Mitchell Element Series Acoustic Guitars
Mitchell Guitars' new Element Series combine feature solid spruce or red cedar tops with sapele or Indian rosewood bodies. Mitchell's shifted, scalloped bracing enables each instrument's top to breathe and…
Ibanez Kaoss Guitar and Bass
Ibanez takes on the world of electronic music with the introduction of the new RGKP6 and SRKP4 Korg mini kaoss pad 2s equipped guitar and bass, with an expected street…
Tri-Technical Systems Celebrates 30 Years
Tri-Technical Systems announces that September 2014 marks the company's 30th year anniversary of its founding. Under the leadership of Tri-Tech’s founder David Cox, Tri-Tech has grown from offering a single industry software…
GC Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Linkin Park Concert
Guitar Center has announced that Grammy Award-winning rock band Linkin Park will be performing in Los Angeles at The Wiltern on Friday, October 24th in celebration of the retailers 50th Anniversary. Interested…
2014 AES Educational Foundation Awards
The Educational Foundation of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) has announced the recipients of the 2014 AES Educational Grants for Graduate Studies in Audio Engineering. The announcement was made by…
Trade Regrets: Yoshi Kobayashi
Yoshi Kobayashi, the former Import Manager for Yamaha Corporation of America, passed away on September 13th at the age of 85. Kobayashi began working for Yamaha in 1958 and was tasked with supervising the…
Trade Regrets: Ruth Charles
Music retailer, teacher, and philanthropist Ruth J. Charles passed away on September 4. She was 89.Ruth was born in Birmingham, Michigan, June 26, 1925. In 1947, she and her late husband, Dick,…
Ovation Names Wallace as Brand Manager
KMC Music has appointed Darren Wallace as brand manager for Ovation Guitars. As a master luthier, Wallace has been an integral part of Ovation’s product design and development throughout his…
Music & Arts Adds Two New N. Houston Locations
Music & Arts recently opened two new locations in the North Houston, Texas areas of Humble and Tomball. The roughly 3,000 square foot Music & Arts stores offer a large…
Flammia to Manage Commercial Channel for PreSonus
PreSonus has announced that Tony Flammia has accepted the position of commercial channel manager. In his new position, Flammia will work closely with PreSonus/WorxAudio Loudspeaker Division managing director Hugh Sarvis…
ZVEX Runs "Auction for Andy" at Reverb.com
The MI industry mourned this loss of ZVEX Effects' Andrew Richardson last week. In an effort to pay tribute to Richardson, his colleagues have set up an auction through Reverb.com…
'Bass Drum Control' from HLC Celebrates 50 Years with Aniv. Edition
Nineteen sixty-four saw The Beatles debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, Lyndon B. Johnson win a landslide re-election, and Colin Bailey release Bass Drum Control. This book has become a…