Centaur Guitar at the NAMM Show. Vol. I

This post was written by Little Big J on January 15, 2010
Posted Under: NAMM 2010

I know I’ve kind of dropped the ball lately and haven’t been keeping up with my interweb duties but I’m gonna try to make it up to you by taking you on a firsthand trip through the 2010 NAMM Music Industry Trade Show. And you know what that means, right? No, no, no… Forget Fender, forget Gibson. When we attend this show it’s all about partying with pretty girls and hassling celebrities!

First things first. I got a Snuggy® for Christmas. My first thought was “Awe jeez! What am I going to do with this piece of crap?!” I’ll tell you what you do with a freakin’ Snuggy®! You wear it on an airplane and embarrass your friends, that’s what you do! Thanks Monica my sister in-law from Texas!

As it turns out these things are hugely popular. I was like a superhero. People were so jealous as I relaxed in quiet slumber. The stewardess was so charmed she kept bringing me delicious Bloody Mary’s during the whole flight. How lucky is that?

Good thing too. Those tasty treats were just what I needed to give me the courage to take the next photo. It’s a totally awesome picture of me with the giant John Wayne at the Orange Co. Airport! Now I love John Wayne and always have. I think my immense respect for him is apparent. I like to call this portrait “Hey, Pilgrim“.

I know that you’re all hung up on seeing which crazy huge superstars we found today but you’ve got to understand that Thursday is kind of the warm up day at the NAMM show. There just aren’t that many of ‘em out on the first day.

But you know who was there? Dave freakin’ Mustaine, man! And boy did he seem bored! I think I was a breath of fresh air in his otherwise dismal morning though. It’s clear from the photo that we pretty much instantly hit up a friendly rapport based on our mutual professionalism and similar life experiences. I started to tell him that “arr… it’s drivin’ me nuts” joke but the security guy insisted I leave. The joke went unfinished but the glance that Dave Mustaine shot me as I was leaving let me know without a doubt that he would miss my company.

That’s really about it. Well almost. I’m sure most of you remember my riveting depiction of the 2009 NAMM Show. In it I discussed how important it is to follow the rules when your at the NAMM show. Rule number one if you’ll recall is don’t show it to the Fernandes girls.

I was assured by Kelly however that quite the opposite rule applied when it comes to the Dean girls. I was a little shy as I approached the Dean girls with Kelly’s advice ringing loud in my mind: “Show it to ‘em J! Show it to ‘em!”

And boy, oh boy, was I embarrassed when I found out that he didn’t mean my gut. But oh well. So I showed the Dean girls my gut?! What would you have done?!?!