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NAMM 2022 live: all the biggest news as it happened

Everything you need to know direct from the show floor at the world’s no. 1 guitar gear show

Chibson USA Klontaur
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NAMM 2022: It’s back! The biggest gear event of the year is taking place in June rather than the usual January, but we’re on hand to bring you all the news you need to know about.

Even better, we’re now able to bring this to you *LIVE* from the NAMM 2022 show floor, courtesy of the fancy new liveblog you’re reading right now.

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NAMM 2022 at the Anaheim Convention Center

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Ernie Ball Music Man and Tosin Abasi's Kaizen

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Minarik Haunted Mansion guitar

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Martin's 2.5 millionth guitar

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Ibanez 2022 signature electric guitars

Five new-for-2022 Ibanez signature guitars (Image credit: Ibanez)

It's good to be back. Welcome to the official day 1 of NAMM 2022 (anything we've been sharing beforehand has been from the incredibly exclusive press preview event the day prior.)

It's here. It's really here. Ibanez may have just won NAMM by sticking Steve Vai's actual triple-neck monstrosity, the mythical Hydra, on the wall. They've even cooked up a neat little preamp, complete with inputs for each of the beast's pickup systems. Sadly - though not unsurprisingly - it's kept away from mere mortals courtesy of a roped-off area. Probably for the best.