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2019 Music Products Industry Archive

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KORG’s C1 Air Digital Piano in a White Ash

KORG’s esteemed C1 Air digital piano series has just added a new color variation to the growing line – the C1 Air in a White Ash finish. 

New Trumpets and Trombones from BAC Musical Instruments

The Paseo Model Trumpet and Trombone and the Maverick Model Trumpet and Trombone from BAC are hand-built at BAC’s Kansas City Factory.

Ibanez’s New Altstar Series of Acoustic Guitars

Ibanez’s new Altstar series of acoustic guitars come equipped with an Ibanez AEQ2UT on-board preamp and an onboard tuner, making it more than capable in a live performance situation. 

New Books from Alfred Music

Guitars for Vets: Official Songbook (Healing Through Music with 31 Easy Guitar Songs) was arranged for easy guitar and contains classic tunes from the 1960s to the present. A portion…

New Drumsticks from Vic Firth

The new Vic Firth Freestyle series of drumsticks offers an enhanced experience for drummers, allowing them to move up and down the stick, adjusting touch, feel, and sound without any…

Chin Rest Zuerich from Wittner

The anatomically-designed, antiallergic Chin Rest Zuerich is for violin and viola players.

ADJ’s New LED Pars

The 5PX Hex is a LED Par fixture that features five 12W HEX LEDs housed in a compact case that is ideal for truss warming, as well as up-lighting duties where a…

The ClariKlang from ReedGeek

ReedGeek’s newest Klangbogen is the ClariKlang. This resonance bow is the latest reed and bore stabilizer designed to fit all clarinets.

The Acoustic Pocket Amp from Adam Hall

Providing extensive sound shaping options for acoustic guitars and basses, the Acoustic Pocket Amp is a versatile preamp that’s perfect for gigging, recording, and practicing.

Manhasset Stands’ New Grande Music Stand

Manhasset Stands’ #5450 Grande music stand was designed with an all-purpose shelf, rather than a storage area in the back of the stand (as featured on the Regal model).

Artesia’s Backpack Studio Bundle

Artesia’s Backpack Studio bundle has everything you need to produce industry quality tracks while on the go.

New Strings from S.I.T.

S.I.T Strings has released multiple 6-string versions of their Foundations bass strings adding to the already popular Foundations bass line.

New Accessories from Warwick

The RockCare Work Bench Pad is a soft non-slip bench top to protect your instruments while working on them.

New Subwoofer from Yorkville

The ES21P is the most powerful sub in the Elite family from Yorkville Sound.

Blackstar’s New Addition to FLY3 Line

Blackstar’s new Super Fly features 12 watts of power, separate microphone and instrument channels that can accommodate a wide variety of instruments including acoustic and electric guitar, and Bluetooth functionality.

The Zoom Q2n-4K Camera

Zoom North America’s Zoom Q2n-4K camera is designed to completely capture performances, practices and live streams.

Fishman’s New Bass Pickups

Fishman’s new Soapbar multi-voice bass pickups bring the revolutionary multi-voice performance, dynamic range, and articulation of Fluence technology to 4-string and 5-string bassists.

Gatchell’s New Instruments

Gatchell Violins’ newest specially formulated carbon fiber instruments are made by Gatchell Innovations, Inc., and distributed by Gatchell Violins Company, Inc. throughout the USA.

Allen & Heath's SQ Series Networking Cards

A Dante card for SQ Series mixers provides a 64x64 channel, 48/96 kHz interface to Dante-resident amplifiers, interfaces and other components for easy digital splits and multi-track recording directly to…

CruzTOOLs’ New Accessories

CruzTOOLS’ new GrooveTech Kit for acoustic guitars includes a locking bit driver that allows quick interchange of tool bits, and two bits designed for sound hole truss rod adjustment.

Whirlwind’s Rack Lightning, Adjustable LED Rack Illumination System

The Rack Lightning system from Whirlwind is a rack rail lighting system that can illuminate your equipment rack in six different color settings, with an adjustable dimming control.

G7th’s New Performance 3 Capo

G7th’s new Performance 3 Capo with their revolutionary Adaptive Radius Technology (ART).

New from Reverend Guitars

The Reverend Rick Vito Signature Soulshaker is Reverend Guitars’ third signature model with the influential artist.

New Pedals from Electro-Harmonix

The Flatiron Fuzz pedal from Electro-Harmonix is an extremely versatile, classic op-amp powered fuzz/distortion unit housed in a pedalboard friendly, die-cast chassis

New Mouthpieces from Chedeville

The Chedeville RC Series Saxophone Mouthpieces feature a round chamber which creates a warm beautiful saxophone tone with excellent control and intonation.

New Stacks from Zildjian

The relaunch of the Zildjian fx line with the unveiling of fx Stacks and the 22” fx Oriental Crash of Doom.

New Releases from Cympad

The Cympad Shark Snare Drum Dampener is made from premium-grade cellular foam and features a unique, hinged, reactive muffling system that mounts on the inside of the counterhoop.

The Roto-Grip from Grover

Grover Musical Products’ Roto-Grip (505F Series) allows you to upgrade your vintage Fender tuners to a more modern style locking tuner without making any modifications to your guitar.

Yamaha’s MODX Synthesizers

The MODX from Yamaha is a line of compact, lightweight, hybrid synthesizers inspired by flagship Yamaha synth technology.

The PRS Private Stock “Graveyard II” Limited Edition Guitar

The McCarty 594 “Graveyard II” Limited Edition model is a 60-piece limited run of McCarty 594 models that utilizes unique maple for the tops.

New Fixtures from CHAUVET DJ

The EZLink Par Q4 BT and EZLink Par Q6 BT are battery-powered quad-color (RGBA) LED par fixtures with built in Bluetooth wireless technology. EZLInk Par Q4 BT has four 3-watt LEDs on board.

New Drums from TAMA

The new S.L.P G-Maple’s foundation is a thicker 11mm shell made from 12 ply maple and an outer ply of Mappa Burl.

At The NAMM Show: A Traffic Alert

On Thursday, January 24 from 5–7:00p.m., a demonstration by Local Union 11/Unite Here will take place at the corners of Harbor Blvd. and Katella.

Music for All Announces Ensembles Invited to Participate in National Festival

71 concert bands, orchestras, choirs, percussion ensembles, and chamber ensembles have been selected to perform at the 28th annual Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, March 14 to 16,…

Martin pre-NAMM Product Launch

Chris Martin of C.F. Martin & Co. speaks at the company's booth on Wednesday, the afternoon before Day One of the 2019 NAMM Show.

Sax Machine: The Saxophone Market in 2019

It’s the family of woodwind instruments that to the uninformed appears like it should be a brasswind; the instrument that calls attention to itself and drives melodic performances in classical,…

Hercules Upgraded AGS Guitar Hanger

Hercules has changed the stand game with their Upgraded AGS Guitar Stand so it would “stand” to reason [Ouch… – Ed.] that the wall-mounted version would be similarly effective.

Anatomy of Sound Heart Beat 3D Guitar Picks

Most guitarists I know – myself included – have a go-to guitar pick. The concept of “my pick” is widespread and, in some ways, surprising when you consider how basic…

Loog Mini-Amp

Loog, the makers of the tiny three-stringed guitar for kids, have come up with a logical accessory: a tiny combo amplifier.

American Music & Sound’s Jeff Hawley

Before we dig in, I just want to touch upon some of the events in Thousand Oaks, California, where American Music & Sound is headquartered, that took place towards the…