GALLERY: 2014 NAMM Day 1

Amptweaker unveiled its new BigRock Pro at NAMM 2014. It's essentially a FatRock and TightRock in one—but with heavy tones also on tap—and features dual boost controls, universal and boost effects loops, a SideTrack loop, pre- and post-distortion noise gates, and a 3-band EQ. It streets for $299.

AXL Guitars' rad new Belair has a slab mahogany body, a Bigsby B5, and a splittable TV Jones Power'Tron pickup for $749 street!

Cordoba Guitars brought the new D11-CE to Anaheim. It's outfitted with a solid Sitka spruce top, solid acacia back and sides, ebony fretboard and bridge, hybrid X/fan bracing, and the new AFS II piezo/internal mic system for $1,049 street—with hardshell case.

Ernie Ball/Music Man brought a brand-new John Petrucci signature model to NAMM. The Majesty features a sleek new profile on its basswood body, a laser-etched maple body inlay, mahogany neck-through design, and new low-profile piezo- and magnetic-pickup switches. It streets for $2,599.

EBS Sweden's new Classic 500 solid-state head features myriad EQ options, an input gain knob with clipping LED, separate overdrive control, and pre- and post-EQ DI—all for $999 street.

Always a feast of color at Fender Custom Shop's NAMM display. Here's a candy colored row of Heavy Relic'd Stratocaster gems.

NAMM candy shop--Gretsch style. An ice blue Custom Shop Penguin (drool), a Silver Jet relic, and a red moto Duo Jet.

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Gretsch showed off the new lineup of instruments in its 2014 Roots Collection which includes the G9202 Honey Dipper Special shown here. This limited edition round-neck features bell brass for the top, back, and sides, and a Gretsch Ampli-Sonic Biscuit resonator cone and bridge.

Guild introduced a number of new models to their Newark St. Collection at NAMM 2014. One of them is the M-85 bass—a semi-hollowbody that sports a mid-’60s look and delivers a big tone via its bridge-position Bi-Sonic-style pickup.

Saul Koll cradles his new-at-NAMM, three-pickup Troubador with alder body and maple neck.

Source Audio's new Manta for bass features 12 different filters, multiple waveforms (two envelopes, sine, square, and sawtooth), and an 8-voice distortion circuit that goes from mild to aggressive. Bonus: The envelopes trigger off the clean signal for better articulation. Street price is $169.

Winter NAMM 2014 means a peek at the new Squier Vintage Modified Bass VI--music to the ears of those of us that haven't been able to afford a more expensive version. Nice block inlay too!

Tone King mastermind Mark Bartel spent last year in a British state of mind and emerged with a few new amps including this beautiful EL34-driven Majesty 45. It's tricked out with a specially voiced attenuator and a 2 x 12 cab with custom Eminence 60-watt speakers.

Loving the oxblood finish on Troy Van Leeuwen's new signature Jazzmaster. One of several new Fender Guitar Select series offerings at NAMM 2014.

Aristides Instruments brought its first 7-string axe to Anaheim. The 070 features the company's proprietary Arium composite for the neck and body, while the fretboard is ebony. Available options include Duncan, BareKnuckle, or EMG pickups, and Hipshot hardtail or a Floyd arose bridge. Prices start at $2,900 street.

Carvin showed off a trio of new bass amps at 2014 NAMM. They include the 700-watt BX700 Mono Block (left), the 900-watt B1000 Mono Block, and the bi-ampable, 1600-watt BX1600 Dual Mono Block.

Carvin came to town with a ton of new gear at NAMM this year. One standout was the 27" scale DC7X 7-string. Features include a maple neck through an alder body, a Hipshot adjustable hardtail bridge, and the pair of active A70 pickups.

Gibson brought a couple very cool variations on the classic slope shoulder J-45 shape. This one, the J-15 has walnut back and sides, Sitka Spruce top and a MAP right around $1,500.

Oz Noy prepares to demo the new handwired, U.K.-made Hiwatt Custom Little D. The dual-EL84-powered head is switchable from 20 watts to 1/2 watt and features normal and brilliant inputs or one that links both.

Magnatone had a prototype of their brand new Panoramic amp in tow at the 2014 NAMM show. It's a class A, 5-watt little beast that boasts a tube complement of two 12AX7s, a 12AU7, and a pair of 6V6s.

Marshall brought four new handwired amps to NAMM, including the 2245THW, which features a 3-band EQ, presence, speed and intensity knobs, and two KT66 power tubes operating in class A/B.

Martin's new Eric Clapton 0M-ECHF Navy Blues signature guitar is the latest in a multi-color trilogy. It features a 25.4" scale, a European spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, and ebony fretboard and bridge.

Nik Huber Guitars brought a number of guitars to NAMM this year, including this yet-to-be officially named "Prototype." It's a semi-hollowbody featuring mahogany for the body and neck, a flame maple top, and an East Indian rosewood fretboard. For electronics, this bad boy is loaded with a set of Tronbuckers from Haussel.

Along with a slew of other stunning instruments in tow, Jens Ritter Instruments brought his X-Men bass to the 2014 show. Ritter created the graphics by scanning images from his collection of comic books.

Rock N' Roll Relics brought a prototype of the handmade, limited-edition Bruce Kulick BK signature model to NAMM. Available through rebel-guitars.com, it features a slab mahogany body, a Seymour Duncan Antiquity JB, and Schaller tuners for $2,800.

Supro's new 1624T Dual-Tone features a pair of 6973 power tubes, two channels with volume and tone knobs, a tremolo circuit, and a custom 12" speaker voiced to capture a 1960s Jensen vibe. Input one sends the signal through both preamps, while input 2 operates as a single preamp. Street price is $1,099.

T-Rex Effects brought the new Soul Mate multi-effector, as well as three cool single-function stomps—the Vulture distortion, the Creamer Reverb, and the Replay Box tap-tempo delay with 3 seconds of delay and subdivision switch. Soul Mate is $799, Vulture and Creamer are $199, and Replay Box is $249.

Tausch Electric Guitars brought a new 665 "Raw" model to 2014 NAMM. It features a 25 1/4" scale, a pear wood body, a flamed maple neck, and a pair of Haussel pickups with a 59 in the neck and a TE Broad in the bridge.

DV Mark unveiled the new 500-watt Bass Multiamp at 2014 NAMM. It offers a very wide range of virtual bass amps, stompbox effects, cabs, and mics in a rackmountable unit with an intuitive interface.

DV Mark showed off their trio of tube amps at the 2014 NAMM show: the 40-watt Triple Six 40, 120-watt Triple Six III, and the 40-watt Little 40 II.

DV Mark unveiled a new compact combo amp called the DV Little Jazz. It has a single 8" speaker and a simple EQ, yet still delivers some big and clean sounds.

The new FatRat features distortion, filter, and volume knobs, as well as thick/stock and MOSFET/stock toggles, the latter of which adds a new gain character to the classic Rat nastiness. $299 street

Framus unveiled their new set-neck Idolmaker model at the 2014 show. Its body is a AAA flame maple/mahogany combo, and the mahogany neck is capped with tiger stripe ebony. For electronics, the Idolmaker is loaded up with an SH-PG/SH-11 set from Seymour Duncan.

Keeley Electronics brought the new Bassist Compressor and Seafoam Chorus to NAMM, but they also gave us a sneak peek at the upcoming FTW-109 fuzz-wah, an expanded studio-style compressor pedal, a stereo Seafoam Chorus, the Clipper power-supply-driven fuzz, and the ISO2 power-supply ground isolator—which provides two isolated outputs from a single standard 9V adapter.

Peerless Guitars unveiled the Retromatic bass, which has a maple-topped spruce semi-hollow body with a mahogany center block, dual humbuckers, and a varitone knob. Street price will be $999.

Warwick brought plenty of new candy to the 2014 NAMM show. Shown here is the Fortress 2014 LTD which features a swamp ash body topped with poplar burl and a bolt-on wenge neck capped with a bird's-eye maple fretboard. The Fortress LTD is packed with a pair of passive Nordstrand Fatstacks.

Warwick's new 1000-watt LWA 1000 bass amp head made its debut at the NAMM show. At just under 6 pounds, this class-A beast is an ultra-portable yet powerful option for the gigging bassist.

EarthQuaker Devices' new Pitch Bay and Terminal stomps sound freakishly rad, as expected. The former goes for $225 and the latter for $165. Look for the demo vid soon.