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News March 3, 2020

Marchione Guitars Employ SonoTone Premium Guitar Strings

After SonoTone premium strings founder PK Pandey sent luthier Stephen Marchione sets of SonoTone Symphonic and Vintage series strings to try on Marchione steel-string acoustic and electric guitars, respectively, Marchione…

MMR Staff
Mar 3, 2020
News March 3, 2020

Prolight + Sound Postponed Until May due to Covid-19

In an email to exhibitors sent out today (March 3), Messe Frankfurt has decided to postpone Prolight + Sound 2020 due to the spread of Covid-19 in Europe. Representatives said…

MMR Staff
Mar 3, 2020
News March 3, 2020

Trade Regrets: Evelyn Brue-Roeder

On March 3, NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino shared this sad news about someone featured repeatedly in MMR over the years: Evelyn Brue-Roeder passed away on February 1. She was 101.…

MMR Staff
Mar 3, 2020
News March 2, 2020

Trade Regrets: Leon Louis Galison

From RPMDA: Leon Louis Galison, 64 of St. Augustine, formerly of Boca Raton passed away January 11, 2020 with family by his side. Leon was born in New York on…

MMR Staff
Mar 2, 2020
News March 2, 2020

On the Road Again: Acoustic Travel Guitars Take Off

Small-scale acoustic travel guitars are physically smaller and lighter instruments, but still generally with a full – or nearly full – scale length. The appeal of these guitars has been…

MMR Staff
Mar 2, 2020
News March 2, 2020

Testament’s Alex Skolnick

[caption id="attachment_70551" align="alignleft" width="307"] Fotogolab[/caption] Guitarist Alex Skolnick leads a musical double life. He made his name as a skilled shredder in Bay Area thrash metal band Testament, which has…

MMR Staff
Mar 2, 2020