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News December 21, 2016

Vintage adds new Giltrap signature

Designed by celebrated UK luthier Roger Williams, who has been building and repairing fretted instruments in Lichfield, England for over 15 years, Vintage is launching the VE9000RW ‘Roger Williams’ Nylon Electro-Acoustic Crossover guitar at NAMM. Distributed…

MMR Staff
Dec 21, 2016
News December 21, 2016

Antelope adds more FX models

Antelope Audio has announced several new hardware-based FPGA FX models for its interfaces for the second time in as many months. The latest update furthers the collaboration between Antelope and high-end…

MMR Staff
Dec 21, 2016
News December 21, 2016

Lowden produces UK's 'most expensive' ever guitar

Lowden Guitars has turned out its 20,000th guitar - thought to be the most expensive ever produced in the UK -  and is continuing to expand thanks in the main…

MMR Staff
Dec 21, 2016
News December 21, 2016

Yamaha London poll reveals music education struggles

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Dec 21, 2016
News December 21, 2016

Yamaha outlines Musikmesse presence

Yamaha is returning to take the entire Portalhaus building at Musikmesse to present Yamaha and other brands including Bösendorfer, Line 6 and Steinberg. The Japanese giant will be located at the western entrance to…

MMR Staff
Dec 21, 2016
News December 21, 2016

PageFlip intros new pedals at NAMM

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Dec 21, 2016
News December 21, 2016

New partner Down Under for Washburn

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Dec 21, 2016
News December 20, 2016

Yamaha Returns to Portalhaus Building at Musikmesse 2017

Musicians and professionals from the musical-instrument sector will once again be able to discover Yamaha’s extensive portfolio of products at the coming Musikmesse. For the second time, the renowned company…

MMR Staff
Dec 20, 2016
News December 20, 2016

Hofner releases two new Ignition bass guitars.

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MMR Staff
Dec 20, 2016
News December 20, 2016

Further research confirms musical brain benefits

It may come as a surprise to some, yet researchers have found that running affects the brain in pretty much the same way as playing a musical instrument. MRI scans…

MMR Staff
Dec 20, 2016
News December 20, 2016

Greg Mackie honoured with Parnelli Award

Greg Mackie, iconic innovator of countless professional audio products and founder of Mackie Designs, was recently honored as the recipient of this year’s “Audio Innovator Award” at the 17th annual Parnelli…

MMR Staff
Dec 20, 2016