NAMM 2009 Roundup
Now that the 2009 NAMM show has concluded, I’ve decided to consolidate a few of the guitar-related press releases and Guitarbalooga posts related to the show in this post in more-or-less chronological order.
Comprehensive NAMM Coverage from Harmony Central
G-Major 2 is based on the highly acclaimed G-Major platform, but offers new and updated effects and features. G-Major 2 houses effects ranging from delays, reverbs and modulation that helped define the industry. It boasts all-new takes on Tri-chorus, through-zero-flanger, modulated delays and Univibe, each created with impeccable TC Electronic quality. G-Major 2 dynamic controls include Noise Gate, EQ and Compression blocks.
George Lynch Performing Mr. Scary at NAMM:
Martin/Roland Partner for new Preamp
Roland and Martin Guitar, producers of the finest acoustic instruments, have partnered to introduce the new Roland AP-1 preamp. The AP-1 will be available in several new Martin models which include the 00C-16DBGTE, DC-16OGTE and the OMC-16OGTE. The AP-1 is Roland’s new onboard acoustic guitar preamp. It uses Roland’s advanced Composite Object Sound Modeling technology to produce three body-specific tone variations and includes a programmable seven-band EQ, anti-feedback control, digital chromatic tuner, digital reverb and LCD display.
Steve Morse at NAMM:
New Kirk Hammet and James Hetfield ESP Models
The legendary guitarists of METALLICA, Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield, have worked with ESP Guitars to create their newest additions to the ESP and LTD Signature Series. The ESP KH-2 Ouija and LTD KH-Ouija are the latest models from Hammett, while the new James Hetfield model is the ESP Iron Cross.
Saint Blues Guitar Workshop celebrates 25 years since it first exhibited at NAMM. As part of this celebration, Saint Blues added several limited run, “25th Anniversary” guitars from their USA Workshop Series. These Workshop Series guitars feature only handpicked, finest select woods, components produced by the most renowned boutique builders in the USA, expert finishes in nitro cellulose, and unique designs and configurations only possible with small-batch production.
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3
Native Instruments updated its guitar amp modeling and effects software, Guitar Rig 3, adding several new features and fixing numerous bugs in the application. The company released the software as part of its presence at the NAMM music show being held this week in Anaheim, Calif.
IK’s Stealth Pedal/Cakewalk UA1G (note that the article lists it incorrectly as the IA1G)
The idea: you use [IK's Stealth Pedal] to control a particular parameter (volume, wah, whatever) on the included AmpliTube2 software, which mimics the sonic characteristics of various amplifiers.
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The new UA-1G from Cakewalk (owned by Roland) is probably more useful for most home musicians, especially those who want a quick and dirty way to record ideas to a laptop
Expanding on the top-selling CUBE-60, the CUBE-80X delivers a massive 80 watts of power through a 12″ speaker, and features a switchable clean and lead channel design derived from its predecessor.
Craig Anderton Electronic Guitars for Cakewalk Rapture
Cakewalk announced Craig Anderton’s Electronic Guitars Expansion Pack, for Rapture and Rapture LE. Using Rapture’s advanced engine and unique processing options, Craig has turned the sound of the electric guitar inside-out to create stunning synthetic sounds that retain the guitar’s organic qualities.
“Dimebag” Darrell Abbot Amp from Dean Guitars
Dean Guitars has just unveiled the new “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) amp called Blacktooth. Grady Champion, one of Dimebag’s former techs who’ll be hitting the road with BLONDIE later this year, demonstrated the amp earlier this past weekend during this year’s NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
After forging the sound of aggression for more than 15 years, Peavey is making its highly respected, high-gain 6505® Series amplifier available for the first time in a 1×12 combo-amp configuration.
Mesa Boogie, a musical instrument manufacturing company in Petaluma California is showing their new Electra-Dyne(TM) guitar amplifier at the NAMM 2009 show in Anaheim. Deeply rooted in the Best of the Brit lineage, the Electradyne takes modified English gain sounds and sorts them into Lo and High regions. These two choices are combined with a retro-minded, American-voiced clean “channel” and linked to one mini-toggle that gives you three of the most classic sounds in Rock and Roll on one switch.
Peavey announces the debut of the new Peavey 3120™ high-gain guitar amplifier head, a versatile three-channel amp with 120 watts of power and a trio of distinct voices capable of producing guitar tones from crisp and clean to total high-gain saturation.
In addition to releasing its high-end RP1000 guitar pedalboard at the NAMM music show in Anaheim, Calif., Digitech released four other guitar pedals for Mac using guitar players.
IK Multimedia on Thursday announced the upcoming release of AmpliTube Fender, the newest member of the AmpliTube guitar amp and effects modeling software.
Partnering with Fender, IK will release a collection of 45 pieces of gear in the new software package. Included in AmpliTube Fender will be Fender’s Twin Reverb, ’59 Bassman LTD, Super-Sonic, Metalhead, and the ‘65 Deluxe Reverb, among others.
Microsoft’s Audio Torture Device (Not sure if this is really NAMM related, but the David Lee Roth thing is hysterical)
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