NAMM DAY 1 ANAHEIM, CA 2016

NAMM started off early with a breakfast and a performance by Jake Shimabukuroand presentation with NAMM president Joe Lamond.

Next was hitting the convention and seeing as much as possible before it got too packed.

JOHN PETRUCCI

GREG MARRA

CONRADO PESINATIO TODD VINNY VINCIGUERRA at LUDWIG TODD VINNY VINCIGUERRA at LUDWIG ALEX’ VAN HALEN’S KIT

ROTODRUM drums are cool. You can remove the drum heads andspace out the toms and the bass drums. The hardware also swivels on a ball joint, which was quite impressive

Satchel from Steel Panther did a guitar clinic at FISHMAN

Bill Hudson of TSO and Savatage did a clinicover atESP

Eric Singer of KISS at Pearl Drums.

Then it was off the the RUSH TRIBUTE SHOW at M3to end the evening.