Originally posted by Diki:
Not even worth going if they HAD a public open day, IMO.
If the arranger manufacturers aren't there, what is there to put hands on, anyway? 
T3's already out, probably won't be an S900 replacement for a year or so, Roland are unlikely to have anything new (GW-8 is already out), Ketron are a no show, Korg are unlikely to have anything new after the PA2X OS2 is already out. Wersi and MS... who cares? 
What's left? A new EXR, or Casio budget arranger..? Yawn.
Attendance at NAMM, both vendor AND dealer, is likely to reflect what few here want to acknowledge... 2009 is likely to be one of the worst years economically since the Great Depression.
Better start to REALLY dig into the manual of what you already have!Digging into the manual from a Mac user is quite the feat!!! I'm KIDDING....
Got to agree here though. No one from our store is going this year. I went to Summer NAMM in Nashville. I actually enjoyed it more then Anaheim being smaller and not in LA and less "Hip Hop Industry" oriented.
But NAMM is not a not exactly a great place for hands on demos especially on new gear. The Manufacturer Rooms are always crowded with few Reps and in Nashville they only had one of every keyboard. I actually enjoyed seeing the unusual stuff more and there is some way out there stuff like a plastic thingy one can put on their hand and press down on a guitar so the blind can play a guitar chord. The "Amp on a Strap" was interesting. The fold up stool/guitar stand. (Sold a ton of them for the holidays)
Better off waiting for the reviews from real users and reviewers. We aren't not seeing enough new on the horizon to make the trip.
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