More NAMM Coverage from Around the Web

Here’s a roundup of some more NAMM coverage from around the Web:

Modern Guitars has posted a photo gallery from the show.

Rich Murray has several posts about the show:

Mark McGuigan has several more posts about the show:

Jon at Guitar Noize has posted information about the upcoming Steve Vai distortion pedal from Ibanez.

January 27, 2008 | Filed Under General, NAMM | Leave a Comment 

NAMM Coverage from Around the Web

Below are some links to interesting tidbits from The NAMM Show.

Mark McGuigan has linked to some interesting videos from the show:

Jon at Guitar Noize has a few links:

And, Harmony Central has posted some NAMM Highlights videos

January 22, 2008 | Filed Under General, NAMM | Leave a Comment 

Winter NAMM Show 2008 Day 1

A lot of information is being reported today from the NAMM Show. Several sites are providing coverage of the show, including the following (via John Jinright):

Harmony Central

Music Gadgets

Gear Junkies

Pro-Music-News

Sonic State

Sweetwater

Some of the notable announcements from the show include the Peavey Mike Stone Signature MS-1 guitar, which is a collaboration with Queensryche guitarist Mike Stone and Erik Buell from Buell Motorcycles.

Randall has announced a series of Kirk Hammett Signature products, including an amplifier and amplifier modules.

Gibson has announced 15 new guitar models, including: Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom w/Bigsby, Steve Jones Les Paul Custom, Lee Ritneour ES-335, Johnny Winter Firebird, Slash #1 Les Paul Standard Ages and Signed, Mick Jones Les Paul Custom, Alex Lifeson ES-355 VOS, Les Paul Axcess, The Ultratone, ES-339 Figured, and the ES-359.

Martin has introduced two new acoustic guitar models: D-28M Elvis Presley Commemorative Limited Edition (only 175 total) and D-28 Elvis Presley Commemorative Edition.

N-Tune has come out with an onboard tuner that looks interesting. The tuner installs under your volume knob, and you pull up on the volume knob to tune and then push back down when you’re done. You can see a video of the tuner in action below.

January 17, 2008 | Filed Under General, NAMM | 2 Comments 

The NAMM Show

It’s that time of year again…time for the NAMM Show! The show runs from today through Sunday, January 20, and is being held in Anaheim, CA.

If you don’t know, the NAMM show is an industry trade show where guitar/music manufacturers and retailers get together to show off and view the new gear coming out this year. I’ve never been to a NAMM Show, but I hope to go one day. In the meantime, I’ll try to keep up with all the announcements on the Web.

Some manufacturers have already announced new products. For example, ESP has already announced that they will be introducing 50 new guitar and bass models at the NAMM Show. One of those models will be a new Richie Sambora LTD SA-2 guitar. Gretsch has also already announced several new models, including a beautiful Chet Atkins 125th Anniversary Limited Edition.

I can’t wait to hear and see what else gets announced!

January 17, 2008 | Filed Under General, NAMM | Leave a Comment 

Photos from NAMM 2006

Paul Reed Smith Guitars have posted some photos from their booth at the NAMM Show, which you can view here. You can also view non-vendor-specific photos at the NAMM Show Web site.

January 22, 2006 | Filed Under General, NAMM | 2 Comments 

Planet Waves - New Products for 2006

Planet Waves have teamed up with Joe Satriani to create a new line of guitar straps and picks. The straps and picks feature original artwork by Satriani, and he approved every detail of the straps and picks. The straps and picks were debuted at NAMM, and Satriani played a private concert at NAMM that will be broadcast on his Web site in early February.

January 21, 2006 | Filed Under Artist News, General, NAMM | Leave a Comment 

NAMM

Yesterday, the NAMM Show began at the Anaheim Convention Center. There are always a lot of new product announcements by guitar manufacturers at the NAMM Show, since it is targeted towards music retailers. If you’re interested in hearing about the new products that are announced, I’ll be keeping an eye on the news announcements over the weekend, and I will try to report as much of it as I can.

January 20, 2006 | Filed Under General, NAMM | Leave a Comment