Namm 2025 predictions

[2dor]

Does Fractal ever release new stuff at NAMM?

I don't think they even (or ever had) attended.

 

[Tanax]

I don't think they even (or ever had) attended.

Thanks.

 

[laxu]

I hope Nux announces the BumbleBee XL board. The large is fine but I could use just a bit more room.

I wish they would redesign it a bit. Remove the angled part on the side because it limits what can fit on the very edge of the bottom row. I'd also like it to be marginally taller so more stuff can fit under the 2nd row.

The "large" is weird because it's a deeper "medium." It works for large pedals but doesn't fit more regular pedals.

I'd love to see a small size model that is a little bit wider so it can fit 3 small Strymons per row. It's a few centimeters too narrow for that.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I wish they would redesign it a bit. Remove the angled part on the side because it limits what can fit on the very edge of the bottom row. I'd also like it to be marginally taller so more stuff can fit under the 2nd row.

The "large" is weird because it's a deeper "medium." It works for large pedals but doesn't fit more regular pedals.

I'd love to see a small size model that is a little bit wider so it can fit 3 small Strymons per row. It's a few centimeters too narrow for that.

1000% on all of these. Trim the sidebars, raise it up a hair; I'll take it.

I have like 7 boards all of all different brands for whatever dumb reason but I'd be great with all Nux variants.

 

[KingsXJJ]

1000% on all of these. Trim the sidebars, raise it up a hair; I'll take it.

I have like 7 boards all of all different brands for whatever dumb reason but I'd be great with all Nux variants.

It’s hard to believe NUX is being bandied about! Love it, gonna check out their boards. They somehow escaped my geardar.

 

[KingsXJJ]

NAM prediction: NUX releases an $800 modeler as their top of the line. Also, Amp Academy Mark II that smokes everything in it’s class (except Fractal and others at the tippy top) for $250.

 

[OneEng]

Companies don’t need trade shows anymore.

They have digital.

I just came back from CES. While there were plenty of individuals that were interested in our product, that wasn't why we were there (no one sells things at CES or NAMM AFAIK), it was for the corporate connections, distribution partners, parts suppliers, contract manufacturers, plastics suppliers, etc, etc, etc. and potential business partners that you put up a show for.

I am not sure that NAMM has the same gravatas as CES, but one final arguement for a trade show is that it shows a company is serious. I can tell you that even a relatively small 20x20 island booth at CES will run a company around $100,000.00 to $150,000.00 all in. And you wouldn't even believe all the crap that "all in" covers. Shipping of booth to CES, carpet, carpet pad (which is insanely 2 times as expensive as the carpet), table and chair rental, mechanical setup labor, electrical drop (not included with the 20K you pay just for the 20x20 space btw), art work, CES Unveiled fee, Pepcom fee (both are media only events), prototype products, stands, shipping, and of course, a week of travel to Las Vegas in the most expensive hotel rate times every for anywhere from 10 to 20 people within the company to man the booth, supervise the booth setup and tear down, give interviews, take business meetings (a separate meeting room can be rented as well at a silly high price), a weeks worth of product shirts for the company people so attendee's know you belong to the booth and product .... and I am positive I forgot a ton of other things that popped up.

In other words, you must have some spare change in your company, and some intention of bringing a product to market for real to shell out this kind of money. FYI, a 20x20 booth isn't that big either. I suspect that some of the big boys at CES shelled out $500K to $1M for their CES adventure. The money associated with these things is simply insane.... AND my feet and back are still angry with me .

 

[saarangnarayan]

VERY faint but it looks like Marshall will be coming out with a new JCM800:

 

[FuzzyAce]

VERY faint but it looks like Marshall will be coming out with a new JCM800:

Probably a JCM900. It has 10 knobs lined up in the same way.

 

[timbuck3]

Was bluamp at namm?

 

[norminal]

Was bluamp at namm?

Starts next week.

 

[Desertdweller]

it looks like Marshall will be coming out with a new JCM800

Probably a JCM900.

 

[saarangnarayan]

Probably a JCM900. It has 10 knobs lined up in the same way.

I thought it’d finally be the beginning of a modified JCM800 line. Anyway…

 

[Tanax]

There already is a JCM800 20W "Studio" amp. That's most likely a Studio JCM900. That's cool IMO and something that I've wanted, but not really what I was hoping for when Marshall was gonna come back with a splash.

That said, it appears that this is not everything they're releasing. They've also teased the pedals of course. Question is if those are digital like UA's offerings, or if they're analog like Friedman's offerings.

I've also heard that they're releasing (though they haven't really teased this themselves) a full size 100W amp. What it could be is unknown.

Factory modding has been teased by Fluff.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

Probably a JCM900. It has 10 knobs lined up in the same way.

Seems really obvious that this will be the first Tonemaster JMC

And I would buy it if it had an attenuator.

Why?

I am not emotional connected to Marshall enough to care it doesn’t have tubes.

A Tonemaster Deluxe reverb will always feel to me like it’s not the real thing.

Now a Marshall… with a 1 or 3 watt options? I might very well get into that.

Stratocaster in the HX Stomp into the JMC, with baby volumes??

Nice

 

[laxu]

Seems really obvious that this will be the first Tonemaster JMC

And I would buy it if it had an attenuator.

Why?

I am not emotional connected to Marshall enough to care it doesn’t have tubes.

A Tonemaster Deluxe reverb will always feel to me like it’s not the real thing.

Now a Marshall… with a 1 or 3 watt options? I might very well get into that.

Stratocaster in the HX Stomp into the JMC, with baby volumes??

Nice

You could just buy a BluGuitar Amp 1 Mercury Edition for that and have something that is not digital, sounds like a bunch of Marshalls and is tiny. With a built in attenuator accessible via MIDI. Obviously won't have tolex and say Marshall on it though...

I expect that Instagram post is about the rumored factory modded Marshalls.

I was actually surprised Marshall still makes and sells a JCM900 reissue. While that amp is on some records that I like...I would never buy one over a JCM800, Jubilee, JVM etc.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

You could just buy a BluGuitar Amp 1 Mercury Edition for that and have something that is not digital, sounds like a bunch of Marshalls and is tiny. With a built in attenuator accessible via MIDI. Obviously won't have tolex and say Marshall on it though...

I expect that Instagram post is about the rumored factory modded Marshalls.

I was actually surprised Marshall still makes and sells a JCM900 reissue. While that amp is on some records that I like...I would never buy one over a JCM800, Jubilee, JVM etc.

I don’t care about the brand on it if it sounds good.

The only brand I seem to have this emotional connection with is Fender. Doesn’t make logical sense but the heart wants what the hearts wants.

Checked blu is not what I’m looking for. I want the looks of an amp. So like the Yamaha Thr10ii that I have but with the quality of the HX stomp haha :)

 

[2dor]

Probably a JCM900. It has 10 knobs lined up in the same way.

I think it is.
They teased a JCM900 on Facebook with a "snake" imprint on the front-plate fabric & a matching cab with snake-skin tolex.
"Year of the snake" & all that.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Defo looks like a 900 4100 (and not the SLX or MKIII unfortunately).

 

[paisleywookiee]

I thought it’d finally be the beginning of a modified JCM800 line. Anyway…

I think you're right. I really do. In fact, I think they'd be stupid not to do a modified line, with a Plexi and an 800. But their bigger sellers right now are the Studio line, and the next logical amp would be the 900, right? So maybe we're getting a modified 800 big guy, and a Studio series 900? Could happen.