Once a part time animal shelter worker with a growing reputation as a “cat whisperer,” Jackson Galaxy is now the star of the successful Animal Planet television show, My Cat From Hell, which begins its fourth season in 2013. Galaxy, who carries around a trademark “Guitar Case o’ Cat Mojo” on his calls to troublesome cats, appeared Saturday January 26 at The NAMM Show, in the TKL Products Corp. booth.
The guitar case he carries on the show, " custom built by TKL, holds an eclectic collection of cat toys and tools.
The distinctive cases are built at TKL’s headquarters in Oilville, Va. under the supervision of Tommy Dougherty. Galaxy is comfortable toting a guitar case, as he is also a songwriter, singer, guitarist, and bandleader. Capping off a busy year, Galaxy penned a memoir, Cat Daddy: What the World’s Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean with Joel Derfner, published by Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin in 2012.
During Galaxy’s appearance, TKL made a surprise presentation to him, in conjunction with their friends at the Gibson Guitars Custom Shop. In honor of Galaxy’s commitment to animal welfare and adoptions, Dougherty presented Galaxy with a custom TKL case – which held a brand new 1958 reissue Gibson Les Paul.
“I had such a blast at NAMM 2013 and I can’t wait to come back next year,” Galaxy remarked after the event. “My thanks to TKL Cases for setting everything up, and of course for the mojo-rific guitar case. And to put in that case… all thanks to the folks at the Gibson Guitars Custom Shop for bringing my childhood dreams to life – in the shape of a gorgeous Les Paul!”
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