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NAMM 2012 - Day 3 Wednesday, Build Day

20/1/2012

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Day 3 in Anaheim was build day. So we all started out pretty early for the convention center. Egnater and Deeflexx with, and the suitcase packed to the brim with pedals! 

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Really nice weather on the way there, and the palm tree boulevard is truly exotic for one used to snow covered birches =)

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The convention center is MASSIVE, and having been here before, I know that it can take a really long time to wak through, get our bagdes and registration, but fortunately things went very smoothly for us.

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After check-in, we ran into Ron Thal "Bumblefoot (current GnR guitarist, insane guitar freak and all around nice guy!)

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Setting up our booth was a pretty quick affair, but these things have a tendency to need alterations as we go so we'll see where we'll end up.

For now though, we have a very nice sound with the Deeflexx. Backing track volume is a little low with the Logitech, so we might need to look at other solutions

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When leaving the show, dark had already fell, and I got the chance to take a nice pic of the main entrance =) 
Now we were heading for the House of Blues and the Eric Johnson concert..

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We finally found our way to down town Disney, which is as chaotic at night as during the day. A band featuring native America indians playign flutes and drums were entertaining (at least I think they were Native Americans, might have been from South America, couldn't tell from a distance).

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FInally arrived at the House of Blues, thankfully we beat the rush hour and got our tickets hassle free.

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Inside we met up with Japanese master of Funk and Berklee professor Tomo Fujita, and I got the chance to once again play the role of Casper the ghost in flash light =)

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We also hooked up with fellow some fellow Swedes that were kind enough to buy me the infamous South Park "White Trash" beer. Tasty? no, not so much =)

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Acoustic wizard Andy Mckee was warming up for Eric, and really woved the audience!
(Unfortunately, due to copyright restrictions, any eventual videos from this evening can't be posted here, but I'm sure you'll find some on YouTube).

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And then Eric with band came onstage. Eric played with his usual good guitar tone, and off beat arrangements and unique style. 

However, both I and many others agreed that he sounded a bit "tired" this time, sort of struggling at times even. Still, a legend player!

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But Day 3's BIGGEST shock was surely what happened half-way through the set, Eric strapped on a Les Paul!! That was truly the last thing I expected =)

After the show, we had a long walk back to the hotel, and with sore feet, it was time to call it a night!

Over and out!
//Richard

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NAMM 2012 - Day 2 Tuesday, Day after arrival

18/1/2012

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Day 2 in Anaheim started off with a game of table tennis. Haven't played this since my teens, and man was I ever rusty! Ama (at the right), and Shun put up a good fight too =)

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After breakfast it was time for some coffee at 7 Eleven and a walk down to Guitar Center for amp hunting! Quite a selection of coffee I must say!

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of course , I choose Fusion Energy!
A very nice coffee, with a prominent taste of Lydian b7, and under currents of Diminished and Altered flavors =)

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Then began the walk down to Guitar Center and on the way we saw a car I just had to share with you. I can't imagine someone actually driving around in this monster outside, well, a monster truck arena. Super Size, just like everything else the US I guess! =)

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Finally arrived at Guitar Center, it was a behemoth of a store for sure!

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Inside we bumped in to Swedish guitar builder Ola Strandberg, who makes headless super-ergonomical guitar, with very cool design and ergonomical ideas! Check out his website HERE.

Guitar Center was like a real water hole for us guitar nuts, because we also ran into Jimmy from EM Nordic in Scandinavia (PRS representative) and two forum friends from Sweden (not pictured here).

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We ended going with an Egnater Tweaker combo for the show. For one it sounded good, but also since it has the three distinct EQ voicings (Brit, Vox, US), and also because of the voltage options (110/230V), which means we can use it Frankfurt Messe just as easily as NAMM.

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Back at the hotel we hooked up with the other guys sharing out booth from One-Control Japan
and MOEN Effects from China.

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Here we're back in the hotel room with Steve from MOEN FX, test driving some pedals through the amp.

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Here we have MOEN FX GEC9 Effects Routing System. Not only does it look great, but is a true bypass system, with buffer, fully programmable and that can also control your amp (such as all the switching options on a Mesa/Boogie for example). Very cool stuff!
Small footprint for such a device too.

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Once again we ended up at The Cheesecake Factory!

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And finally, time for todays Cheese Cake, Godiva Chocolate!

Tomorrow we will start to build the booth, and dinner will be had at the Eric Johnson concert at House of Blues, so I'll try to shoot some video then as well.

Over and out!

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