Winter NAMM Show 2012 News, Photos and Videos

NAMM 2012 is well underway, and we want to remind you that you can get all of the latest product announcements, photos, video and more from this year's NAMM show at our NAMM 2012 content hub.

Some highlights so far this year include the new iStomp pedal from DigiTech, an incredible new live sound speaker and "smart" mixer setup from Line 6 and the new PolyTune Mini Tuner from TC Electronic.

All this and more at our official NAMM 2012 content hub.

Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.

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