Promark ActiveGrip
Promark ActiveGrip is a heat-activated grip coating that is formulated to become tackier as a player’s hands sweat and their body temperature rises without restricting range of movement or technique.…
Ibanez SR300E Bass Series
The Ibanez SR300E is a mahogany body designed to create a full, warm tone. Other features include a sturdy 5-piece maple/ rosewood SR neck, a rosewood fretboard, and the Ibanez…
Charvel Guitars Limited Edition Guthrie Govan Signature Model
For fall 2016, Charvel is offering a limited run of the Guthrie Govan Signature model that shares many of the unique features of the original 2014 model, but in a…
Ibanez TMB310 Talman Basses
The Ibanez TMB310 Talman basses combine a passive P/Double J pickup configuration with a retro Ibanez body design. Features include a mahogany body for a warm, punchy tone, a maple…
Breedlove Concert Moon Light
This concert guitar is handcrafted in Bend, Oregon and designed as the lightest guitar body by Breedlove to-date. The Moon Light features an Alaska Sitka spruce top, made from wood…
Holiday Buying Guide
With Summer NAMM disappearing farther and farther away in your rearview, it’s time to look into stocking up on the products you might have missed out on earlier in the…
Korg Names Kwas Technology Product Specialist
Korg USA has added Nick Kwas to their team as Korg’s technology product specialist. Kwas is a graduate of the University of Hartford and lifelong technology enthusiast with extensive experience…
Holiday Buying Season
With over 80 percent of respondents in this month’s dealer survey reporting that between 16-50 percent of their annual sales take place during the holiday season, you’d be hard pressed…
Be Safe Out There
Music has been in the news a lot lately, often for all the wrong reasons. Working backwards through the year, we’re still not really over the massacre in dance club…
Make Each Customer’s Experience Amazing – Part II
In Part II of Tracy Leenman’s guide to achieving higher levels of customer satisfaction, we pick up with “point 2” of her outline... 2) WOW! They were so helpful! Corollary:…
Taking Root: Bluegrass Guitar Sales in 2016
Drawing upon country, Appalachian, Irish, Scottish, and jazz influences, Bluegrass music represents a “big tent,” as they say. As deeply steeped in improvisation as jazz, but with a more “down…
Retail: Elements in the Evolution of Strait Music
Clint Strait, vice president and third generation owner of Strait Music, explains how Baldwin Pianos, The Beatles, and best buddies were elemental in the evolution of his grandfathers’ humble piano…