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NAMM 2024 live: this year’s biggest guitar news as it happens

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

NAMM 2024 Anaheim Convention Center
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NAMM 2024: The world’s biggest guitar gear trade show is back – and it’s returned to its rightful January time slot.

Yes, after NAMM 2022 took place in June, and NAMM 2023 hit the Anaheim Convention Center in April, NAMM is back where it belongs: the tail end of January. And it’s a good thing, too, because it means we can bring our old ‘Happy New Gear!’ pun out of retirement.

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One of the most surprising launches of the show – before it's even started – is the Pacifica Professional and Standard Plus, Yamaha's top-of-the-line, Japanese-made takes on its long-running range, which is traditionally associated with beginners.

Dig out the spandex: the Peavey Vandenberg is back, baby – and Adrian Vandenberg is on hand to promote it. He's very tall, you know. The guitar is being billed as a modern take on the original, and three different versions will be available, complete with a Floyd Rose original tremolo and Seymour Duncan pickups. Noice.

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Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 signature guitar

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Ernie Ball string vending machine

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Third Man Hardware x Donner Triple Threat

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A bus celebrating Celestion's 100th anniversary on the floor of the 2024 NAMM show

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Two Ibanez TOD10 models on display at the 2024 NAMM show

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EHX's Double Anniversary Big Muff Pi, on display at the 2024 NAMM show

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Alex Lifeson's new LERXST Limelight signature model – made in collaboration with Godin – on display at the 2024 NAMM show

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Ernie Ball Music Man's Rabea Massaad Sabre, on display at the 2024 NAMM show

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