European Beat: Fender Nixes Musikmesse
It looks like there is going to be a massive Fender-shaped hole in this year’s Musikmesse in Frankfurt. The trade show, which runs from April 15th to 18th (with consumer…
Anniversary: Kluson at 90
Dave Lewis Kluson, WD MusicFounded in 1925, the Kluson brand remains one of the most iconic names in fretted accessories. The company’s original equipment tuners became the choice of such…
Ashly Audio Appoints Leslie Executive VP
Ashly Audio has announced that industry veteran Scott Leslie will join the company as executive vice president. Ashly and its parent company, JAM Industries, are committed to a new growth…
Roland Announces Two Major New Appointments
Roland Corporation announced today two senior management appointments effective February 1, 2015. Mr. Jay Wanamaker will assume the role of president and CEO of Roland Corporation U.S., while Mr. Kim…
BackBeat Books Guitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever
Guitar Player is a reflection on Guitar Player’s early days, from its 1967 founding through its 1989 sale by founder Bud Eastman and editor/publisher Jim Crockett. This book looks at…
Fender Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass Guitar
The Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass guitar includes an Olympic White gloss finish, maple neck with “C” –shaped profile and vintage-style heel truss-rod adjustment, 9.5”-radius maple fingerboard with 20 vintage-style…
FMIC Sells KMC Music’s Percussion Brands & Ovation Guitars to Drum Workshop
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced that its subsidiary KMC Music, Inc. has sold its owned and licensed percussion brands, including Gretsch® Drums, Latin Percussion®, Toca® Percussion, KAT® Percussion…
Gruhn Commemorates 45th Anniversary with Two-Day Celebration
Gruhn Guitars invites friends and visitors to celebrate the shop’s 45th Anniversary on Friday, January 16th and Saturday, January 17th, from 9:30am to 6:00pm. The two-day celebration will feature several giveaways…
31st Annual Fifty Dealer/Fifty State Review & Forecast
ALABAMA Guitars and More Gardendale Dustin Honeycutt, president 2014 vs. 2013? We’ve had an increase of 50 percent. Hot new product line? PRS, Takamine, Peavey and Blackstar. Technological advances? Facebook…
22nd Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards
The 2014 Dealers’ Choice Awards again brought together hundreds of enthusiastic music products retailers to select the lines that made this year a success. This winning slate of instrument, sound, lighting and…
22nd Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards
The 2014 Dealers’ Choice Awards again brought together hundreds of enthusiastic music products dealers to nominate the lines that made this year a success. This winning slate of instrument, sound,…
Swing City Music’s 50th Half a Century of Serving the Musicians of Metro St. Louis
I guess they were Fenders,” says Art Rivasy, Sr., founder of Collinsville, Illinois’ Swing City Music, when asked about the first lines carried by his store 50 years ago. “When…