Best of show: walk NAMM with us in a gear-mas gallery

Who stood out at this year’s NAMM show, that festivus of gear that brightens our winters from Anaheim? We’ve given you some idea with NAMM and LA’s Buchla & Friends. Here, in images, are our favorites from NAMM, as captured by LA photographer Mehdi Hassine and veteran Berlin hardware guru Gösta Wellmer.

BLEASS Dragonfly is an elegant tremolo effect, even if you never loved tremolo before

It’s not just nostalgia for old tracks driving the vintage look and sound of so many effects — it’s tough to create new ideas in sound and interface. But Dragonfly is a rare “on-trend” new effect you’ll want to hang onto.

Peter Kirn - November 12, 2021

Fender want to teach you to play the guitar using video

Fender don’t just want to sell you a guitar. They want to learn to play it, too, with an online subscription series for Web and iOS.

Peter Kirn - July 7, 2017

The 1955 Fender Tweed amp now lives in software

Peter Kirn - May 4, 2016

Fender are teaming up with Universal Audio; More UAD USB too

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2016

Pictures at an Exhibition: Essential New Gear and Reflections from NAMM

Marsha Vdovin - January 31, 2012

Goodies for Guitars: IK’s Wah Pedal That’s Also an Interface, Official Fender Software

- January 15, 2009