2026 Namm Rumors thread!

[TheGreatGreen]

Looks like you control the EQ through the LCD screen

Something that should be instantly available for fast adjustment now requires a screen and menu navigation. That's exactly what we all want in a tube amp, right?

If only there was some kind of format that would have given them more real estate on the chassis to put a physical 6-band EQ.

edit: the counter argument to this is "many EQ curves can be saved in presets" but the counter counter is "there are already a bunch of EQ units with presets you could put in any effects loop that do that, and who wouldn't rather have one of those over the specific digital EQ married into this tube amp?"

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

New from Red Seven.

 

[ners]

Where are people getting NAMM updates from? I'm realizing a few videos I'm seeing on YouTube are technically NAMM releases

 

[nightlight]

I think the Friedman IR Load looks interesting, but $1500? That's too expensive for a loadbox, I think, but so is everything else these days.

The Quad Cortex Mini also looks promising, but I'm hoping to snag another unit by the end of the year if possible. Traded the old one for a MKIV with no regrets. Been reading that the product is now looking like it is finally finished, so good for Neural DSP.'

The RedSeven amp... Just 15 watts? Hard pass.

 

[Spaceboy]

I’m holding my breath in the Wampler and Friedman poweramps, but I am incredibly curious about them. The pedal version would be most practical for me. I have three load boxes at the moment, each has flaws. I’d like to think Friedman knocked this one out of the park and could be ‘the one’. The price tag is steep though.

I am 100% going to buy the Bad Cat Hot Cat 50 Mod Shop. I can’t pony that up right now though, so hopefully it’s not a limited release. There was also some sort of analog cab sim/maybe a load box teased in Bad Cat’s video for the Hot Cat that I’m waiting for news about. I’ve been wanting to see companies push and develop better analog cabinet simulation rather than all this IR nonsense. I use IRs daily but there’s something satisfying about an entirely analog signal chain from guitar to ears.

 

[Skinwalker]

I’m glad to have the gear I have. A lot of this new stuff is not that exciting to me and I couldn’t afford it even if it was.