26th Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards
While there are plenty of awards and accolades that organizations or publications hand out to specific instruments, brands, and music-related gear, the DCAs are uniquely significant. Unlike honors determined by…
GC Holds Week-long Celebration for the Remodel of its Flagship Hollywood Store
The redesigned Guitar Center Hollywood store features a vibrant new mural on the façade of the store, symbolizing an extension of the Guitar Center brand and L.A. music scene, created…
C.F. Martin & Co. Authentic Acoustic Strings
“Authentic” has been something of a go-to phrase for Martin Guitars the past few years. Their limited series of instruments build to prewar standards – as determined by forensic analysis…
Practice Makes Perfect: When Retail and Rehearsal Studios Combine
Photo courtesy of Gavin Whitner Much has been written (especially by me) about the decline of the recording studio business. As the ability to make high-quality multitrack recordings moved from…
Fender Launching Jimmy Page Tele
Fender has collaborated with one of rock’s most legendary guitar players – Jimmy Page – to recreate his famous 1959 Fender Telecaster 50 years after Led Zeppelin formed in October 1968. The Telecaster,…
Fender Recreates Page’s Telecaster
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced it is collaboratingwith one of rock’s most legendary guitar players – Jimmy Page – to recreate his famous 1959 Fender Telecaster50 years after Led…
Music China Kicks Off in Shanghai
Now in its 17th year, Music China has opened its doors in Shanghai with exhibitor sales up thanks to an increase in hall space. The show has grown by over…
Women and Guitars – a Changing Relationship
Going back into the late 20th century (it feels so odd to say that), a combination of culturally correct string slingers paired with pulchritudinous platinum blondes on posters plastered around…
Fender Level Set Buffer & Marine Layer Reverb
What a time to be alive. Between the vintage gear market, the consumer-to-consumer Internet market (eBay, craigslist, et cetera) and the phenomenal assortment of new pedals, guitar players have more…
Fender Player Series Jaguar
Days before this year’s Summer NAMM Show, Fender caught the attention of players and retailers with the announcement that the brand’s long-running Mexican Standard Series was being discontinued. The “replacement”…
And Now For Something Completely… Familiar
Whether the catalyst has been the now-infamous Washington Post article from last summer, the hopes/ questions brought about by the (now long ago) cultural phenomenon of “Guitar Hero” and “Rock…
Fender Mirror Image Delay and Santa Ana Overdrive
There’s a very specific type of joy that comes with experiencing things that have been lovingly crafted by people who know what they are doing. The Mirror Image Delay by…