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[caption id="attachment_47535" align="alignleft"]Boss RC-505 Loop Station.[/caption]Boss’s new RC-505 is equipped with five phrase tracks that can play simultaneously, the most yet in a BOSS Loop Station. Independent record/overdub/play and stop…
[caption id="attachment_47533" align="alignleft"][/caption]This book will get you comfortable playing in odd time signatures. Using a simple, yet effective counting system, it will give you a method for breaking down odd…
Dream Cymbals recently introduced the Scott Pellegrom Crop Circle: a 10” baby brother to the company’s ReFX series 14” ring cymbal circle. The smaller size is ideal for dropping over…
Kala’s banjo ukes are available in soprano and concert sizes and are distinctively appointed with a luxuriant black satin finish, a Remo Weatherking Banjo Head, deluxe geared tuners with black…
Yamaha’s b Series Upright Pianos are designed to be the most affordable instruments in Yamaha’s acoustic piano line. Following on the design that has been a favorite in Japanese and…
Guitar Heroes - Where Are They? I recently posted an item on MMR's website (also in the June issue's UpFront section) about a psychological study conducted at the Université…
[caption id="attachment_47523" align="alignleft"]Former MMR publisher Sidney Davis.[/caption]It came as no surprise when Sidney Davis’ inbox quickly was bursting at the “virtual” seams with messages from retailers and suppliers, following the…
[caption id="attachment_47521" align="alignleft"]Guitar Center executive VP of sales Gene Joly.[/caption]Earlier this spring, a flurry of criticism aimed at the nation’s largest MI retailer, Guitar Center, began sprouting up online. GC…
[caption id="attachment_47519" align="alignleft"]The Fret Shop's Colt Ward and Orami Rutledge[/caption]WHAT:The Fret Shop WHO: Mark Torstenson, Owner WHERE: Huntsville,Alabama WHEN FOUNDED: 1979 At home: Married to Lucia Cape; two kids: Evelyn, 6,…
[caption id="attachment_47517" align="alignleft"]Andy Bosnak of Lake Bluff Music.[/caption]The crew at the new retail shop Lake Bluffs Music Inc., located in a small suburb of Chicago, knows what it means to…
[caption id="attachment_47515" align="alignleft"]Village Music's Bob Gand and Lana Rae.[/caption]Back in 1963, Bob Gand was working as vice president of sales at a corporation in Chicago. He’d studied the trumpet growing up…
As a founding member of thrash-metal architects, Anthrax, Charlie Benante has been a force to be reckoned with and one of the most respected names in hard rock drumming since…
