NAMM 2019: Gibson has already been making a splash on its return to the NAMM fray, and it did its best to dominate proceedings at the pre-show event by rolling out Jared James Nichols and Chuck Berry's son and grandson to launch the 350T Chuck Berry tribute.
As you'd expect, our intrepid team were front and centre. Check out their on-the-spot video, above.
![Justin Hawkins [left] of the Darkness plays an open G on his offset electric and closes his eyes as he performs onstage; soul-reggae icon Johnny Nash [right] frets a chord on his acoustic and wears a patched denim jacket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hWzCjD9ZWQiPPjMtTWiFfa-840-80.jpg.webp)
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