smallsnd/bigsnd wrote:sure. there are obviously plenty of fine builders here willing to discuss their wares at length and looking for more retail outlets...
NAMM is very expensive to just have a booth and when you factor in additional expenses it becomes pretty cost-prohibitive for most small builders. obviously you need to spend money to make money (i may do it next year...) but there comes a point where it's tough to weigh the benefits against the costs when there are so many unknown variables. some good points to think about in your initial post though.
What about some sort of collaborative effort? Using ILF for example... All of you guys get together and go in on a booth to help reduce costs or something like that. I've never been to NAMM so I may be naive, and do understand at some point you guys are in competition, but everyone's goals should have some similarities. Just a thought.
if we're being honest, theres VERY little new happening in the guitar world PERIOD and very few people willing to do anything new that doesn't devolve into tonal corksniffy noise wank.
guitar building has gotten so conservative its ridiculous, and i can't say much for amp builders cuz i'm not that into amps
Waterpilot wrote:What about some sort of collaborative effort? Using ILF for example... All of you guys get together and go in on a booth to help reduce costs or something like that. I've never been to NAMM so I may be naive, and do understand at some point you guys are in competition, but everyone's goals should have some similarities. Just a thought.
some of us have discussed that! ALL of us would probably be a huge clusterfuck...
