Post #279962 by tiki mick on Sat, Jan 20, 2007 8:03 PM

Had a great time at NAMM 07 yesterday and today. Got there around 12 noon, and who should I run into but Spike (Lucky designs) the leader of the band, Junkbucket. We had a few beers together, and walked up and down the vast maze that is NAMM. Stopped at the King doublebass booth where Spike tried out a new King guitar, and he played some cool rockabilly blues riffs with Jason Burns (CC adcock, The Roadkings, owner of the company, etc..) slapping his bass. I stood back and watched, and enjoyed. Then we walked over to a mallet percussion booth, where we played a bitchin' Vibraphone. I played "yellow bird" and "quiet village" and decided I wanted one..bad....but they are 5000 million dollars, so I decided against it.We walked by the band Korn, (didn't stop, of course) then watched Stevie Wonder at the Rhodes booth.
Yesterday, saw Ronnie James Dio puffing a cigarette outside, Steve Bailey at the Jerzy Drozd booth talking to Jean Baudin playing a 15 string bass. Had a nice talk with Johnny Hatton (brian setzer orchestra) and then walked around some more getting plastered and people watching.