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News June 24, 2013

Guitar Legend Johnny Smith Dies

[caption id="attachment_47623" align="alignleft"]Johnny Smith [/caption]Johnny Smith, acclaimed jazz guitarist and MI retailer, passed away on June 12, 2013, less than a month before his 91st birthday. In 1958, Smith opened…

MMR Staff
Jun 24, 2013
News June 24, 2013

Stadiumred Announces Partnership with Gibson Brands

[caption id="attachment_47621" align="alignleft"]Stadiumred[/caption]Stadiumred, a music and entertainment company based in New York, has entered into a promotional partnership with the newly named Gibson Brands. Beginning on June 15, 2013, instruments from…

MMR Staff
Jun 24, 2013
News June 24, 2013

Ludwig-Musser Continues to Support Elkhart Jazz Festival

[caption id="attachment_47619" align="alignleft"]Ludwig-Musser product manager Jim Catalano.[/caption]The 26th Annual Elkhart Jazz Festival runs for three days, beginning on June 21st in downtown Elkhart, Indiana.  Over 100 top jazz musicians from…

MMR Staff
Jun 24, 2013
News June 24, 2013

New York GC Workers Vote to Unionize

The 57 workers at Guitar Center’s Manhattan retail store recently voted to form a union.The national Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) orchestrated the win, which marks the first…

MMR Staff
Jun 24, 2013
News June 24, 2013

Hayden Amps Hit the Road with Everclear

[caption id="attachment_47616" align="alignleft"]Everclear's Art Alexakis[/caption]American rock band Everclear, who had hits in the 90's with songs like "Santa Monica", "Everything to Everyone", and "Wonderful", is headlining the 2013 Summerland Tour and…

MMR Staff
Jun 24, 2013
News June 21, 2013

Rain Riser

[caption id="attachment_47614" align="alignleft"]Rain Riser[/caption]The Rain Riser, which debuts at this year’s Summer NAMM show, combines elements of a studio partition — absorption, diffusion, decoupling, and bass trapping — all within the…

MMR Staff
Jun 21, 2013
News June 20, 2013

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Jun 20, 2013
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