Namm 2025 predictions
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Sascha Franck
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That Nux video, my-oh-my. Present a tuner as the first thing and then keep noodling on a guitar constantly out of tune.
Boudoir Guitar
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“Hey guys, what if we do a bad knockoff on Vox diamond patter that’s far enough away we won’t be told to stop, and a bad knockoff of Charvel lava/crackle finish from the 80s!!!!!”
GTR37
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Did they have the same consulting firm as quilter
Although it does have 8 encoders
Sascha Franck
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Ok, I gotta admit that the Tone King Imperial pedal has my needle moving. I really don't exactly have a need for it, wouldn't exactly fit into the concept of my current board and I'm pretty much sorted regarding all things recording - but still, from what I've heard so far, the tone of the amp (which I always loved) seems to be pretty much there.
Guess it's gonna be quite expensive, so it'll fortunately be way out of my impulse buying leeway.
Guess it's gonna be quite expensive, so it'll fortunately be way out of my impulse buying leeway.
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paisleywookiee
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Yeah the Tone King isn’t my sort of sound personally, but that did sound stellar. Pete’s demo in particular was amazing.
paisleywookiee
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Not gonna lie, that’s pretty hot.
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Collings have a new offset too.
These give me some "high end Ibanez Talman" vibes. And I like it.
GTR37
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I wish they would do that IRX thing with the SLO just through that in a pedal and that would be killer
I think they may but Synergy is kind of like NDSP slow as molasses
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You have read my mind.
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Well it hipped me on to the Korneff Shure Loc-Level ug which I'm demoing right now and I really dig.
FWIW in over 30 Namm shows I suffered through was the interesting stuff at ground or above level.
Always in the basement.
And when I'm at it, I'm.no fan of "influencers" in general but fuck me ever since it more or less became a public show it's been lame AF.
It ain't a damn music store...I go shake my fists at clouds...
Yes, that's what I've been asking for for years. I'm not hopeful from existing digital brands though. Time will tell.
But my post was more in relation to what the amp brands can do to close the gap between digital alternatives.
Sascha Franck
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Ok, I re-watched (or rather re-listened) the Tone King Imperial pedal videos, this time at volume and through headphones, and I gotta say that I don't remember when a DI amp box has impressed me that much (which is also why I explicitely went to relisten, just to make sure I was right or wrong the first time). Has "weight" without getting boomy and "chime" without getting shrill. And tons of that.
Will wait for some proper demos and maybe try to play one myself somewhere once they're available. A very important thing for me would be how well it reacts to dynamics and how well it'll take pedals, but given the sound so far, I could only imagine it to master both extremely well.
Anyhow, while it's possibly too early too tell, this is a pedal I could imagine building a rig around rather than trying to integrate it into an existing rig, simply because it's so great you don't need all that much anymore anyway (2-3 more drive/boost pedals, a flexible delay and maybe some modulation, done).
F*** it, I actually don't want to change my rig. But we shall see.
Will wait for some proper demos and maybe try to play one myself somewhere once they're available. A very important thing for me would be how well it reacts to dynamics and how well it'll take pedals, but given the sound so far, I could only imagine it to master both extremely well.
Anyhow, while it's possibly too early too tell, this is a pedal I could imagine building a rig around rather than trying to integrate it into an existing rig, simply because it's so great you don't need all that much anymore anyway (2-3 more drive/boost pedals, a flexible delay and maybe some modulation, done).
F*** it, I actually don't want to change my rig. But we shall see.
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In a recent Chasing Tone Podcast, the CEO of NAMM said they’re really cracking down on public attendees.
ragingplatypi
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Collings have a new offset too.
Collings always has the best aesthetics for “classic” looking guitars. But I’d probably go for the new Eastmans to get the same vibe for $2000 less.
GTR37
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Honestly at this point I feel like I might as well be looking at the Astro since if I got a Syn20 I would put an SLO 2module in it
My understanding is that the clean on the Synergy is the same and the purple and red galaxies are basically the SLO 2 crunch / OD
