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Guitars & Fretted April 28, 2014

Line 6 AMPLIFi FX100

The AMPLIFi FX100 is an iOS enabled, cloud-enhanced multi-effects pedal. Featuring the Line 6 AMPLIFi Remote iOS app, AMPLIFi FX100 allows guitar players to wirelessly control their sound in connection…

MMR Staff
Apr 28, 2014
Guitars & Fretted April 25, 2014

Fender to Close Ovation Factory in Connecticut

Fender has announced that it will be closing the facility in New Hartford, Connecticut where it has built Ovation brand instruments for the last 47 years. The company reportedly plans to cease…

MMR Staff
Apr 25, 2014
Guitars & Fretted April 25, 2014

Jupiter Launches ‘Banded’ Campaign to Unite School Music Community

Jupiter Band Instruments has launched a new integrated marketing campaign dubbed "Banded,” which highlights the common ground shared amongmusicians, music educators, parents of musicians, school music retailers, and Jupiter.  The campaign…

MMR Staff
Apr 25, 2014
Guitars & Fretted April 24, 2014

Dean Markley Helix Pure Nickel Guitar Strings

Helix strings are made with a new patented hyper-elliptical winding technique, creating a tighter wrap and more mass, which seals the strings without the need for coating. By using pure…

MMR Staff
Apr 24, 2014
Guitars & Fretted April 24, 2014

Eastwood Guitars California Rebel

The California Rebel is a tribute replica to the extremely rare 1967 Domino Californian Rebel. This definitive ‘60s surf style guitar was a hybrid of the VOX Phantom, the EKO…

MMR Staff
Apr 24, 2014
Guitars & Fretted April 13, 2014

Gibson Brands Sponsor the Institute Guitar Scholarship

The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance has announced that Gibson Brands will be sponsoring two of eight scholarships available for students hoping to join its intensive one year Higher Diploma…

MMR Staff
Apr 13, 2014
Guitars & Fretted April 13, 2014

Fender CEO Larry Thomas to Retire

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced the upcoming retirement of CEO Larry Thomas, effective May 31, 2014. Thomas was appointed to the FMIC Board of Directors in 2009 and later…

MMR Staff
Apr 13, 2014
Guitars & Fretted April 9, 2014

Green Guitars

At the end of the day, people will buy an instrument because it sounds good and performs well,” says Blackbird Guitars founder Joseph Luttwak. That’s the challenge facing a wide…

MMR Staff
Apr 9, 2014
Guitars & Fretted April 8, 2014

Gundorf G-GSC and PRO-GSC Guitar Stand Cases

Both new cases from Gundorf hold as many as six guitars when open, yet they are compact and easy to transport and store. The new Grundorf G-GSC guitar case features…

MMR Staff
Apr 8, 2014