. Skye Tichenor, who graduated from an Amsterdam based arts school last Fall will be joining me from her new home in Calgary, Canada. First time tagging along for work purposes though she made a visit with me in high school. We have some ideas but no idea how they'll play out. I'm prepared to be schooled
Oh, and of course it wouldn't be a NAMM thread without the fun of tossing out some red meat. There's one announcement we're privy to that will rock the industry that's not on anyone's radar. Nope, you don't know. Brace for impact... wait... wait... Friday afternoon about 2:00 p.m. or later Pacific Time. Possibly later. We'll see.
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