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Summer NAMM '13 - Laney Ironheart IRT-Studio and Hofner Jubilee Violin Bass Limited Edition

Check out Laney and Hofner's booth from Summer NAMM '13!

Jason Shadrick
By Jason ShadrickAug 13, 2013
Jason Shadrick
Since attending a Dave Matthews Band concert as a teenager, Jason has been into all things guitar. An Iowa native, Jason has degrees in Music Business from Minnesota State-Mankato and Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Northern Iowa. Since then, he has spent time doing everything from promotion at an indie music label to organizing guitar workshops all over the country. Currently, Jason lives with his wife, son, and daughter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Premier Guitar's Jason Shadrick is on location in Nashville, Tennessee, where he visits the Laney and Hofner booth and learns more about Laney's Ironheart IRT-Studio amp and Hofner's Limited Edition Jubilee Violin Bass.

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