Another year, another dazzling parade of pedals, guitars, amps, modelers, and accessories that made our noggins spin.

A masterful Fender-inspired mashup with tones of its own.

The Lee Brice sideman has a go with luthier Chihoe Hahn's latest 6-string that is a fresh take on familiar concepts.

Luthier Chihoe Hahn collaborates with Steely Dan guitarist Walter Becker on his first new guitar design in a decade.

Take a look at the PG editors' top picks from Day 3 of NAMM.

About 30 miles north of Manhattan lies the sleepy village of Suffern, New York, which in the last few years has become a hotbed of T-style-oriented activity. Whether the

PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location at the 2011 Montreal Guitar Show where she visits the Hahn Guitars booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Hahn's new 229, Strat-style guitar.

A ''50s-style bass with boutique construction

PG's Shawn Hammond is On Location for the 2010 New York Amp Show where he visits a room shared by Hahn Guitars and Louis Electric. In this segment, we get to check out products from both companies demoed by Merle Haggard's guitarist Redd Volkaert.

The guitar Redd is using is based on Hahn's 228 model that has one-piece swamp ash body, one-piece quartersawn maple neck with 6105 frets and is set up with hardware made by luthier Chihoe Hahn. The guitar is loaded with Budz pickups - special wound for Redd.

The Louis Electric combo is based on Fender's 5E3 Tweed Deluxe, with 6L6 power tubes rather than the traditional 6V6s. The idea behind this amp was to give players more headroom and is designed for medium-sized gigs. The controls include Tone, Volume, and Volume. The speaker in this model is a Celestion G12H30.

We talk to Ron Kirn, Rick Kelly, Chihoe Hahn, Bill Crook and Jay Monterose about building boutique Tele-style guitars.