Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
The holiday season is in our collective rearview mirror at this point, but the idea of doing well by doing good remains a fundamentally sound proposition year-round for retailers. John Krupa…
St. Louis Music is the owner of E.K. Blessing Brass and Knilling strings. For 2016, SLM presents both brands on a new online canvas: BlessingBrass.com & Knilling.com “We’ve put so much work into the…
Ambitious West Country dealer Music Dynamics, has gone into administration with the loss of all three of its stores. The firm had shops in Stroud, Bath and opened a third…
Nashville-based guitarist Todd Sharp has launched Todd Sharp Amplifiers, a range of custom-made amps. The high-end, hand-wired vacuum tube amps are the first from Sharp, who has more than 40…
Inspired by one of the world’s foremost jazz guitarists, George Benson, Fender’s GB Signature Twin Reverb amplifier is an all-tube amp that produces rich, punchy tone with smooth attack and singing sustain.…
Bass specialist Aguilar has teamed up with UK music college BIMM London, to equip it with a range of its amps, cabs and effects. Working in conjunction with BIMM's deputy…
To celebrate their recent distribution agreement with Woodrow Guitar, Hal Leonard raffled off a limited edition Super Bowl 50 Northender guitar at the Winter NAMM show. Only 50 of these…
Inspired by one of the world’s foremost jazz guitarists, George Benson, Fender’s GB Signature Twin Reverb amplifier is an all-tube amp that produces rich, punchy tone with smooth attack and…
Musikmesse has teamed up with trade body the Society of Music Merchants (SOMM) to put together a programme of seminars and workshops at this year’s show. Under the heading of…
AKG by Harman and UK distributor Sound Technology, has launched a new line of high-performance headphones. Designed for musicians, producers and engineers on a budget, the new K52, K72 and…
German percussion giant Meinl has become the latest company to pull out of this year’s Musikmesse. An ambitious new format with an increased consumer element appears to be struggling to…
Joe Hibbs, Mapex and SONOR artist relations manager passed away in Los Angeles on Monday February 8th. Hibbs was a veteran of the drumming and MI community for decades starting…
