Adding two new colors to their line, Namba Gear is now shipping the Samba Personal Stash Bag in new “flavors” of midnight blue and killer bee black.

The Samba Personal Stash Bag is the ideal solution for those “personal essentials”. The Samba Stash Bag is our first lifestyle product for musicians and djs. Measuring 7″ x 7″ x 3.5″, the extra long strap allows the Samba Stash Bag to be worn across the chest or off the shoulder. Features include two inside zippered pockets and one outside velcro pocket.

The bag can be used to carry CD’s, memory stick, iLok, wallet, keys, handheld digital recorder, camera, iPod, in-ear monitors, phone, pen, notepad, business cards and hundreds of other small items that a musician or dj needs to carry with them. msrp $34.95

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We didn’t think it would ever happen, as we were totally against ever having a black bag in our product line. In fact, we even wrote a blog about it back in 2008 when we were just getting started. You know, how a black bag gets lost in a sea of black bags because everyone has black… how you can never find your black bag in a dim backstage area, etc. So we were explaining this to a potential customer at the Mobile Beat Show in Las Vegas, NV last year. The customer was VDJ Jimmy G from Los Angeles, CA and Jimmy gave us a great idea. Jimmy suggested that we make a black bag, only make the side panels bright yellow and use bright yellow nylon for the interior and name it the Killer Bee.

Jimmy’s approach answered all our objections to making a black bag. So we made up a prototype to see what it would look like. OMG, it looked awesome. At this point, the Killer Bee is classified as a Limited Edition, although we are certainly tempted to add it to the product line. The Killer Bee Collection is in stock and available in the Big Namba Studio Backpack, Lil Namba Remix Backpack, and Samba Personal Stash Bag. Don’t wait! Get yours today from our webshop or from your favorite retailer.

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We’ve all seen the goofy things that people do to recognize their luggage at baggage claim. Brightly colored luggage straps, tying plastic flowers or God knows what else to the handle, and if you are in the Portland, OR airport you will notice that many people will put a picture of a bird on the luggage as if it were art.

People… there’s a better way! Namba Gear luggage tags. At 4 inches wide and 2.5 inches tall, these brushed aluminum luggage tags are easily spotted. These classy tags are durable, will hold a standard size business card, and will last a long time. One of the coolest things about these tags is how they attach to your luggage handle. They incorporate a twisted wire circle with twist on/off connectors. And of course, they feature the Namba Gear logo so that you can show your support for the best musician’s transportation solutions on the planet.

A package of four (4) tags are only $9.95. Now whatcha gonna do?

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Have you been looking for a solution to carry both your iPad and a 15 laptop? Namba Gear’s Shaka Laptop Messenger bag works perfectly for this situation. Let’s face it, as cool as the iPad is, it doesn’t take the place of a laptop… yet. That means that you need a solution to carry both your iPad as well as up to a 15″ laptop. We have a long-time friend that travels frequently and was mentioning the need to carry both products and was asking us if we had anything that would work. He grabbed a Shaka bag and proceeded to put his 15″ Macbook Pro in the laptop area and his iPad, which was in a case, into the 2nd large pocket of the bag. Voila, a perfect fit. Here’s a picture to show what we mean, although that’s a 15″ Toshiba going into the laptop pocket.

Another great use for the Shaka Laptop Messenger bag! Plus there is still plenty of room for your handheld digital recorder, phone, cards, pens, flash drives and other personal essentials.

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Let’s get to some of the Namba Gear NAMM highlights!

Steinberg Software Testimonial for the Big Namba Studio Backpack

In the opening moments of the first day, Jeff Davis from Steinberg Software came by to give us an update on their bags. Last year Yamaha, who owns Steinberg distribution in the USA, purchased Big Namba Studio Backpacks for all of the Steinberg clinicians and demonstrators. Jeff told us that we represented a First. This was the first time that any bag/backpack has made it a year without being totally destroyed. He said that since their guys are on the go and travel about 80% of the time, that they tend to demolish a bag within about six months. Then they have to carry around this broken down bag for the next six months until they get a new budget approval for replacements. However, the Big Namba’s not only made it through a year of road abuse, but they still look close to brand new!

Aspen Pittman Drags Kava Laptop Studio Bag 20 Miles

Aspen Pittman, founder of Groove Tubes, had purchased a Kava Laptop Studio Bag a year ago as well. Aspen came by with a big grin and with tongue-in-cheek asked for “warranty repair”, while showing us a coin-sized hole in his bag. Aspen told us that he put his Kava bag with laptop computer inside on the back seat of his van, then used his automatic side doors as he settled into the driver’s seat, never realizing that his Kava bag had fallen off the seat, landing on the pavement with strap caught in the door. Aspen then proceeded to drive 20 miles dragging his bag and contents along behind him. He said he almost had a heart attack when he opened the door and saw his bag on the ground hanging by its’ strap, imagining that his laptop and external hard drive were destroyed. But happily that was not the case. Although he did wear a small hole in the bag, Namba Gear did its’ job and protected the laptop. Some companies do drop tests, Namba Gear does the 20 mile drag test!

Namba Gear Owner Woody Moran Opens “Killer NAMM Jam”

On Friday night, Namba Gear owner Woody Moran opened the Killer NAMM Jam show for Chicago blues guitarist Eric Gales. Joined by Christian Martirano (keyboards), Brian Carter (drums), and Bart Broadnax (bass), Woody played some of his acoustic rock originals for a responsive audience. Woody said, “It was a night I’ll never forget. These were all world class musicians. We didn’t get a sound check or rehearsal. I had played with Brian once, Chris had actually played on my latest project so he knew the material, but we had never played together and Bart was a last minute call. What a night.” See the video of the first song, “Walking on a Saturday Night” at www.woodymoran.com/videos.

Current and New Namba Gear Artists Visit Booth

We saw so many old friends and met some new artists whom we hope to feature on these pages in the near future. One of the best things for us is when someone who has already purchased one of our products stops and purchases another model or even a different color of the same product they already own. The pictured customer returned to purchase a Shaka Laptop Messenger, Samba Stash Bag and both GoBoard Keyboard Gig Bags. How cool is that? We’ve got lots of People Pictures along with their new Nambas on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/nambagear.

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Once again, Namba Gear will be attending the Winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) trade show in Anaheim, CA from January 13-17, 2011. We will be located in Hall A, Booth #6424 and sharing a bit of space with our good friends from BIAS software. Stop by and say hi to Woody and George and take a look at what is new for 2011 (hint: we call it the Killer Bee).

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