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Gallery: Summer NAMM 2019 Day 1

The first day was full of interesting and weird gear from Mythos, Yamaha, Blackstar, Fender, and more!

Setting its sites on aesthetically conscious newcomers, Yamaha Music USA came to Nashville #NAMM with the lovely new Storia line of acoustics. Available in three models, they feature either a solid spruce or solid mahogany top, mahogany laminate back and sides, a 25” scale and slimmer neck (with rolled edges!), and a passive pickup—all for $399 street.

Over the decades with Hüsker Dü, Sugar, and solo, Bob Mould has earned a reputation for visceral performances.

Photo by Mike White

The 15th studio album from the legendary alt-rocker and former Hüsker Dü singer and 6-stringer is a rhythm-guitar record, and a play in three acts, inspired by sweaty, spilled-beer community connection.

Bob Mould wrote his last album, Blue Heart, as a protest record, ahead of the 2020 American election. As a basic rule, protest music works best when it's shared and experienced communally, where it can percolate and manifest in new, exciting disruptions. But 2020 wasn’t exactly a great year for gathering together.

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Seven previously-unheard Bruce Springsteen records will be released for the first time this summer with “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” coming June 27.

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The guitarist-of-all-trades runs us through his formidable live rig.

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Sterling by Music Man introduces the Joe Dart Artist Series Collection, featuring the Dart I, II, and III basses.

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