THE SHOW MUST GO ON

In the two years since the Summer NAMM show last opened its doors at Nashville’s Music City Center, the world has changed dramatically. But although it was a scaled-down event, with no mask mandate in place, walking around the first major North American musical instrument show since the start of the pandemic felt a lot like returning to the old ‘normal’.

Not quite, though; some of the big hitters were conspicuous by their absence – not least Fender and pedal brands such as