Smooth Operators: Coated Guitar & Bass Strings
With only seven percent of participants in this month’s dealer survey on the topic of coated guitar and bass strings reporting sales trending downwards, things are looking pretty darn solid…
Leaders of the Pack: Starter Packs for Fretted Instruments
With the recent pandemic came a historic surge of interest in music-making, especially with respect to fretted instruments. With record numbers of beginning players, it stands to reason that most…
Evolution & Adaptation: Justin Norvell, EVP Product, Fender
[caption id="attachment_81536" align="alignleft" width="460"] Justin Norvell[/caption] One “silver lining” of the past two-plus years has been folks either taking up a musical instrument for the first time, or rediscovering and…
A Golden Age: Elderly Instruments Celebrates a Half-Century
[caption id="attachment_81534" align="alignleft" width="460"] Lillian and Stan Werbin[/caption] Few music dealers are as beloved by patrons as Lansing, Michigan’s Elderly Instruments. A mecca for bluegrass, folk music, and “twang,” the…
Sweetwater Appoints Gidney as SVP, General Counsel
Sweetwater Sound, Inc., the world's leading eCommerce provider of pro audio gear and music instruments, has announced that Candice Gidney, with approximately two decades of legal experience, has joined Sweetwater…
TASCAM Announces its On-Air-Podcast Series
TASCAM is pleased to announce its On-Air-Podcast Series. The new program, slated to launch mid-March 2022, is geared toward the wide range of applications that encompass audio, with the goal…
EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath Retrospective
Way back in 2014, EarthQuaker Devices released the Afterneath Enhanced Otherworldly Reverberator, a pedal that became a game-changer for the Akron-based boutique pedal maker. The little pedal with the big,…
StompMan – Hughes & Kettner Launches Full-fledged Guitar Amp in Stompbox Format
The latest addition to Hughes & Kettner’s successful AmpMan line, the new StompMan is a full-fledged, high-end guitar amp in the format of a compact floor effects unit. Astonishingly powerful,…
Roland Introduces FANTOM-0 Synthesizer Keyboard Series
Roland introduces the FANTOM-0 series, a new lineup of synthesizer keyboards for performers, producers, and music creators. The FANTOM-06, FANTOM-07, and FANTOM-08 models combine the sonic power and fluid workflow…
On-Stage’s New WS3500 Production Station
The Music People, a division of Jam Industries USA, LLC, a leading supplier of musical accessories and pro-audio equipment, and parent company of On-Stage and TMP-Pro, has released its WS3500…
VocoPro Announces Three New Digital Wireless Instrument Systems
For performers and bands looking to go wireless for an affordable price, audio/visual leader VocoPro has announced three new digital wireless instrument systems. Having lots of cables laying on the…
Canopus Drum Accessories and Hardware Assign Distribution Rights to Hal Leonard
Highly-desired Canopus products will no longer be hard to find. Starting March 1, Hal Leonard became the exclusive distributor of the Canopus “boutique” line of high-quality drum accessories and hardware…