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Music Products Industry News January 10, 2014

Bakithi Kumalo Signature U-BASS

The B.K. U-BASS is a 21” scale solid body electric four-string fretless bass strung with Kala’s proprietary polyurethane strings, designed with bassist Bakithi Kumalo. Other features include a select ash…

MMR Staff
Jan 10, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 10, 2014

Deering Custom Banjo Strings

Deering Banjo Company now offers custom banjo strings sets for all their banjos, including plectrum, tenor, six-string, Tenbrooks Series, and a Terry Baucom Signature Set for their broad line of…

MMR Staff
Jan 10, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 10, 2014

The Beard Model 27

The Beard Model 27™ is a faithful reproduction of the classic pre-war instrument, handcrafted and featuring Finland birch construction, parallelogram soundwell, vintage sunburst finish, and Beard Legend Cone™.beardguitars.comNAMM Booth #1410

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Jan 10, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 10, 2014

Fishman Fluence Pickups

Fluence pickups incorporate Fishman’s Fluence Core “coils” and true Multi-Voice electronics, which allow players to transform their individual pickups from Vintage to Hot, “line-in” Clean or Death Defying (depending on…

MMR Staff
Jan 10, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 10, 2014

Pilgrim Banjos and Mandolins

The Pilgrim offering is spearheaded with a range of tenor and bluegrass banjos as well as a ukulele banjo and a six-string guitar banjo. These are bolstereed by a series…

MMR Staff
Jan 10, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 10, 2014

Breedlove Guitars Premier Series

The Premier series offers an auditorium, concert, dreadnought, and jumbo body shape with both a solid East Indian rosewood and solid Honduran mahogany back and side option. It also offers…

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Jan 10, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 10, 2014

Fret-King Exige Guitar

Fret-King’s new Exige, which will be revealed for the very first time at the NAMM Show 2014, features a double cutaway body, two double coil Fret-King pickups (with the Fret-King…

MMR Staff
Jan 10, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 10, 2014

Legator 400 Series

Built in Los Angeles, Calif., these Limited Edition guitars will feature precision sculpted bodies in AAAAA woods and hand-shaped satin necks. The Legator Ninja 400 features a five-piece maple/walnut neck,…

MMR Staff
Jan 10, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 9, 2014

The History of Marshall - The First Fifty Years from Hal Leonard

The First Fifty Years is an updated and revised edition of Michael Doyle’s The History of Marshall, with the additional insight and deep Marshall knowledge of co-author Nick Bowcott. The…

MMR Staff
Jan 9, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 6, 2014

Fender's Strat Turns 60

The Fender Stratocaster (recent MMR Dealers' Choice Award-winner) guitar turns 60 in 2014. The ubiquitous instrument remains as popular as ever, and hardly a day goes by when you don’t hear its signature sound.…

MMR Staff
Jan 6, 2014
Music Products Industry News January 6, 2014

Full Compass Promotes Kjensrud, Glojek

Full Compass Systems has announced two new promotions of key individuals within the company.  Kyle Kjensrud moved up from assistant product manager to general merchandising manager & planning supervisor. Kjensrud…

MMR Staff
Jan 6, 2014