GoGo Tuners Horizon Pedal Tuner
The new tuner features a larger screen than previous models, and the first horizontal screen offered by GoGo Tuners. The compact pedal also keeps popular features intact for which GoGo…
Perri’s Black & White Collection, Hippy Collection, and Skull Collection
The Black & White Collection consists of eight stylish monochromatic straps, each of which makes a bold, beautifully balanced statement. The classic palette has been used to produce guitar straps…
Leading By Example
“Puff pieces” (or, as a close friend and editor at a popular entertainment/lifestyle magazine pegs them, “works of shameless ass-kissery”) are articles wherein the subject – be it person, place,…
Small is the New Big – Micro-amplifiers and ‘Lunchbox’ Heads Continue to Gain in the Marketplace
Back in April of 2013, MMR took a fairly in-depth look at the then-burgeoning field of mini/micro – or “lunchbox” – guitar amplifier heads that had become quite the rage…
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Happy NAMM Show!
As the headline indicates, we’ve been counting down the days until The 2016 NAMM Show. Hopefully, you’ve already made plans to attend (I’m talking to NAMM members, music educators, college…
USB Mics: Recording/Audio Engineering’s New ‘Starter Drug’
Unlike most – many, really – of our dealer surveys which exhibit quite a bit of parity, this month’s poll found a lot of similar responses coming from all over…
EMG Turns 40 – ‘You Can't Sit Still in This Business’
2016 marks four decades of EMG, Inc., innovative designers and producers of pickups, EQ accessories – and more! (read on) – that have been embraced by players across a number…
NAMM 2016: Nord reveals new Virtual Hammer Technology
The new Nord 3 stage piano features new Virtual Hammer Action technology, which mimics the feel of a grand piano. The Triple Sensor keybed allows key movements to be determined…
NAMM 2016: Sennheiser previews audio and recording launches
Sennheiser and Neumann will showcase live audio and recording solutions at the show, with performances from Nina Storey, Magnolia Memoir, Nu-Blu and others. Visitors are invited to try out Sennheiser…
NAMM 2016: JHS adds new Fret-King signature
JHS is adding a new signature guitar to its Fret-King range at NAMM. The new Fret-King Black Label ‘JJ’ John Jorgenson Artist guitar was designed in conjunction with Trev Wilkinson.Jorgenson…
Sweetwater Names Scardina Senior VP of Customer Experience
Sweetwater has hired Salena Scardina to fill the newly created position of senior vice president of customer experience. She is charged with identifying opportunities at all levels of the company…
Roland and Vandeweerd Family Enter into Acquisition of Rodgers
On January 4, 2016, Roland Corporation agreed to the Dutch Vandeweerd family’s acquisition of the American company Rodgers Instruments, effective January 15, 2016. As the owner of Johannus, Makin, and…