Official NAMM 2011 reports thread

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:32 pm

TJMonster wrote:a quote from facebook after seeing the photo of the 4 vv guitars.
"Daniel Threadgold Firewood series..."

Daniel Threadgold is my brother-inlaw. I starting saying 'Firewood series' when one of the guitarist in my old band started showing up with Ibanez Roadstar, & I would bag him out & make him use my Charvel Mark 4 instead.

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:45 pm

the best fire wood is Ash, I have been told!!

I think we should keep this thread for VV's guitar myself and not anyone elses. I think it will start a who's best discussion, I think a new thread monster guitar v guitarmageddon is a good idea, but not to post it on a direct link to the NAMM guitar. If this is not what every one else thinks I'm going to take a hike for a while. I am not saying it to be a jerk I just think the comparisons should be in a different thread as it kind of makes it out that we are supporting one or the other, in my opinion.

TJMonster · Post by **TJMonster** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:50 pm

oh I was just joking Dino. With the whole TM1 TJM, ya know....

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:53 pm

ok i get it now . i do think its a good idea to have your own thread however.

TJMonster · Post by **TJMonster** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:55 pm

Yeah, Ive got to get some GOOD pics together. I hope to get a really good pic of one of those guitars. Looks like tom did a really great job on them.

TJMonster · Post by **TJMonster** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:59 pm

Its driving me nuts I can't see the inlay shape!!!!!!

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:18 pm

Thanks for the photo.
Looks nice and glad to see they actually made it.
I wasn;t in the market even at 1k but still nice to see.

Any news on the CD(s?) at the booth?

Brooklyn_Born · Post by **Brooklyn_Born** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:20 pm

These guitars do look damn sexy though! Can't wait for more pic's

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:24 pm

TJMonster wrote:Yeah, Ive got to get some GOOD pics together. I hope to get a really good pic of one of those guitars. Looks like tom did a really great job on them.

Spoken like a true scholar & gentlemen TJMonster

Post by **Genebaby** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:47 pm

I am sure the inlays would be the same as seen on the first Pear. Where are the better pics??????

Skwint · Post by **Skwint** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:37 pm

thats a shit load of money for a guitar - i couldnt and wouldnt justify buying it - does look good though.

Now where is Vinnie.

Shred4hire · Post by **Shred4hire** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:51 pm

i agree tj

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:52 pm

Skwint wrote:thats a shit load of money for a guitar - i couldnt and wouldnt justify buying it - does look good though.
Now where is Vinnie.

How can you tell it's a good guitar?

Shred4hire · Post by **Shred4hire** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:56 pm

heres another picture

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:00 pm

chris bickley wrote:
heres another picture

Shred4hire · Post by **Shred4hire** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:35 pm

thanks metaron i cant figure out that image posting thing

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:39 pm

Is the leg I can see at the right side of the pic the leg of Vinnie's woman??

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:17 pm

wolfgang161272 wrote:Is the leg I can see at the right side of the pic the leg of Vinnie's woman??

YES

Skwint · Post by **Skwint** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:24 pm

metatron wrote:
Skwint wrote:thats a shit load of money for a guitar - i couldnt and wouldnt justify buying it - does look good though.
Now where is Vinnie.
How can you tell it's a good guitar?

i cant - which is why i said it does look good. i look i make an opinion.

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:29 pm

I have to say that I can tell when a guitar is going to be great just by looking at it.

Most of us on this forum that play a bit can just tell.

VVV · Post by **VVV** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:30 am

So who is at the booth? Will he be there I wonder? What's the dealio?

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:32 am

I know someone that asked the fella working the booth if Vinnie is going to be there and this person said he didn't know if Vinnie will make an appearance or not.

VVV · Post by **VVV** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:47 am

OK, I've got a friend (MAB's guitar tech for this run of shows) heading over there.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:51 am

VVV wrote:OK, I've got a friend (MAB's guitar tech for this run of shows) heading over there.

This should be good

VVV · Post by **VVV** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:19 am

No VV today. Maybe tomorrow. Got a price sheet. 8 page catalog is $50

Post by **Genebaby** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:44 am

Can someone get a price sheet for me please? As many as possible for people here that want one?

Who is the guy manning the booth then?

mp5999 · Post by **mp5999** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:51 am

any chance if I paypal you the $ you would get me a catalog???

Post by **Genebaby** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:00 am

There aren't any catalogs there, which is the problem as Vinnie wants you to send a check and he'll send the catalog when it's "ready".......when it's "ready".......

Are they allowing people to touch/play them? Did they bring amps to help with trying them out?

VVV · Post by **VVV** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:08 am

I really can't call or text him now. They're doing MAB's sound check for later today/tonight. I'm crossing my fingers he shows up tomorrow~

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:16 am

You know for some strange reason I can see Pink's guitar player getting one of them. I can imagine her saying on stage,"What do you think of Justin's new guitar? F*cking awesome! And it's the right colour. Are you with me people?" etc....

Shred4hire · Post by **Shred4hire** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:23 am

im happy its there and im glad they may have made a nice guitar but for the price its stupid and really disgusting and im def NOT buying one and i wiull not recomend any one buying it.

Shred4hire · Post by **Shred4hire** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:30 am

sorry. good luck Vinnie i wish you well as a fan but as a realist.. what ever dude

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:35 am

We can only hope that it's a speculative price and the real price will be lower?? Then Vinnie would definitely move some of them!

Shred4hire · Post by **Shred4hire** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:21 am

buy a TJ monster its a great guitar and every bit as good as his.... lets face it, tj's is a custom how much BETTER is the pear VVV custom guitar ? ( you'll never know anyways becuase its 12 grand) i mean really ... its like steak it can only be so good .. after 50 bux it dosnt taste that much BETTER to me.... just sayin ...

Bendeko53 · Post by **Bendeko53** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:51 am

i must admit i was skeptical that the booth at namm would be set up at all. so full kudos to vinnie, the guitars look really, really cool!
unfortunately i still stand by my Dr Hibbert laugh at the price tag

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:10 pm

metatron wrote:
chris bickley wrote:
heres another picture

Is the man standing next to Diane's Leg her father or the owner of TM1?

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:25 pm

Uncle Kev is SLAYing me !!!

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:56 pm

TJMonster wrote:

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:33 pm

Is that a push-in arm hole on that trem????

TJMonster · Post by **TJMonster** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:51 pm

nope, thats a floyd pro.http://www.gpdusa.com/Floyd_Rose_Pro-Fl ... ome_1.html

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:06 pm

Yeah, I knew it would be, just that the threaded sleeve that comes up out of the base plate wasn't so obvious. Take better pictures Rick!!!

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:19 pm

The headstock days AZG. A bit confusing.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:24 pm

Looks like it says Guitarmaggedon where the 1992 version had Vinnie Vincent.

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:29 pm

It looks very good.
Seems that they have no publicity yet. We need a good shot or video.
I am not sure why the company is called guitarmaggedon but the guitar says azg. That would be confusing to explain for resale.
But they look great.

Post by **Genebaby** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:28 pm

I do hope it's a genuine Floyd Rose Pro and not one of the many knock offs of the design.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:43 pm

TJMonster wrote:

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:10 pm

From Chris:

thattimeofyear87 · Post by **thattimeofyear87** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:31 pm

Just back from NAMM. Went by the VV booth twice. The second time, I was there for almost an hour and chatted with both Tom Palecki and Vinnie's wife, Diane Cusano, who was very nice.

WIll have a full report shortly, and I have plenty of photos and video to share. As for the photos, I took many, and tried to get some shots of the guitars from a few vantage points. Here is an example of how close I was able to get. (According to Palecki, this is a George Lynch Screamin' Demon Seymour Duncan pickup, and as you can see, it is indeed a Floyd Rose Pro system, but more on that in my report.)

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:35 pm

Alright!!! Thank you!!!! Can't wait.

Please post pics as large as you like they will be re sized to fit but will still be available full size.

Streetbeat · Post by **Streetbeat** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:43 pm

wow tim ..those are amazing ,can't wait
BEAUTIFUL GUITARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!