Warwick @ NAMM - Day 2 - The Second Coming

After a thrilling first day, Warwick’s second day at NAMM 2011 still managed to double top all the excitement and frenzy created during our arrival at America's biggest musical trade show.

Framus Endorser Earl Slick (David Bowie)

Following the improvised jazz warmup provided by the legendary John B Williams and Mordy Ferber, the afternoon came out swinging. The trailing line to witness Bootsy Collins was even bigger than Wednesday, and this time the expectant crowd were subjected to some fiery funk attack and their musical tastes were flanked from all sides by the great Divinity Roxx, Jean Paul Bourelly, Blackbyrd McKnight and, of course, the showman TM Stevens.

The ever spontaneous TM brought some wide-eyed fans on stage and traded licks with these talented youngsters. This party starter made way for one of our true Warwick legends, the legacy that is Jack Bruce, who met up with Uli Jon Roth from The Scorpions, but not before dedicatedly signing autographs for his loyal fanbase. 

We were also unexpectedly treated to a session from Earl Slick and Hansford Rowe comprised of some fine, overdriven rock jamming using his beloved new Framus Hollywood Signature model, itself one of the hits of the entire NAMM show so far. 

Also unexpected was a short solo spot by Mudvayne innovator Ryan Martinie, who has just been being the generally goddamn nice down-to-earth guy he is during his entire time here on the Warwick booth at NAMM 2011; he has been talking to fans, answering all their questions, signing their CDs and shirts and offering his much coveted advice on bass technique. 

Martinie’s onstage technical and melodic marvel made way for a second set of jazz with Jean Paul Bourelly appearing again, all for the love of the music. Surprises didn’t stop there as we had Bill Lawrence, famous for designing the pickups for the original vintage Framus guitars, a man who has a huge, much deserved place in Framus’ history. 

Warwick endorser Kyle Sanders, Ryan Martinie & Mastodon's Troy Sanders

Other famous faces and rock ‘n’ roll VIPs who turned out our booth that day was Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones, TM Stevens’ sometime sideman Eric Gales, and even modern cult prog-metallers Mastodon bass supremo Troy Sanders who came to check out our new Thumb bass model. 

With this amount of talent, and not forgetting the brand new Warwick and Framus models for 2011, the Warwick booth is without a doubt the place to be at NAMM.

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