Yorkvile Compact Powered Cabinet
Weighing in at under 15 pounds (6.6 kg), the Excursion Series EXM 70 uses two high quality long excursion 5‐inch woofers and a studio monitor quality soft dome tweeter to…
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2016 Music Products Industry Archive
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The ISP Technologies Vector FS
The ISP Technologies Vector FS is a full spectrum audio guitar cabinet/monitor designed for use with today’s digital guitar processors that incorporate a speaker-simulated output.
Floyd Rose Rail Tail Non-Locking Tremolo
The new Rail Tail Tremolo is a full contact, dive-only tremolo designed to retrofit your existing Strat®-style 6-point tremolo with no modifications to your guitar; a design merging the feel…
Electro-Harmonix 720 Stereo Looper
With 720 seconds (12 minutes) of stereo recording time on 10 independent loops and unlimited overdubbing, the compact EHX 720 Stereo Looper provides guitarists with an intuitive tool that’s perfect…
Kyser Music Products Rosewood Quick-Change
Kyser is proud to announce a new Quick-Change capo featuring a dark rosewood design.
SpiderCapo Mini SpiderCapo
The Mini SpiderCapo is for ukulele, banjo, mandolin, and bouzuki, and features individual fine tuning per string, plus endless open tunings - without retuning your instrument.
IMS Technologies Charactune
IMS Technologies is proud to introduce the latest additions to the Charactune® family: the new bulldog and cat clip-on instrument tuners.
Lee Oskar QuickGuide
As the first of a series of Lee Oskar Quick Start kits, the inaugural Guitar/Ukulele kit features 4 harmonicas, including the Major Diatonic (Key of C)—the standard tuning for Folk,…
JodyJazz Premium Accessories
The new JodyJazz Cork Grease is high-grade.
EMG Red Series
EMG, Inc. announced the release of the Red Series.
Levy’s MJ19UKE and MS317STR
This ½” wide polyester and leather jacquard weave ukulele strap features strap pin holes at each end to accommodate ukuleles with two strap buttons. Also suitable for mandolin and available…
The ReedGeek
The ReedGeek® “ Universal “ Tools are designed to help all woodwind players (both students and professionals), achieve better reed performance – with a compact, portable design and proprietary true-edge…
Hohner Lower Key Harmonicas
The Rocket harmonica was released in 2014 and is known for its rounded comfortable form as well as its fantastic action due to the innovative design of the chamber openings.
GoGo Tuners Horizon Pedal Tuner
The new tuner features a larger screen than previous models, and the first horizontal screen offered by GoGo Tuners.
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.
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.
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.
NAMM 2016: JHS adds new Fret-King signature
JHS is adding a new signature guitar to its Fret-King range at NAMM.
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.
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.
Lace Retains Kuffner
Don and Jeff Lace, along with the Board of Directors of Actodyne General, have officially retained industry professional Hap Kuffner of Kuffner International, for international sales, licensing, and consulting for…
NAMM 2016: JHS reveals line-up
John Hornby Skewes (JHS) has a number of announcements lined up for this week’s NAMM show, including new lines from its Fret-King and Vintage brands.
Tontoh joins Sakae roster
Frankie Tontoh, who has played drums for George Michael, Amy Whitehouse and Craig David has joined the line-up of Sakae Drums artists.
Sometimes Big Government is a Good Thing
Congress left the music education world a last-minute Christmas present when on December 9 it ratified the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Steve West – Fighting the Good Fight
We all know the saying, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” and you’d be hard pressed to find a more applicable example than Steve West.
All About That Bass, ‘Bout That (Spector) Bass
It looks as if 2016 will be the year of the Spector Bass.
Bill’s Music Turns 50
When you walked into Bill’s Music in the 1960s, one of the first things you’d see is owner, Bill Higgins, greeting you.
Four Ideas to Help You “Get on the Good Foot” in 2016
Yes, it’s that time of year, and we trust any suggestion from James Brown!
TMP Announces Promotions
The Music People (TMP) has announced significant promotions effective January 1, 2016.
Monday MMR Update e-Newsletter to Resume 2/1/15
In advance of the upcoming NAMM Show January 21 - 24, MMR will not be sending the regular weekly e-newsletter this coming Monday, January 18.
American Recorder Now Distributes RMV Drumheads and Fuhrmann Guitar Pedals in North America
American Recorder Technologies, Inc. announces that they are now the exclusive distributor of RMV Drumheads in North American.
AES to Host Membership Drive at NAMM Show
The Audio Engineering Society will be hosting a Membership booth at the Anaheim Convention Center during The NAMM Show , Jan 21-24.
Trade Regrets: Morty Manus
Morty Manus of Alfred Music passed away on Saturday, January 9, after a brief battle with cancer.
EHX unveils new OD/POG hybrid pedal
Electro-Harmonix has amalgamated the Soul Food Transparent Overdrive and Nano POG Polyphonic Octave Generator into one multi-effect pedal.
Washburn adds another new acoustic line
Washburn Guitars has lined up another new acoustic guitar range launching at NAMM later this month - the Woodline 10 and Woodline 20 Series.