Dean Guitars’ Kerry King V Signature Guitar
Dean Guitars’ Kerry King V Signature Guitar honors founding guitarist of the band Slayer. Limited to only 50 pieces, this signature guitar arrives with a custom leather-bound Certificate of Authenticity…
Warwick’s EMP Coated Bass String Sets
Warwick’s EMP Coated Bass String Sets offer durable, corrosion resistant coated strings for electric bass with precise intonation and full, brilliant tone. Six different sets of these nickel-plated steel strings…
Whirlwind’s DIRECT2-JT Dual Direct Box
The DIRECT2-JT is Whirlwind's premium Dual Direct box, built with Jensen transformers. It’s designed for converting unbalanced signals from stereo keyboards, acoustic guitar preamps, CD and tape players, or computer…
28th Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards
Product of the Year – Allen & Heath's Avantis Allen & Heath was the first company to win “Product of the Year” for a mixer with their SQ Series two…
39th Annual America’s Top Music Chains
As the dealers represented in this report are privately held, the data being presented in “America’s Top Chains” was supplied by the companies, themselves. In other instances, MMR made estimates…
Open-and-Shut Case (or Bag): Cases & Bags for Percussion Instruments
Have you been noticing any significant trends when it comes to cases & bags for drums and percussion instruments? “It is difficult to spot trends when doing less than…
After 95 Years of Shaping the Pro Audio World, Innovation is Still a ‘Shure’ Thing
The following article is based upon conversations with Shure’s Mark Brunner, prior to his unexpected passing on October 1, 2020. If you were to flip through the annals of modern…
Creating a Lineage of ‘Keepers:’ Vintage Guitars Observes 25 Years in Business
Over in Leeds, UK, Dennis Drumm believes Vintage Guitars has found the ultimate “sweet spot” in the guitar market. The brand’s intersection of price point, quality, and flair was their…
Fender’s Justin Norvell
[caption id="attachment_73800" align="alignleft" width="320"] An up-close view of the Am Pro II Jazzmaster’s pickups[/caption] Earlier this fall, FMIC introduced the second generation of the brand’s wildly popular American Professional Series.…
Unprecedented
[caption id="attachment_73797" align="alignleft" width="376"] Photo by Markus Winkler from Pexels[/caption] I observe and report on the MI industry and can make guesses (hopefully educated guesses) as to how vendors and…
Developing Trends Post-COVID: Follow the Money and Look for Green Shoots
[caption id="attachment_73794" align="alignleft" width="460"] Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels[/caption] Following trends is akin to catching a falling knife; at best, it’s a tricky proposition. Looking back in early 2020…
The Year It Wasn’t Worth It
[caption id="attachment_73791" align="alignleft" width="358"] Photo by Sebastian Ervi from Pexels[/caption] As I write this, it has been 270 days since my band last performed in Nashville, Tennessee at ACME Feed…