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Guitars & Fretted September 2, 2014

Electra Guitars Updated Invicta

The new Invicta model’s unique one and one half cutaway guitar body is made of ash and highlighted by a carved, quilted maple top. The medium C-shaped, maple set-in neck…

MMR Staff
Sep 2, 2014
Guitars & Fretted September 2, 2014

Eastwood Guitars Warren Ellis MandoTenor

Eastwood has fused the popular Warren Ellis Tenor with a 4-string Mandocaster to create a completely new instrument. This dual cut carved alder body features both a 14" scale mandolin…

MMR Staff
Sep 2, 2014
Guitars & Fretted September 2, 2014

Electra Guitars Teams With Sony Pro Audio

Electra Guitars has selected Sony Pro Audio wireless systems to be a part of their “Rediscover Electra Guitars” promotion between September 1 and October 31, 2014. The promotion is only…

MMR Staff
Sep 2, 2014
Guitars & Fretted August 29, 2014

Dean Markley Blue Steel Nickel Plated Bass Strings

 Previously only available to top shelf artists and exclusive dealers, Dean Markley USA is officially launching the Blue Steel Nickel Plated bass strings. By using a nickel plating, the strings…

MMR Staff
Aug 29, 2014
Guitars & Fretted August 29, 2014

Eastman Guitars Thinline T486-RB Ray Benson

Eastman Guitars collaborated with guitarist Ray Benson on his signature Thinline T486-RB. The T486-RB is a double cutaway featuring deluxe laminate top, back and sides, with ivoroid binding throughout the…

MMR Staff
Aug 29, 2014
Guitars & Fretted August 29, 2014

Recording King Torrefied Top RP1-16C Guitars

Recording King’s new line of guitars feature torrefied Adirondack spruce tops, which undergo a specialized heating process in which the wood is heated at a low temperature in an oxygen-free…

MMR Staff
Aug 29, 2014
Guitars & Fretted August 27, 2014

Fender Welcomes Beats' Wood to Board of Directors

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced that Beats Electronics (Beats) president, Luke Wood, has joined Fender’s Board of Directors. Under Wood’s leadership, Beats, which is owned by Apple, has…

MMR Staff
Aug 27, 2014
Guitars & Fretted August 21, 2014

Leslie ā€˜G’ Pedal for Guitar

Based on the Digital Leslie circuitry pioneered on Hammond "Sk" Stage Keyboards, the "G" features three classic hot-rodded cabinet styles – Models 122, 147, and 18v (the Leslie model designation…

MMR Staff
Aug 21, 2014
Guitars & Fretted August 20, 2014

Kala Guitarlele

Kala Brand Music's new hybrid instrument, the Guitarlele, is a six-stringed instrument tuned to A-D-G-C-E-A, that projects a bright and full tone similar to capoing up on the fifth fret…

MMR Staff
Aug 20, 2014
Guitars & Fretted August 7, 2014

Gibson's '335' Trademark Battle

It was announced on July 24th – and reported by MMR in this issue (see page 6) – that 16 guitar brands have filed for extensions in order to oppose…

MMR Staff
Aug 7, 2014
Guitars & Fretted August 6, 2014

Breedlove Donates Custom Guitar to Sisters Folk Festival

For more than 10 years Breedlove has been providing a custom guitar to the Sisters Folk Festival to be raffled off to raise funds for the Americana Project.  The Americana…

MMR Staff
Aug 6, 2014