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Summer NAMM '12 - Sonic Wind Guitar Demo

PG's Editor for a Day winner Lindsey Hastings is On Location in Nashville, TN, for the 2012 Summer NAMM Show where she visits the Sonic Wind Guitar booth.

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PG's Editor for a Day winner Lindsey Hastings is On Location in Nashville, TN, for the 2012 Summer NAMM Show where she visits the Sonic Wind Guitar booth.

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