{"id":1949,"date":"2012-01-13T10:53:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T18:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:31:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:31:40","slug":"forbidden-guitarist-steve-smyth-announces-namm-signing-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2012\/01\/13\/forbidden-guitarist-steve-smyth-announces-namm-signing-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"FORBIDDEN Guitarist STEVE SMYTH Announces NAMM Signing Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"forb\" src=\"http:\/\/email06.secureserver.net\/download.php?rand=48244&amp;folder=INBOX&amp;uid=29116&amp;part=2&amp;tnef_part=-1&amp;aEmlPart=0&amp;orig=cid%3Aimage003.jpg%4001CCD1E0.A5D59820&amp;inline=1&amp;filename=image003.jpg&amp;type=image%2Fjpeg&amp;encoding=base64&amp;\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FORBIDDEN lead guitarist Steve Smyth will be participating in the following Artist Signing Sessions and Meet-and-Greet appearances at this year\u2019s Winter National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center from January 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 22<sup>nd<\/sup>:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, January 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0@ 3 p.m. &#8211; EVH Amplification, 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0Floor Ballroom E, Room 300<\/li>\n<li>Friday, January 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0@ 5 p.m. &#8211; EMG Pickups, Hall C, Booth #4778<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, January 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0@ 3 p.m. &#8211; BC Rich Guitars Hall C, Booth #4878<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In related news, Guitar World magazine recently reviewed the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcrich.com\/artist\/Steve-Smyth\/39\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Smyth Signature 6 B.C. Rich Bich Guitar<\/a>\u00a0in the February 2012 issue (out now!) and has awarded it the Gold Award in Performance.\u00a0 Regarding his guitar\u2019s prestigious review, Smyth states: \u201cI AM STOKED BEYOND BELIEF!!!\u201d\u00a0 Watch Guitar World\u2019s video review\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/review-bc-rich-ss-sbo-steve-smyth-signature-bich\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Three years in the making, both the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcrich.com\/models\/guitars\/Bich\/Steve-Smyth-Signature-6-String-Bich\/155\" target=\"_blank\">6-string<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcrich.com\/models\/guitars\/Bich\/Steve-Smyth-Signature-7-String-Bich\/156\" target=\"_blank\">7-string<\/a>\u00a0versions of Steve\u2019s signature guitar are currently available now at retailers and will be on display at the NAMM show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcrich.com\/models\/guitars\/Bich\/Steve-Smyth-Signature-6-String-Bich\/155\" target=\"_blank\">Specs for the 6-string Bich<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<table width=\"1124.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\u2022 Neck Through Construction<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\u2022 Mahogany Body<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\u2022 Maple Neck<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\u2022 Grover\u00ae Rotomatic Tuners<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\">\u2022 Ebony Fretboard<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u2022 24 Jumbo Frets<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 25 1\/2&#8243; Scale<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 B.C. Rich Quad bridge<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 EMG\u00ae 81 bridge and 85 neck Pickups<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2 Volume, 1 Tone, and 1 Three-way Toggle Controls<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcrich.com\/models\/guitars\/Bich\/Steve-Smyth-Signature-7-String-Bich\/156\" target=\"_blank\">Specs for the 7-string Bich<\/a>:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\u2022 Neck Through Construction<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\u2022 Mahogany Body<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\u2022 Maple Neck<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\u2022 Grover\u00ae Rotomatic Tuners<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ebony Fretboard<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 24 Jumbo Frets<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 25 1\/2&#8243; Scale<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Floyd Rose\u00ae Original 7 Bridge<br \/>\n\u2022 EMG\u00ae 81-7 bridge and 707 active Pickups<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2 Volume, 1 Tone, and 1 Three-way Toggle Controls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>FORBIDDEN\u2019s 2010 reunion album,<em>\u00a0Omega Wave,<\/em>\u00a0debuted at #27 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #83 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart, and #92 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart the week following its release.<\/p>\n<p>Visit STEVE SMYTH online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevesmyth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.stevesmyth.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/stevesmyth\" target=\"_blank\">www.myspace.com\/stevesmyth<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stevesmyth01\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/stevesmyth01<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/stevesmyth01\" target=\"_blank\">www.twitter.com\/stevesmyth01<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/stevesmyth01\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/stevesmyth01<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit FORBIDDEN online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FORBIDDENOFFICIAL\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/FORBIDDENOFFICIAL<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ForbiddenMetal\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/ForbiddenMetal<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/FORBIDDENOFFICIAL\" target=\"_blank\">www.myspace.com\/FORBIDDENOFFICIAL<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORBIDDEN lead guitarist Steve Smyth will be participating in the following Artist Signing Sessions and Meet-and-Greet appearances at this year\u2019s Winter National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center from January 19th\u00a0\u2013 22nd:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3149,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions\/3149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}