2019 happenings (Summer NAMM p.90)

[Dandolin]

When I look at this, I get the Vaselines in my head, but instead of Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam, I imagine Jimi Hendrix's sister wants her late brother to be a sunflower.

Emblazoned with the trippy, kaleidoscopic designs of award-winning UK-based design crüe ILOVEDUST.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/summer- ... -baby-wahs

mmmmm Authentic
Also, Dime is totes gonna rock that sig

[Chankgeez]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju06eqjZqjE[/youtube]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju06eqjZqjE

I want this... Any ideas on when it's coming out?

Sold out immediately following the posting of that vid at all the junctions (TE official, Adult Swim, etc.), but it's really just a PO-35 with a different skin FWIW

Just saw it at http://shop.rickandmorty.com/

fuck that noise...$129.

Yeah, I've already seen some on Reverb. https://reverb.com/item/26320829-teenag ... ition-2019

The other one was listed at $300.

[popvulture]

Or a Pearl delay pedal.

That Pearl delay is probably just about the only clunker in the entire series.

Don't mind me — I'm just super grumpy today.

[Chankgeez]

[fever606]

OBNE have a couple of prototypes... Signal Blender looks like their take on the EHX Tri Parallel Mixer, and Maw appears to be some sort of vocal multi-fx...

the MAW is for microphones. the MAW is for singing. the MAW is for drumming. the MAW is for whatever you can send through a microphone. XLR in/out, dry XLR out, 1/4 in/out, signal pad, Saturation with tone, blend and input controls, and two effects channels with five possible modes each. reverb, delay, flange, rotary and whatever else you think it needs. and also, a send and return for patching in other effects. this buddy does a lot.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0G4D6kFbW_/

[Chankgeez]

I have forever GAS for a Fender Contempo Organ. I'd pair it with a Gibson EDP and flood the musictable with birch vibes.

[UglyCasanova]

Summer NAMM has been sort of weak, pedal wise? Fair take?

[whoismarykelly]

Lots of pedals that make a big splash here come from small builders who just get lost in the noise of NAMM if they release something during the show. The deluge of new shit incentivizes builders to release new gear any other time if they want to get noticed. Aside from bigger brands that more or less adhere to the trade show interval for releases you just don't see much any more. Also Summer NAMM is tiny compared to the winter show.

[AlexanderPedals]

It could be the graphic design or name. They maybe don't want to press the issue with the original person and possibly get a letter. Maybe they are working something out on that end? Could just be a graphic redesign or thrown in with something else later too.

This is one of the reasons. So far we haven’t been able to find any extant trademarks but we may be be searching in the right places. The other is that the original unit is pretty obscure to the mainstream crowd and I don’t want to spend the marketing dollars to sell 20 of them. Videos and ads cost money.

[alexsga]

maybe you dont realize this but you could sell 20 on this forum no problem then you dont have to worry about ads that cost money

[oldangelmidnight]

OBNE have a couple of prototypes... Signal Blender looks like their take on the EHX Tri Parallel Mixer, and Maw appears to be some sort of vocal multi-fx...

the MAW is for microphones. the MAW is for singing. the MAW is for drumming. the MAW is for whatever you can send through a microphone. XLR in/out, dry XLR out, 1/4 in/out, signal pad, Saturation with tone, blend and input controls, and two effects channels with five possible modes each. reverb, delay, flange, rotary and whatever else you think it needs. and also, a send and return for patching in other effects. this buddy does a lot.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0G4D6kFbW_/

No auto-tune? Or even a harmonizer?

[echorec]

Summer NAMM has been sort of weak, pedal wise? Fair take?

Fair take? Yes. Getting excited for SNAMM is like getting excited for your 26th birthday or something. If you lower your expectations to nothing, you're likely to find some small kernel of enjoyment in it. SNAMM caters much more to guitarists, especially instrument launches. Going back 2-3 years or more, there's been a noticeable deescalation for pedal launches. Part of it I think has to do with the culture of Nashville and some of it has to do with the calendar. If you don't have something ready in January, is there much incentive to hold out for SNAMM in July? A lot of pedals get revealed at the beginning of the year, toward the end of spring (prior to summer touring/buying), and pre-November holiday shopping. Late-July isn't the best time to launch pedals. (tours are underway, vacations/travel & other competing expenses)

Like WIMK said, the summer show is more modest in scale & many smaller brands skip NAMM. YouTube/Instagram/forums are a much better way to connect directly with individual buyers. NAMM is better for networking with distributors and dealers. (which you realize I'm sure) Factor all that in and SNAMM will likely continue to decline a bit, until someone decides to take advantage of the void there.

The most interesting 2019 trend to me was that Superbooth completely eclipsed Musikmesse. Just going back one calendar year, SB completely leapfrogged Messe as the premier synth showcase. Messe came and went with most people not even realizing it had happened. It seemed like SB also motivated companies to skip or downplay their Winter NAMM involvement. For long-established companies (Moog/Sequential/Roland), they can still do both WNAMM & one of the European shows, but if you're a smaller, developing company it might make more sense to connect with synth heads at SB, rather than dealers/distributors/celebrities at WNAMM. That will be something to monitor going forward. Since SB is a newer show, I think the exhibiting costs are fairly reasonable, too.

Trade shows can seem antiquated and unnecessary, but it definitely helps companies grow and expand their supply network. If you look at pedal companies that have really exploded in recent years, most of them followed a fairly traditional method of going to trade shows and forming dealer relationships through in-person encounters.

[echorec]

Now I need to hear someone playing the Plasma & Plasma Coil together.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqkmL8TT62A[/youtube]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqkmL8TT62A

[echorec]

Was this shared recently? (I can't remember.)

If you're not on the Dwarfcraft newsletter, a summer batch of 50 is on the way to dealers. fuzzing July 23rd

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[neonblack]

That plasma coil is cool as shit, but it's gonna be like $450 or something I'm sure.

It's really fucking cool though.