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Summer NAMM '12 - Walden Guitars Madera CD4041E-CERT Demo

PG's Rebecca Dirks is on location in Nashville, TN, for the 2012 Summer NAMM Show where she visits the Walden Guitars booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Waldens' Madera CD4041E-CERT.



PG's Rebecca Dirks is on location in Nashville, TN, for the 2012 Summer NAMM Show where she visits the Walden Guitars booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Waldens' Madera CD4041E-CERT.

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