Michael Sweet of Stryper stopped by to say hello! (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

Nuno Bettencourt! (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Anvil was all smiles! (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

Earl Slick doing some heavy reading at the NAMM Show. (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

Brad Gillis of Night Ranger poses with the latest issue of Guitar World. (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

Country shredder Albert Lee with his new Guitar World. (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

Paulie Z of ZO2 had a Guitar World handy. (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

Nick Catanese of Black Label Society with the latest Guitar World. (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

There's No Doubt as to what Tom Dumont was reading at the show. (Photo by Marty Rubalcaba)

The newer, smaller Lion Heart amp was beating powerfully over at the Laney booth.

Crime scene! A pedal demo over at the Caroline Guitar Co. booth in Hall E.

Here's the latest creation by the guys at Caroline Guitar Co. This is the Kilobyte Lo-Fi Delay. This one is actually a prototype!

Over at the Wampler Pedals booth, the very new Dual Fusion pedal was drawing a crowd.

Travis over at Wampler Pedals gave us a demo of all that was new and awesome.

Two pedals at the BBE booth — the G Screamer (Gus G's new signature pedal) and the Tremor Optical Tremolo.

A wall of new gear at the Yamaha booth at the Marriott.

Seeing green at the Yamaha booth!

One of the many new items at NAMM — Ernie Ball's M-Steel guitar strings.

In a display outside the exhibition halls, we found this special Schecter custom guitar dedicated to the New Orleans Saints.

Things are looking good at the Elixer Strings booth.

No need for a caption here!

A Peterson Tuner in action!

Another Peterson Tuner in action!

An impressive rack mixer at the Behringer booth.

More cool gear at the Behringer booth.

The Egnater Armageddon!

Friday night, Dean Guitars hosted an event at the Grove in Anaheim, featuring Shinedown, Kyng and more.

And let's not forget Thursday night's Rock & Roll Roast of Dee Snider, also at the Grove in Anaheim!

We checked out a demo at the Decibel 11 booth ...

... where their new looper drew a crowd all weekend.

A display of Earthquaker pedals ...

... including The Warden ...

... and the Disaster Transport SR.

We met Steve and Lou over at the Carr Amps booth ...

... and got to check out the Carr Impala model.

Another view of the Carr Impala.

One of two Pete Anderson signature models at the Reverend Guitars booth.

A wall of Reverends!