Great gear was shown throughout the show:

 

 Jams were happening at many booths!

 Information was available…

{besps_c}1|A_IMG_1540.jpg||Performance Capo from England showed off their new patented wrap-spring capo, which allows the user to press the capo to any desired tension. {/besps_c} {besps_c}1|B_IMG_1542.jpg||A little gaudy perhaps, but what a flash you’ll be at the next jam.{/besps_c} {besps_c}1|C_IMG_1545.jpg||A bouquet of Snark tuners…how aromatic!{/besps_c} {besps_c}1|D_IMG_1571.jpg||Bone and hardwoods picks…nice!{/besps_c} {besps_c}1|E_IMG_1568.jpg||Wood picks…some too soft for mandolins, but nice for guitars.{/besps_c} {besps_c}1|F_IMG_1536.jpg||I have to have one of these as I put my sheet music pdf’s on my IPAD!{/besps_c} {besps_c}1|G_IMG_1608 .jpg||Fiddle bows were available in the classical music instrument pavillion.{/besps_c} {besps_c}1|H_IMG_1601.jpg||Now that Calton cases are not available, many suppllers were at the convention, many from Asia.{/besps_c} {besps_c}1|I_IMG_1440.jpg||China producers were everywhere. Anything associated with music had many Chinese producers. A challenge for American producers.{/besps_c} {besps_c}0|_.jpg||{/besps_c} {besps_c}1|J_IMG_1486.jpg||Nice to sit and have lunch Thursday with Mickey and Beth from Lark in the Morning! {/besps_c} {besps_c}2|A_IMG_1582.jpg||Singing and playing at the National Resonator Guitar booth…love that blues.{/besps_c} {besps_c}2|B_IMG_1585.jpg||Great jammin…!{/besps_c} {besps_c}2|C_IMG_1589.jpg||Dorian Michael playing great as usual…love to see you with the great mandolinist Kenny Blackwell!{/besps_c} {besps_c}2|D_IMG_1590.jpg||Play that slide…!{/besps_c} {besps_c}2|E_IMG_1534.jpg||”Fishtank Ensemble”{/besps_c} {besps_c}2|F_IMG_1616.jpg||Great classical flute performance at the Hall Crystal Flutes!{/besps_c} {besps_c}0|_.jpg||Information was available…{/besps_c} {besps_c}3|A_IMG_1476.jpg||The Museum of Making Music had a great display of different and interesting instruments.{/besps_c} {besps_c}3|B_IMG_1514.jpg||NAMM presented movers and shakers with new ideas at the idea center. Everyone donned headphones in order to hear the speakers…{/besps_c} {besps_c}3|C_IMG_1619.jpg||Major brands of music sheet music, books, and tapes were available to see.{/besps_c} {besps_c}3|D_IMG_1624.jpg||Some things you just had to see…{/besps_c} {besps_c}3|E_IMG_1612.jpg||If it was too much, you could always grab and put these in!{/besps_c}