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News November 22, 2016

Spalding store to close

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MMR Staff
Nov 22, 2016
News November 22, 2016

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…

MMR Staff
Nov 22, 2016
News November 22, 2016

Ironside rolls into D'Addario

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MMR Staff
Nov 22, 2016
News November 22, 2016

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…

MMR Staff
Nov 22, 2016
News November 22, 2016

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…

MMR Staff
Nov 22, 2016
News November 22, 2016

Korg launching new mini synth

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MMR Staff
Nov 22, 2016
News November 20, 2016

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…

MMR Staff
Nov 20, 2016
News November 20, 2016

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…

MMR Staff
Nov 20, 2016
News November 18, 2016

Snark relaunches tuner range

Snark has relaunched its range of clip-on guitar, bass, violin, ukulele and chromatic tuners, adding a number of improvements. Featuring an upgraded, faster chip, the new tuners will provide higher accuracy,…

MMR Staff
Nov 18, 2016
News November 18, 2016

Tin Pan Alley campaign forges ahead

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MMR Staff
Nov 18, 2016
News November 18, 2016

PRS updates SE Series

 PRS has announced a number of updates to its SE Series of guitars including new headstocks and redesigned pickups. The SE Series was introduced in 2001 to bring high-quality, high-value…

MMR Staff
Nov 18, 2016