The 2013 NAMM Show in Anaheim

Claudia Choi plays a few licks at the Mahalo Ukulele booth at the NAMM Show in Anaheim.

Claudia Choi plays a few licks at the Mahalo Ukulele booth at the NAMM Show in Anaheim.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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The convention of manufacturers and dealers of musical equipment and accessories draws a unique crowd.

2013 NAMM Show

Antiquity Music demonstrates the wheelharp in its booth at the NAMM Show in Anaheim.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

2013 NAMM Show

The Ludwig drum company has a giant presence at this year’s show.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

2013 NAMM Show

Musicians Hayley McClean and Fernando Jones hold an mpromptu jam session at the Gretsch booth in the Fender area.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

2013 NAMM Show

Grammy-winning jazz guitarist George Benson, right, talks to visitors in the Fender area where the Artist Signature Amplifiers are on display.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

2013 NAMM Show

Fender’s Diamond Legend Cabronita is one of the masterpieces from the Fender Custom Shop on display at the NAMM Show in Anaheim. Featuring 377 diamonds and a handcrafted fingerboard and headstock inlay with silver wire, the guitar built by Yuriy Shishkov sold for $120,000 dollars.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

2013 NAMM Show

Crowds stream past the Ibanez guitar booth.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

2013 NAMM Show

Guitarist Hal Negin gets a little quiet time with one of the guitars in the Fender room.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

2013 NAMM Show

Roy Arias tries out an instrument at the NAMM show.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)