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“Can do everything the Strat doesn’t do”: Sterling by Music Man rolls out a more affordable version of Cory Wong’s signature StingRay II – plus the brand’s first-ever baritone

Cory Wong's Music Man StingRay II launched at last year's NAMM, and, just one year later, we're getting a Sterling by Music Man version that's a fraction of the original's price...

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The best new music tech gear of NAMM 2026: Epic polys, acoustic synths, budget samplers, a Behringer Juno and much more

MusicRadar's Matt Mullen and Andy Price have been roving the show floor – here are their music technology highlights

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NAMM 2026 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened

All the hottest news and biggest surprises from the world’s premier guitar gear trade show

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“For those seeking acoustic power, projection and an enormous amount of volume": Faith unleashes a slew of updates and new models at NAMM

NAMM 2026: Faith Guitars reveals its new Nexus Venus and Neptune electro-acoustics – and they look out of this world!

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“The right gear really makes a difference”: Isaiah Sharkey is back in the studio – and he’s shared a first look at his potential Ibanez signature guitar

Sharkey's signature is expected to be officially launched at NAMM 2026, but John Mayer’s guitar foil has offered a sneak peek

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“Never did I actually expect to get the chance to see one up close, let alone play one”: Everything that caught my eye at Guitar Summit 2025 – from the grand unveiling of a brand-new guitar company to the year’s most anticipated amp modeler

Rosengarten Mannheim became a scorching-hot cauldron of all things guitar for three days – and there were plenty of highlights

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“It puts into context just how far removed digital models are from the real thing”: I played the last Overdrive Special that Dumble worked on – and it completely changed my perspective on the amp of my dreams

The Dumble Preservation Society went to NAMM with a hall-of-fame amp display, and playing through one of its Overdrive Specials was an eye-opening experience

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“We promised him that we would keep his legacy alive”: What’s going on with Dumble Amps – and why was the company at NAMM 2025? We discovered the story behind the re-emergence – and future – of the guitar world’s most mythical amp brand

The show’s most surprising exhibitor put on a behind-closed-doors display of some hall-of-fame Dumbles – and gave Guitar World the lowdown on what’s to come

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With up to 92% off plugins and software, Plugin Boutique just gave you the best excuse to upgrade your productions

Cure your post-NAMM blues with a huge selection of discounted plugins from just $/£5

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“It’s not for sale… yet”: Jack White announces a Custom Shop version of his wild, ever-evolving Triplecaster – and it colors way outside the Fender lines

The tricked-out guitar was available to play at NAMM 2025, and marks the latest refinement of White’s bonkers Telecaster

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NAMM 2025: "More than an audio interface": Bitwig's Connect 4/12 interface packs hidden features that Bitwig Studio users will love

DAW-maker Bitwig goes hard for the first time and we've captured Connects secrets on video, live from the NAMM show 2025

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NAMM 2025: "Unlike anything seen before" - Melbourne Instruments' new desktop device could revolutionise studio software and hardware control, and is designed to work great with Ableton Live

ROTO Control is cool, compact, and uses motorised controllers to tame your gear and plugins

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NAMM 2025: “The NAMM Show has always been an excuse for guitar-makers to pull out all the stops”: Gibson turns the clock back to 1955 for a commemorative Murphy Lab Les Paul in five holy grail custom colours

Thanks to Joe Bonamassa, you'll all be familiar with Copper Iridescent, but how about a P-90 loaded Custom Shop LP in Samoa Beige, Nugget Gold, Viceroy Brown and Platinum?

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NAMM 2025: Roland V-Stage serves up legendary, pro-keyboard sounds in two new premium-priced packages

We get up close – on video – with Roland's two new live performance powerhouses

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NAMM 2025: Hands-on with Korg's first ever synth as it comes back to life as the MiniKorg 700Sm

Live from the NAMM show 2025 we get a guided tour of Korg's latest fan-pleasing mini-fication

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NAMM 2025: "In a few years there will be no piano that doesn't have a camera": Can ROLI’s AI-powered, hand-tracking Piano rewrite learning to play?

Live and direct from the NAMM show floor, we get the lowdown on ROLI’s latest gear on video

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“Modeling is just not fun. It doesn’t give you any sort of feeling. You gotta shake the pant legs and feel that air”: Dave Friedman, who’s built amps for Jerry Cantrell, Steve Stevens, and Chris Shiflett, is not ready to hop off the tube train

The amp guru looks back on a career of modding Marshalls, building rigs for Eddie Van Halen, and developing his most simple product ever – and looks forward to the future of NAMM and boutique tech

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NAMM 2025: Stylophone’s CPM DF-8 is a ‘beauty and the beast’ filter that can purr or squeal, but that’s only half the sound design story

It joins the DS-2 synth in the Compact Portable Modular range

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NAMM 2025: Korg gets into the turntable game with its Vestax-inspired Handytraxx range

Korg's handheld Handytraxx Play reemerges, joined by a new range of audiophile-focused portable turntables

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“After witnessing the terrible destruction caused by the Los Angeles fires, it seems like the wrong time for a party”: DiMarzio pulls out of NAMM 2025 in response to L.A. wildfires

The pickup firm has joined Maybach Guitars in publicly announcing they won't be attending the annual trade show

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“We believe it is not the right time to gather for an event of this nature when so many are facing hardship”: Boutique guitar brand pulls out of NAMM 2025 in the face of L.A. wildfires

In an updated statement, the CEO of NAMM confirmed that plans are solidly in place for the event to still go ahead

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NAMM 2025: Musik Hack to showcase its sound-enhancing plugin Fuel at this year's show

The Master Plan developer's recently launched second plugin melds a bass enhancer, limiter, saturator and clipper

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“One of the premier events during the NAMM Show”: Jennifer Batten, Samantha Fish, Lindsey Stirling, and more to feature at 2025 She Rocks Awards

Set to take place at the Hilton Anaheim Pacific Ballroom next Saturday, January 25, the annual event celebrates the achievements of women in music and audio

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“We’re going back, but we’re going back for one reason only”: Fender CEO Andy Mooney explains why the firm’s return to NAMM 2025 won’t be business as usual

Fender is one of the key brands returning to NAMM for 2025, but it’s taking a different approach this time

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“We are closely monitoring the wildfires in Los Angeles”: NAMM CEO issues statement on 2025 event following L.A. wildfires

The CEO has confirmed that the annual trade show will go ahead as planned, with a few adjustments

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