Rejoice, gearheads, for the 2026 NAMM Present is true across the nook. It’s a landmark occasion within the calendar for the music business, the place hundreds of manufacturers launch new merchandise and showcase all of the thrilling new gear they’ve been engaged on.

The Guitar.com crew will likely be packing our baggage and buying and selling gray, previous England for sunny Anaheim to deliver you all the most important updates from the present as they occur, however till then, right here’s a bit bit of information concerning the NAMM Present to get you in control.

When and the place will the NAMM Present 2026 happen?

As all the time, this 12 months’s NAMM Present is being held on the Anaheim Conference Heart in California, a 1.8 million-square foot venue that’s nearly sufficiently big to host the tons of of music manufacturers throughout guitars, tech and past showcasing their newest improvements.

This 12 months’s present will span throughout 5 days from Tuesday, 20 – Saturday 24 January, with early entry to occasions and reveals for NAMM members on the twentieth, and the primary flooring opening to all guests from Thursday the twenty second.

Which manufacturers will likely be on the NAMM Present 2026?

Whereas NAMM noticed lowered footfall and presence from massive manufacturers within the years instantly following the Covid pandemic, the present feels again to its former glory, with among the greatest gamers within the guitar world having a presence in a technique or one other.

Fender has a sales space during which it’ll showcase its new Fender Studio Professional DAW – which was introduced not too long ago as a alternative to PreSonus Studio One – Gibson may have a presence alongside Epiphone, Kramer and Mesa/Boogie, (although their stall is invite-only this 12 months and geared toward sellers solely reasonably than most people), and there’ll be a sizeable PRS sales space, too.

Curiously, Neural DSP has secured itself a big sales space for this 12 months’s present, which suggests one thing massive is likely to be coming from the amp and tone modelling large… Nothing however a hunch at this stage, however we’ll maintain you up to date if we hear extra.

There’s additionally set to be a powerful turnout from the most important manufacturers in acoustic guitar, with each Taylor and Martin internet hosting cubicles, in addition to Religion, Ibanez – showcasing its newest electrical and acoustic fashions, naturally – and masses extra.

What are organisers saying concerning the NAMM Present 2026?

Organisers say the 2026 NAMM present will see a “world viewers” collect with “a strong combine of outlets, distributors, company consumers, artists, influencers and media, educators and a spread of different certified attendees that ship worth to the 4,000-plus manufacturers on show”.

“Every 12 months, The NAMM Present delivers probably the most related and game-changing programming to assist construct a powerful future for our music business,” says NAMM President and CEO John Mlynczak.

You’ll be able to be taught extra concerning the NAMM Present 2026 at namm.org. The Guitar.com crew will likely be on the bottom in Anaheim subsequent week bringing you all the newest motion from the present flooring, so keep tuned…