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Some of you might have heard a number of us talk about this fine gentleman Billy Reasons. We met him in Nashville at Namm in July and he really showed us a great part of the business we're in. In 2002 Billy was electrocuted and almost died. Though doctors thought they would have to amputate his hand, they saved it and he has since gone through a number of surgeries to rehabilitate it and regain full function. At the moment he glues a pick to his thumb and finger with pine tar and tends to play so hard he leaves blood on the guitar. Still with all this adversity he's creating the best music of his career. We're hoping the Jam Kat design will help him overcome all current and future obstacles. Billy is an extraordinarily talented musician and we want to make sure the sky is the limit. Lisa is designing him a FLiP! and he sent her this lovely note that we wanted to share with you all:

Thank you so much Lisa for being such a big part of what will allow me to do what I know I was born to do. Sometimes when tragedy strikes it makes us want to give up and sometimes it pushes us to persevere, in my case that perseverance led me to you, pat and your entire wonderful group. It's another piece of a divine puzzle. You know how when your sitting there putting a puzzle together and you're looking for that one special piece and sometimes it seems to take forever to find? You guy's are that piece for me. Thank you so much for what you have accomplished, it will enable me to accomplish what I am meant to do as well. As my story continues I can't wait to share with the world what a big part of this story you have become. I thank God for leading me to you, I love you guys.

~Billy Reasons

So this is one of the many reasons that making the Jam Kat is so worthwhile. I can't even tell you how excited we are at the moment. On this edge of infinite possibilities. Starting a company is hard work, the type of thing you don't understand unless you've done it. Thankfully we frequently get to have moments like meeting Billy to keep us going. You can check out his story here.

For You Harmony Central People...

Just wanted to mention quickly that we got featured on Harmony Central's best of NAMM videos, check it out here and scroll about 2/3 of the way down to watch Lisa talk about the Jam Kat!

Good Morning Nashville

Just wanted to give you a quick heads up that Al has been uploading some pictures from NAMM in Nashville, TN. Much of the Pick-Smith Team is there to introduce the Jam Kat to the world.

For pictures and updates make sure to check out or Facebook Page, but here's a sneak peak of our booth setup today:

wish them luck! And remember, the Jam Kat doesn't just work; it works very, very well.

:)

Insert [Our] Ad Here

We have a new Jam Kat commercial/video that will be distributed with Guitar World Magazine's NAMM issue next month, and it is being featured on various magazine websites. Thanks to John, Kevin and Pat for working so hard on this. As always, thanks to Jeff for rocking out with our Jam Kat in the video.

Booth #1537

Hey y'all, just a quick update to let you know how excited we are because we got our NAMM certificate in the mail today and our booth # for the summer show! What a trip, let me say, to have all this coming together. We're putting together our NAMM team and finalizing all the details to get Pick-Smith rocking out in Nashville this July. I can't even describe how excited I was today when I found our booth on the interactive floor plan. Surreal.

Tim at Poremba Productions is still working hard on our booth display, make sure to check out the fly-by video below to experience our booth in it's thirty seconds of glory.

If you'd like more information about our appearance at the summer show, feel free to e-mail us anytime. We're banking on Jeff Poremba, the same fine lad who did our tutorial videos/face of Pick-Smith, to give a few demonstrations at the show. Displaying the awesome functionality of the Jam Kat and his mad guitar skills.

Thanks for everyone's help/support/love in this venture. We have big dreams and you're helping to make them happen!

Peace out for now ;)

We Be Nammin'

Congratulations to us as we are now officially members of NAMM! They're slogan is 'believe in music' and we are definitely believers here at Pick-Smith, Inc. We are also excited to announce our attendance at the Summer Namm Show in Nashville, TN this July. It's a wonderful networking and promotion opportunity for us, especially as we begin production of the Jam Kat.

We are lucky to have known Tim at Poremba Productions for a long time, and he's been working on the layout/graphics of our 6'x8' booth for the summer show. Doesn't sound like much space? Well we're going to be packing a lot of 'awesome' in there, don't you worry.

If you're going to be attending the show as well, look for something along the lines of this in the Guitar Accessories section and make sure to stop by and say hello. We promise we don't scratch.

Also along the marketing front Lisa has also been working hard on AD copy for Guitar World, Guitar Player and Bass Player magazines. We'd like to roll those out as soon as possible and who knows maybe we'll even get a product launch feature. You never know what the universe will throw at you.

More posts soon to come with updates about the tooling, the FLiP! and some exciting endorsement possibilities. Stay tuned :)