Thinking About Guitar visits the Ernie Ball Music Man booth at NAMM 2026 as Jonathan Graham and Nick Jennison demo Axis 30th Anniversary guitars, a StingRay 50th Anniversary bass, the distortion-and-octave-loaded DarkRay 2, and John Petrucci’s latest Majesty updates for 2026.
Thinking About Guitar hits the Ibanez booth at NAMM 2026 to check out the new Ibanez Alpha Series extended-range guitars, including the A528 8-string multi-scale model with a Parallel Wizard neck, Fishman Fluence pickups and monorail bridges, plus a near-fully hollow electric loaded with Super 58s and Tri-Sound switching for modern-to-classic tones.
NAMM 2026: PRS unveils the John Mayer Silver Sky Wild Blue Limited Edition (up to 1,000 worldwide), featuring a first-ever matching headstock and the familiar 635JM spec with rosewood board.
Chris Buck debuts the Yamaha RS02CB Chris Buck Signature Revstar with a first-ever performance at a private event celebrating…