NAMM 2020 Bass Preview || New Releases from Ibanez, Kiesel, Fender and More!!

[@patrickhunter]

There's so many exciting things already, can't wait for the show! Hope to run across you at some point on the floor, brother!

[@soundslikeben]

Same here, Patrick!

[@BergantinoAudio]

Thank you Ben, Appreciate being included and look forward to seeing you at NAMM!

[@soundslikeben]

Looking forward to it, Jim!

[@ACGuitarsUK]

Hi Thanks very much for the mention. I will be more than happy to give you a guided tour of all things ACG at the show. Cheers Alan

[@soundslikeben]

That would be awesome, Alan! Looking forward to it.

[@ACGuitarsUK]

@@soundslikeben You can find me at 5840 should be there most of the time.

[@g.matthews500]

This channel rules. Ben's a mensch.

[@soundslikeben]

Much appreciated!

[@Bassic778]

Great preview! I'd like to see David Dyson.

[@soundslikeben]

I’ll see if I can get to his performance

[@Bassic778]

@@soundslikeben That will be cool if you can. The main thing is to have fun!

[@tanx0r]

Hi Ben, Warwick are going to build Sadowsky basses in Europ and China. The Metro Express series in China, and the Metro and Custom Shop models in Germany (as far as I know) under license of Roger Sadowsky. I believe they will bring some German made Metro and CS models with them. Could you check them out and give your opinion about them? That would be awesome, thanks!

[@soundslikeben]

Yes, I heard at about the Sadowsky/Warwick relationship at a high level. Thanks for the extra detail! I’ll check them out.

[@DrummerGrrrl]

As a wannabe bass guitar player, I'm drooling at some of this stuff. I'm primarily a drummer and I'm REALLY excited about new drum stuff! Drool, drool, drool!

[@soundslikeben]

Drool indeed.

[@naiyalexic]

Does anyone who attended 2020 NAMM remember a luthier on the main floor with basses that had a partly fretless upper-scale neck for the high strings only, where the fretless portion was moved slightly to compensate for the positioning (IOW no need to move up or down to finger where the note would be if the fret were there)? It's super easy to play and was incredibly intuitive. I did play the Mattissonbass (amazing) and a bunch of others but I'd LOVE to find that fretted-fretless designer. I should have put in orders then and definitely regret it. Thanks for any help.

[@MadMagicPaul]

Could you ask EBMM if they will do a "Special" update to the USA Sterling basses? Would be great if they got the same treatment as the Stingray did. Get the weight down!

[@soundslikeben]

Cool idea, Magic Paul. I will ask.

[@rome8180]

Really interested in the Ashdown basses.

[@soundslikeben]

I got a walk-through of the new basses from Ashdown. Will try and post it soon. Sooo much video to get out from NAMM.

[@DrummerGrrrl]

Damian Erskine! Is he related to...? Damn! He IS related to one of my favorite drummers, Peter Erskine! Ha! So cool!

[@soundslikeben]

Agreed!

[@mariocortes3632]

Swan!

[@soundslikeben]

I know, right?!

[@rome8180]

I cannot get behind the Joe Dart bass. I don't like how it looks, but more importantly a stripped down passive bass is not what I want if I'm spending $2000 on an Ernie Ball product. I'm saving up for a StingRay 4HH at the moment.

[@soundslikeben]

I am of the opinion that every bass from here on out should have giant knobs. :)

[@rome8180]

@@soundslikeben I don't mind the knob, but it just seems like he wanted a P bass. It doesn't have any of the features that make a StingRay cool. I'm also not into unpainted basses, but that's less important.