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[caption id="attachment_48342" align="alignleft" width="1683"]Metalin' Guitars Standards[/caption]“Since its inception in 2010, Metalin’ Guitars has strived to produce a high performance aluminum bodied guitar,” says the company’s lead designer, Dave Bast. Indeed,…
[caption id="attachment_48340" align="alignleft" width="800"]Scott McMahon of McMahon Artistry[/caption]The one-of-a-kind instruments that McMAHON Artistry has churned out in recent years have helped the company move on up in the world, it…
Made up of only three luthiers, CR Alsip Guitars is “tiny” by design. “We plan to stay small because we believe that once a company grows in size, then the…
[caption id="attachment_48336" align="alignleft" width="800"]Legator founders Ken Yi and artist endorser Phil Chen.[/caption]It may seem like yesterday to many of us, but the 2013 Winter NAMM Show is nearly a year…
[caption id="attachment_48334" align="alignleft" width="800"]Fresh Eastman headstocks.[/caption]Though they’ve been an industry leader in violins and band instruments for decades, the Eastman Music Company has quietly built a reputation for dependable archtop…
[caption id="attachment_48332" align="alignleft" width="800"]Sublime Guitar Company official launch at Summer NAMM 2013 in Nashville. (Left to Right: Chris Tontini, Terry Platt, Tommy Platt, Chad Huang, Ricky Hughes, Michael Swenson)[/caption]Showgoers at…
[caption id="attachment_48330" align="alignleft" width="800"]St. Blues’ Tom Keckler (luthier), Jeff Cox (VP Operations), Bryan M. Eagle III (President) and Greg Mitchell, (Luthier)[/caption]The veteran guitar outfit (which celebrates its workshop’s 30th anniversary…
Guitar aficionados may recognize Electra Guitars as the defunct brand of handsome guitars endorsed by artists like Peter Frampton and Leslie West back in the ‘70s and ‘80s. This spring,…
[caption id="attachment_48326" align="alignleft" width="1567"]JHS managing director Dennis Drum[/caption]This past spring, John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. (JHS) entered into a distribution arrangement with LPD Music International. The new partnership promises…
[caption id="attachment_48324" align="alignleft" width="800"]Showtime's Jimmy Lennon, Jr.[/caption]Since 2001, ShoBox: The New Generation, a television series produced by the Showtime® network, has been recognized as a premier show for up-and-coming boxers.…
[caption id="attachment_48322" align="alignleft" width="800"]Ian Bousfield[/caption]International trombone soloist Ian Bousfield has joined forces with instrument manufacturer and specialist brass and wood wind publisher Warwick Music. This new long-term partnership launches with…
Casio America, Inc. is proud to announce that Wittenberg University, located in Springfield, Ohio has just equipped their piano lab with 16 of its newly launched Privia PX-350 digital pianos for educational use.“Music education…
