Of course, NAMM was pretty huge and you can see I Heart Guitar’s NAMM coverage here.

Here are some other stories from the last month-and-a-bit:

NEWS:

Another signature Dave Mustaine Line 6 amp for auction.

Mike Stone quits Queensryche.

Mr. Big reunion.

Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein humbucker.

Is Joe Satriani moonlighting as a policeman?

Trivium leaves Dean.

Vote for Ibanez PGM reissue.

New Ibanez Jem hardtail.

ESP James Hetfield Iron Cross.

Paul Gilbert & Freddie Nelson official live bootlegs.

MEDIA:

My Bogner Alchemist amp demo video.

My Roger Mayer Mongoose X pedal demo

REVIEWS:

Jeff Beck in Melbourne, Australia.

Lynch Mob, Melbourne, Australia.

If you wanna refresh your memory, you can see all my NAMM coverage by clicking THIS LINK.

Here are the things I’m most stoked about:

AMPS
Peavey 3120
Mesa Boogie Mark 5
Carvin Legacy II

EFFECTS
Ibanez Paul Gilbert Airplane Flanger
Eventide Pitch Factor
Vox Joe Satriani Big Bad Wah
New RJM switchers

GUITARS
ESP James Hetfield Iron Cross
Ibanez RG1527M maple-fretboard 7-string
Ibanez PGM100 reissue
EVH Wolfgang

By the way, anybody else notice that there was no big Dave Mustaine/Marshall announcement? Dave’s been talking for months about a new signature Marshall product, and there are various rumours that it’s either a variant of the JVM series head, a rackmountable JVM preamp, or even a new MIDI tube preamp to fill the gap left by the discontinued JMP-1. I’ve contacted Dave to see if he can shed any light on the story, and I’ll report back if I hear from him.