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GALLERY: NAMM 2018 Day 1

Check out the latest gear from Koll, Rickenbacker, Reverend, Chase Bliss Audio, and more!

NAMM 2018 Editors' Picks Livestream Day 1

The PG editors share their favorite finds from the first day of NAMM.

NAMM '18 - Gear-Guru Livestream: The Future of Digital Modeling

In the first of our daily livestreams with prominent gear experts, PG Recording Guitarist columnist Joe Gore talks to Positive Grid's Sean Halley and Line 6's Eric Klein about how amp modeling is evolving today.


NAMM '18 - Wampler Reflection, EQuator & Faux Spring Reverb Demos Three new pedals for tone tweakers: the fine-tunable EQuator graphic and parametric EQ, the mini Spring Reverb, and the spring-/plate-switchable Reflection.
NAMM '18 - Friedman BE-50 Deluxe, Vintage-S, Metro-D, Gold-72, DP-OD & Golden Pearl Demos The updated Deluxe head rips three different ways. Plus—find out about the brand's expanding guitar family.
NAMM '18 Nu-X Effects Atlantic, Solid Studio & Masamune Demos Hear three new pedals—the delay/reverb Atlantic, the Solid Studio amp and cab simulator and sampler, and the booster/compressor Masasune—plus, the plug-and-play B-2 wireless system.
NAMM '18 - ESP LTD M-1007MS Demo Take a listen to the company's first 7-string, multi-scale monster, which comes loaded with custom-designed Seymour Duncan pickups.
NAMM '18 - Kiesel Guitars Zeus Series, Osiris Series & Jason Becker Perpetual Burn The headless Zeus and Osirus go for a bold look and fat tones, and the S-style S-S-H JPB pays tribute to Jason Becker.

NAMM '18 - Daredevil Almighty Bass Demo An entirely original design aimed at bassists who love a gnarly fuzz.
NAMM '18 - Tech 21 DP-3x Demo Big bass tones in a little package: the do-it-all dUg Pinnick multi-effect unit. (With a nod to Chris Squire, too!)
NAMM '18 - Reverend Guitars BC-1 Billy Corgan Signature & Airsonic Demos Greg Koch plays the Billy Corgan Terz, a high-tuned time machine, and we get a close-up look at the f-holed Airsonic model.
NAMM '18 - Martin 2018 Standard Series & D-45 John Mayer Demos Flash and classic perfection: from the newest John Mayer model to the refined-but-vintage-styled Standard Series Reimagined HD-28.
NAMM '18 - Traveler Guitar Thinline Performer Series The travel-friendly outfit unveils a new shred-ready, 25.5"-scale acoustic with a Shadow pickup system.
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