Not all news is visible news at Winter NAMM 2009. Framus International may not have had a new body style to introduce at the show, but they've overhauled the standard hardware on their custom shop models (to TonePro), and the company itself is undergoing many significant changes in the way they're doing business, including moving to purely direct-selling.

All very interesting, of course, but more to the point: look at those gorgeous guitars!