ESP Distributing Hayden Amps in U.S.
Ashdown's Hayden amp brand has entered into a new US distribution deal with ESP.The arrangement, covering the USA and Canadian markets, includes full service and dealer support, logistics handling, and…
Taylor Guitars Honored with Award for Corporate Excellence
At a ceremony on Wednesday, January 29, held at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., Bob Taylor, president of Taylor Guitars, was presented with the Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE)…
Gibson's 'Government Series' Commemorates Fed's Raids
As presumably most everyone in the industry knows, back in August of 2011, agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confiscated wood from Gibson's Tennessee facilities - the second…
New NYC Digs for Guitar Center
The Real Deal is reporting that GC will be moving into the former Daffy’s (fashion retailer) space in the old New York Times Building at 218 West 44th Street in Manhattan.GC…
Fender's Norvell Receives DCA at NAMM
Kicking of the Fender Strat's 60th Anniversary on a high note, VP of Fender Guitars Justin Norvell received the MMR Dealers' Choice Award for "Electric Guitar Line of the Year" on Saturday…
Larry Thomas & Sammy Ash at Fender's pre-NAMM Bash
Fender CEO Larry Thomas with Sammy Ash, COO of Sam Ash Music Corp. at Wednesday night's pre-NAMM party hosted by FMIC.
Fender's Allen Abbassi at Media Preview, NAMM 2014
Fender product specialist Allen Abbassi discussed new models for 2014 celebraing the 60th anniversary of the Stratocaster.
TC Electronic Continues Guitar Products Push
Back in 1976, two brothers – Kim and John Rishøj – set out to design an effects pedal for guitarists that would address a common problem with such devices: considerable…
Playing Guitar is for the Birds
An... unusual new art and sound exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem (Mass.) features 70 zebra finches "playing" fourteen Gibson guitars and electric basses set up around a…
Blueridge BR-40A Dreadnaught Guitar
The newest edition to the Blueridge family is the BR-40A Dreadnaught Guitar. Each guitar has a select, solid Adirondack spruce top - the same tonewood used in highly-prized collectibles often…
Martin Guitars on 'CBS Sunday Morning'
We were treated to a preview, of sorts, of an exhibit about the formative years of C.F. Martin Co. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Sunday…
PRS Guitars Archon Amplifier
The new PRS Archon’s lead channel was designed with five gain stages before the master volume, delivering full distortion, while the clean channel is built with ample headroom in mind.…