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Recording King releases Standard series all-solid acoustic guitars
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Donner Debuts Starfold, OURA J100, PlugOne, Viva and more new pianos and guitars
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Recording King releases Standard series all-solid acoustic guitars 4h Audient releases third-gen id interfaces with room correction 7h Is Everything in the Box? 9h Schmidt Synthesizer releases Schmidt Vi software plugin as hardware production… Yesterday Donner Debuts Starfold, OURA J100, PlugOne, Viva and more new… Yesterday Rcf wins trademark and patent infringement cases in China Yesterday Majestic percussion adds reflection and concert black Xylophones Yesterday Unusable engineering ships currents & nostalgia software synth Yesterday Friedman Amplification releases VX-30 series inspired by 1960s British amps Yesterday Fender player fusion series reaches retail availability Yesterday Recording King releases Standard series all-solid acoustic guitars 4h Audient releases third-gen id interfaces with room correction 7h Is Everything in the Box? 9h Schmidt Synthesizer releases Schmidt Vi software plugin as hardware production… Yesterday Donner Debuts Starfold, OURA J100, PlugOne, Viva and more new… Yesterday Rcf wins trademark and patent infringement cases in China Yesterday Majestic percussion adds reflection and concert black Xylophones Yesterday Unusable engineering ships currents & nostalgia software synth Yesterday Friedman Amplification releases VX-30 series inspired by 1960s British amps Yesterday Fender player fusion series reaches retail availability Yesterday

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Guitars & Fretted

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Recording King releases Standard series all-solid acoustic guitars
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Donner Debuts Starfold, OURA J100, PlugOne, Viva and more new pianos and…
Yesterday
Friedman Amplification releases VX-30 series inspired by 1960s British amps
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Fender player fusion series reaches retail availability
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Drums & Percussion

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Majestic percussion adds reflection and concert black Xylophones
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