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News June 20, 2013

Ludwig-Musser Continues to Support Elkhart Jazz Festival

Ludwig-Musser Continues to Support Elkhart Jazz FestivalThe 26th Annual Elkhart Jazz Festival runs for three days, beginning on June 21st in downtown Elkhart, Indiana.  Over 100 top jazz musicians from around the…

MMR Staff
Jun 20, 2013
News June 19, 2013

Gibson Officially Switches to 'Gibson Brands' Name

[caption id="attachment_47606" align="alignleft"]Gibson Brands.[/caption]Recent acquisitions in the pro audio realm have broadened Gibson’s range of product offerings considerably and, to reflect this, Gibson Guitar Corp. has become Gibson Brands. “Of…

MMR Staff
Jun 19, 2013
News June 19, 2013

The Fred & Dinah Gretsch 130th Anniversary Tour

[caption id="attachment_47604" align="alignleft"]Fred and Dinah Gretsch,[/caption]2013 marks Gretsch’s 130th anniversary, and the company is going all-out to celebrate this historic milestone. Special promotional events in cities across the US and…

MMR Staff
Jun 19, 2013
News June 19, 2013

Samson To Transfer Zoom Distribution

[caption id="attachment_47602" align="alignleft"]Samson to Transfer Zoom Distribution[/caption]Samson Technologies will turn over the U.S. distribution of all Zoom products to the newly developed Zoom North America on December 31, 2013.Zoom Corporation,…

MMR Staff
Jun 19, 2013
News June 19, 2013

S&P Lowers GC's Credit Rating

​According to Reuters, Standard & Poor’s cut its debt rating on Bain Capital-owned Guitar Center Holdings Inc. late last month, from ‘B-‘ to ‘CCC+’ due to “weak operating trends.”“Although we…

MMR Staff
Jun 19, 2013
News June 19, 2013

LPD to Distribute JHS Guitar Brands in the USA

[caption id="attachment_47598" align="alignleft"]Vice President Tom Vallis, President Sonia Vallis and Director Of Sales Nick Cicero[/caption]John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. has announced its cooperation with LPD Music to distribute Fret-King®…

MMR Staff
Jun 19, 2013
News June 18, 2013

Sennheiser Announces Changes to Executive Management Board

[caption id="attachment_47596" align="alignleft"]Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser [/caption]WEDEMARK, Germany — For several years now, two of the co-shareholders of the Sennheiser family business, Daniel and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser have proved themselves…

MMR Staff
Jun 18, 2013
News June 18, 2013

Walden Guitars B-1 and B-1E

[caption id="attachment_47594" align="alignleft"]Walden Guitars B-1 and B1-E[/caption]Walden’s B-1 series – the B-1 and B-1E (Electric) – are based on the Grand Auditorium body shape, have a 26 ¾” scale, a…

MMR Staff
Jun 18, 2013
News June 18, 2013

Peerless Retromatic Guitar

The Retromatic’s distinctive headstock, truss-rod cover, and pick guard design makes a bold statement from Peerless. As a crowning touch, the quirky Peerless logo has been die-cast, set, and attached…

MMR Staff
Jun 18, 2013
News June 18, 2013

Kala Resonator Ukulele

Kala Brand Music has blended the worlds of blues and bluegrass tone with ukulele mellow in the 2013 Kala Resonator Ukulele. An aluminum continental resonator cone has been crafted into…

MMR Staff
Jun 18, 2013
News June 18, 2013

Tech 21's Private Stock Blonde Deluxe

Tech 21 is issuing a deluxe version of their popular Blonde pedal from the SansAmp Character Series through their Private Stock division. The SansAmp Blonde Deluxe features a combination of…

MMR Staff
Jun 18, 2013
News June 18, 2013

Boss Multi Overtone MO-2

Powered by Multi-Dimensional Processing technology (MDP), the MO-2 Multi Overtone uses a guitar’s harmonic characteristics to create a wide range of extraordinary new sounds. This nextgeneration BOSS compact pedal with…

MMR Staff
Jun 18, 2013