Hal Leonard’s New Releases
Jimi Hendrix – The Complete Scores is a special hardcover book that features over 1000 pages to all 52 songs featured on Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric…
Gibson Foundation Relaunches Worldwide
Pictured above: Dendy Jarrett, Executive Director, Gibson Foundation Gibson is proud to announce the re-launch of the Gibson Foundation – a 501(c)3) committed to introduce, inspire and amplify the power of music – and…
G7th Wins European Product Design Award
G7th, The Capo Company has won a prestigious European Product Design AwardTM for its innovative new Performance 3 capo with Adaptive Radius TechnologyTM (ART®), launched at Winter NAMM earlier this…
Royer R-10 Ribbon Microphone is Spot-On for Gibbons’ Guitar
ZZ Top is presently on its 50th Anniversary Tour, which began in April and continues into 2020. On the current tour, the R-10 ribbon microphone from Royer Labs is being…
Taylor Guitars’ 401(K) Plan Wins ‘Best in Class’ and ‘Plan Sponsor of the Year’ Awards PlanSponsor Magazine
Taylor Guitars has been awarded the “Best In Class” and “Plan Sponsor Of The Year” Awards for 2019 by PlanSponsor Magazine for the company’s U.S. 401(k) plan it offers its employees. Taylor…
Mojave Audio’s MA-300 Captures Moaning’s Raw Energy
LA-based producer, mixer, and engineer Alex Newport is spearheading the recording efforts for punk band Moaning and, among the various tools used to capture the band’s performances is the MA-300…
Rodriguez III Details Ukulele Developments in Fiji
Luthier Manuel Rodriguez III recently checked in with MMR about his voyage to Fiji. “Two years ago, I visited Fiji with the hope of selling guitars. On the backdrop of…
GE300 Multi-Effects Processor from Mooer Audio
Mooer Audio’s GE300 Amp Modelling, and Synth and Multi Effects board combines everything MOOER has to offer in one all-encompassing unit. Expanding on the GE200 feature set, this unit comes with 108 digital…
Great and Small: Guitar Amplifier Footprints Shrink, While Functionality Expands
In an issue from a few years past, MMR specifically shone a light on so-called “lunchbox amplifiers” – truly diminutive units that can fit in a courier bag, but which…
This New Era at Gibson
Full disclosure: I worked (for only) about three years at Gibson, in the 1990s, and left there (the first time) on good terms. I got to do cool things, work…
Headed South By Southwest: ‘Weirdness’ and Enthusiasm for the Arts Drive Prosperity in Austin, Texas
Standing on 6th Street in Austin in the middle of March, it’s easy to see why Austin is one of the biggest – and perhaps most underrated – music cities…
Making Electric History in Motor City: The Michigan Guitar Show Celebrates 30 Years
Up near Motor City, there’s a decades-old electric tour de force that just won’t quit. The road to 30 years of the Michigan Guitar Show has not been an easy…