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Matt Owen

“We’re going back, but we’re going back for one reason only”: Fender CEO Andy Mooney explains why the firm’s return to NAMM 2025 won’t be business as usual

Fender Stratocaster headstock.

NAMM 2025 is only days away – and, at the time of writing, it’s still going ahead in face of the ongoing LA wildfires – which means brands, gear nerds and industry folk alike are readying themselves for another installment of the world’s most prestigious instrument trade show.

This year’s NAMM is set to be a particularly notable edition, though, because it will see the return of several big companies – Gibson, Marshall and Fender included – who were absent from previous events.

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