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News April 4, 2022

John Cruz Custom Guitars Launches to Positive Response

  [caption id="attachment_81691" align="alignleft" width="460"] John Cruz[/caption] John Cruz Custom Guitars™ is open for business and, as the boutique electric guitar market response has proven, business is good. The company’s…

MMR Staff
Apr 4, 2022
News April 4, 2022

Mapex Launches The All-New Venus Series Complete Drum Kit

The all-new Mapex Venus Series complete drum kit presents an all-inclusive setup for the first-time player ready to start the “Drummer for Life” adventure. As a global drum company with…

MMR Staff
Apr 4, 2022
News April 3, 2022

Trade Regrets: Vera May

On April 2, NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino shared that Vera May had passed away on March 30, 2022, at the age of 102: Mrs. May was the matriarch figure of…

MMR Staff
Apr 3, 2022
News April 1, 2022

Amped Up: For Many Players Tube Amplifiers Remain the Standard

While the emergence of silicone transistor technology spelled the slow end for most valve-reliant products beginning in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, many musicians – particularly guitarists – continued…

MMR Staff
Apr 1, 2022
News April 1, 2022

Taking Center Stage: Stage Monitor Sales Rebound

The live performance industry was absolutely decimated by the pandemic – and we all know it (and are likely sick of hearing about it). Trust me, I’m at least as…

MMR Staff
Apr 1, 2022
News April 1, 2022

The Gathering of the Tribes

After more than two years, the NAMM Show is returning – a few months late, but back. It was a bold and wise pivot this year, erring on the side…

MMR Staff
Apr 1, 2022
News April 1, 2022

Down the Tubes

Of the multitude of horrors, human and sovereign rights violations, and threat of larger-scale conflict currently percolating due to the situation in Ukraine, what I’m about to examine is, unquestionably,…

MMR Staff
Apr 1, 2022
News April 1, 2022

Gator, Schecter and Levy’s Launch 'Shred to Win' Contest

Music industry leaders, Gator, Schector, and Levy’s, have teamed up on an electrifying “Shred to Win” contest for a chance to win a Gator Cases ICON Gig Bag, Schecter Blackjack 7 String Guitar, and Levy’s…

MMR Staff
Apr 1, 2022
News March 31, 2022

Yamaha Introduces a New Generation of Revstar Guitars

Yamaha has introduced a brand-new lineup of Revstar® electric guitars. Initially launched in 2015, Revstar was the first new electric guitar series from Yamaha in more than a decade, drawing…

MMR Staff
Mar 31, 2022