The Annual NAMM predictions rumours thread 2024

In these new Vox HW Amps ..... there is a AC30HW and an AC30HW-X ... I cant seem to find what the X stands for even though it seems to be more expensive ?

Ben
 
GTR37 said:
I think DI is right though this could be the beginning of the end
If we take a company like REVV who has said on a podcast it costs about 70,000 CAD to go to Namm they would have to sell 25 amps just to break even , with all the social media and net promotions available in 2024 is is really worth it , when you can connect with your dealer network and customers online ?
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25 amps if they could build them for free.
 
laxu said:
I assume that cost is including things like flights, hotels, shipping a whole pile of your amp range etc. Especially if you can't just take them to a dealer afterwards, or sell all of them at NAMM, but have to bring them back to Canada.

You can check the prices for exhibiting at NAMM here: https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/exhibit/2024

For example BluGuitar is going to be at NAMM and last year they had I think one of those 5x10 foot spaces that cost $2295 USD, fits a couple of their cabs and a few Amp 1s on top. I think for Blug it's more about seeing friends in the industry who are all over the world.

So it's a shame that tradeshows like this are going away, but also understandable if the costs have become prohibitive. For releasing products in the Internet age it's just easier to control the narrative by releasing your product at the right time, rather than when everyone else is doing it as well.
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Well there's other costs.
In addition to paying for the actually space they ding you with union labor for set up, even.if you do it yourself.
Getting your freight crates from the dock to the booth with your set-up and gear. After having to pay a trucking company to get it from your shop to the loading dock.
Hotel for all the staff, Persien for them.

20 years ago a 10x30 booth ended up being 25k.
Plug that in your inflation calculator.

And the end users impression of however important being seen may be, the one thing that's why more important for small companies is cash flow.
 
NAMM and all the costs involved add up to a hefty sum. And don't forget the parties/alcohol/weed, someone's gotta pay for that too. 😂
 
timbuck3 said:
youre not elected charlie brown yawn GIF by Peanuts
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Not much in the way of guitar-centric stuff (because it's Korg), but that's a boatload of cool new gear from them. Their new synths slay.
 
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Yeah Korg dropped a ton of new stuff and that new Yamaha groove box looks fun.
 
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