EU exit pushes up guitar prices
Interesting piece here on how Britain's disastrous decision to leave the EU is affecting the price of guitars and other instruments in the UK due to the weakened value of…
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2016 Music Products Industry Archive
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Fishman Moves To Expansive New Headquarters
Fishman has moved to significantly larger, high technology-driven company headquarters.
HW Products Celebrates 40 Years At NAMM
HW Products is celebrating its 40th year at NAMM.
Gambale Hosts Guitar Clinics in Asia with Cort
Guitarist Frank Gambale has just concluded a traveling acoustic guitar clinic in Asia. Beginning in China and ending in South Korea, the tour gave audiences a rare glimpse into Gambale’s…
ADJ To Hit The Road This Fall With Pop-Up Tradeshow
Following a new product launch at LDI in Las Vegas last month, the ADJ team will be hitting the road this fall to give customers across the US the opportunity…
The NAMM Foundation Announces The 2017 President’s Innovation Award Recipients
The NAMM Foundation is pleased to announce that it has recognized 60 college music students with the organization’s prestigious President’s Innovation Award. The annual award provides outstanding college music students…
Chauvet Professional at Private Party With Jay Leno
Event lighting designer John Farr recently lit a 50th wedding anniversary celebration in a home outside Baltimore. Jay Leno made an appearance to provide entertainment. Farr’s event rig consisted of…
Alvarez Launches Guitar of the Month Campaign
Alvarez announced the launch of its Guitar of the Month promotion, which will present popular models of Alvarez guitars with their own dedicated webpage, social media branding and a giveaway…
Jackson Announces the Return of Marty Friedman to Artist Roster
Jackson announced the return of Marty Friedman back to the Jackson artist fold.
Beartooth Deploys Chauvet Rogue R1 FX-B Fixtures on Tour
On their current national tour in support of their Red Bull Records album Aggressive, Beartooth (founded by former Attack Attack! star Caleb Shomo) deploys Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures.
Prestige Adds Rex Brown to A&R Roster
Prestige Guitars Ltd. announced Rex Brown of Pantera, KDH (Kill Devil Hill), and now The Rex Brown Band has joined their A&R Roster.
Spalding store to close
Spalding Music Services will be the latest UK retailer to call it a day, shutting up shop after 44 years in the game, early next year.
Mojotone adds to Tele pickup line
Mojotone has added two models of Telecaster style pickups to its family of ‘Quiet Coil’ hum-canceling pickups.
Ironside rolls into D'Addario
D’Addario UK has recruited Adam Ironside as as its new fretted specialist.
Martin lines up trio of NAMM launches
Martin will add three new models to its popular 16 Series at the 2017 Winter NAMM Show.
Gambale Asian tour backs Cort
Guitarist Frank Gambale has just concluded a traveling acoustic guitar clinic in Asia on behalf of Cort guitars, in which he promoted his signature acoustic model.
Korg launching new mini synth
Korg is launching the Monologue Analogue Synthesizer - a monophonic Analogue synthesizer based on the minilogue but re-designed and re-voiced for a powerful monophonic sound with updates to the sequencer.
Trade Regrets: Milt Okun
Milt Okun, founder of Cherry Lane Music Publishing, passed away on November 15th, at the age of 92.
EAW Names Bobel North U.S. Sales Engineer
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has appointed Jim Bobel to the position of North U.S. sales engineer, effective immediately.
Musical Innovations’ Leenman wins Duke Energy Service and Citizenship Award
Tracy E. Leenman, owner of Musical Innovations of Greenville, South Carolina, has been named winner of the 2016 Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award.
Snark relaunches tuner range
Snark has relaunched its range of clip-on guitar, bass, violin, ukulele and chromatic tuners, adding a number of improvements.
Tin Pan Alley campaign forges ahead
The director behind a movie charting the history of Denmark’s Street’s Tin Pan Alley has started a crowdfunding campaign aiming to raise the £28,000 needed to get the film made.
PRS updates SE Series
PRS has announced a number of updates to its SE Series of guitars including new headstocks and redesigned pickups.
BSP Limited Edition Mercury Series Snare Drums
Black Swamp Percussion has assembled a set of five limited edition 3.5" x 13" Mercury Series snare drums. Each features a special resin fiber shell wrapped in a distinct wood veneer.
VocoPro Ditgital-1
VocoPro recently launched their affordable all-digital wireless microphone system, Digital-1.
GluBoost Nominates Marc Ingber and SCORE Mktg. as Dealer and Repair Store Rep
GluBoost announced a partnership with Marc Ingber and SCORE Mktg as the manufacturers representative to MI Dealers and Repair Stores.
GHS & Rocktron on Tour With Disturbed
Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan and bassist John Moyer are currently using the Rocktron Banshee 2 and GHS Strings on their latest tour.
North Bridge Winds Completes Third Music Education Tour With Paul Edmund-Davies
North Bridge Winds completed another "music education" tour with Paul Edmund-Davies, that visited; Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, State College, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; as well as Wilmington, Delaware, and Murray, Utah. The Mission…
New Sennheiser digital radio mic system
Audio specialist Sennheiser has announced a new addition to its Professional Wireless Range - the Digital 6000 Series of radio microphones.
Robert Paiste
Cymbal manufacturer Paiste is mourning the death of Robert Paiste, grandson of the company’s founder and among the firm’s most important senior figures.
NAMM Show underlines educational offering
The 2017 NAMM Show will be offering over 120 free sessions including business know-how strategies and tips to technical training presentations.
VIDEO: Human League keys man talks Korg
Former Human League keyboardist Ian Burden has filmed a three-part video for Korg in which he talks about his music career pre and post Human League days.
PLASA returns Focus to Glasgow
PLASA Focus Glasgow returns to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) on 18th and 19th January, 2017, with an expanded programme of seminars, panel sessions, console training and equipment demonstrations…
Samsung to Acquire HARMAN
Samsung Electronics and Harman International have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Samsung will acquire HARMAN for $112.00 per share in cash, or total equity…
Samsung announces $8bn deal for Harman as it eyes auto market
Samsung has announced that it is buying US audio company Harman in an all-cash deal worth $8 billion.
New close miking concept seeks investment
A new mic concept launched by AMSystems aims to solve the problem of close miking guitars and is looking for investment to help bring it to market.
DR adds Veritas electric range
DR Strings has launched an electric guitar version of its new Veritas strings in the UK.
Yamaha Legacy in Education Awards
Yamaha presented the company’s Legacy in Education Awards to Steve Houghton and Bret Kuhn during this week’s annual Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC16) being held in Indianapolis.Photo: John Wittman,…
Zamora de Martino Appointed General Manager of Chauvet Mexico
Chauvet has named Carlos Zamora de Martino general manager of Chauvet Mexico.
Takamine schedules UK fingerstyle clinics
Takamine Guitars is hitting the road in the coming weeks with a series of masterclasses across the UK and Ireland featuring fingerstyle guitar specialist, Stuart Ryan.