Keeping with our international theme another neighbor of ours in Hall E was Lowden Guitars from North Ireland . We will review the new smaller body style F12 acoustic guitar you see in the photo soon . Way cool !
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Here I am with the man … Lloyd Baggs himself at the L . R . Baggs booth . His company has been supportive of our magazine from the “ get go ”. I told him how much we are appreciative that he made us a dealer for the new AEG-1 acousticelectric guitar . They are really something special for the worship platform and the worship folks buying them from us are really liking them .
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I circled back to the C . F . Martin booth to try the double neck acoustic guitar for myself .
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It was lighter in weight than I expected . It sounded good . It took me a second or two while strumming a rhythm part on the 12-string neck on top to switch to the 6 th -string neck below . It is quite a wild build concept , and I am sure the guitar case isn ’ t small either . It is certainly in the higher price range but definitely unique , and for that I give Martin credit . $ 7,999
NAMM 2025 Wrap … So , on the last day I decided to take a seat in my new favorite chair , rest my sore feet and add up the stats from this my 42 nd Winter NAMM trip . Over the course of four days according to the steps in my iPhone , I walked 30 miles ( no wonder my feet were sore ).
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I also had 30 meetings – some planned and some impromptu . I saw several old friends and meet some new ones . Our [ WM ] Worship Musician booth was a light there in the sometimes-dark places of the mainstream music world . Our team there grew closer together and we had some good laughs as well . All in all , it was the best NAMM Show yet for me and I am already planning ideas for next year ( January 22-24 , 2026 ).
NAMM has opportunities for the greater worship musician community to participate . Now that is cool for you too . Hope to see you there !
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