Every year during the month of June, musical instrument manufacturers from all over the world get together to show each other and the public what they have been working on in their research and development labs over the past 12 months. The results of their hard labor are brought forth at a huge convention that attracts music dealers, musicians, journalists and consumers from every corner of the music business who come to check out the new equipment.

This giant hoopla is called the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Show^ and to cover in detail the guitars alone that will be shown at NAMM would take up half this publication; however, some well-chosen phone calls and conversations have provided me with some advance info that you guitar and bass freaks will, I hope, find useful So, bearing in mind that not every guitar company will be mentioned due to space considerations and also due to the fact that some companies were not at liberty to discuss their new products until they are unveiled at the NAMM show, here is a preview of what’s to come in 1981-82.