All the red-hot gear news and artist goings-ons from the show floor at the world’s biggest guitar gear trade show ...

The Les Paul Standards displayed at the 1955 NAMM Show were the first to ever be fitted with no-wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridges and Stop Bar tailpieces, and were graced with unique custom finishes ...

Greg Wells, Bob Clearmountain, Madlib and Mark “Spike” Stent are among the producers impacted by the devastation in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, along with scores of session and touring players.

The National Assn. of Music Merchants spent a day at Westmont Elementary School ahead of the music trade show conference at the Anaheim Convention Center.