Alvarez Launches Guitar of the Month Campaign
Alvarez announced the launch of its Guitar of the Month promotion, which will present popular models of Alvarez guitars with their own dedicated webpage, social media branding and a giveaway…
Jackson Announces the Return of Marty Friedman to Artist Roster
Jackson announced the return of Marty Friedman back to the Jackson artist fold. Friedman’s playing with Jason Becker in Cacophony, was a key element in the success of thrash pioneers…
Beartooth Deploys Chauvet Rogue R1 FX-B Fixtures on Tour
On their current national tour in support of their Red Bull Records album Aggressive, Beartooth (founded by former Attack Attack! star Caleb Shomo) deploys Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures.…
Prestige Adds Rex Brown to A&R Roster
Prestige Guitars Ltd. announced Rex Brown of Pantera, KDH (Kill Devil Hill), and now The Rex Brown Band has joined their A&R Roster. “We can’t tell you how proud we…
Spalding store to close
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Mojotone adds to Tele pickup line
Mojotone has added two models of Telecaster style pickups to its family of ‘Quiet Coil’ hum-canceling pickups. The ’52 Tele Quiet Coils and Broadcaster Quiet Coils were designed using the exact same materials found in traditional single…
Ironside rolls into D'Addario
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Martin lines up trio of NAMM launches
Martin will add three new models to its popular 16 Series at the 2017 Winter NAMM Show. The new guitars include the D-16E, DC-16E and OMC-16E and all models will include Fishman Matrix VT Enhance acoustic amplification system.D-16E – The D-16E is a Dreadnought, with a…
Gambale Asian tour backs Cort
Guitarist Frank Gambale has just concluded a traveling acoustic guitar clinic in Asia on behalf of Cort guitars, in which he promoted his signature acoustic model. Beginning in China and ending…
Korg launching new mini synth
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Trade Regrets: Milt Okun
Milt Okun, founder of Cherry Lane Music Publishing, passed away on November 15th, at the age of 92. Prior to entering music publishing, Okun found success in the 1950s and ‘60s…
EAW Names Bobel North U.S. Sales Engineer
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has appointed Jim Bobel to the position of North U.S. sales engineer, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Jim Newhouse, EAW’s North American director of…