Eastwood Guitars Marksman 5
Eastwood Guitars Marksman 5Eastwood Guitars’ Marksman 5 is a tribute replica to the ultra-rare 1957 Magnatone® Mark V designed by Paul Bigsby. The guitar features a lightweight tone chambered mahogany…
VOX Night Train G2 Amplifiers
VOX Night Train G2 AmplifiersThe new Night Train G2 series includes the 15 Watt NT15H-G2 and 50 Watt NT50H-2G amplifier heads, plus the 15 Watt NT15C1-G2 – the first ever…
Inventing the American Guitar: The Pre–Civil War Innovations of C. F. Martin and His Contemporaries from Hal Leonard
Inventing the American Guitar: The Pre–Civil War Innovations of C. F. Martin and His Contemporaries from Hal LeonardHal Leonard Books’ Inventing the American Guitar describes the early history of American…
*Kyser and Fender Co-Brand Red Guitar Capo
*Kyser and Fender Co-Brand Red Guitar CapoKyser Musical Products, Inc. and Fender Musical Instrument Corporation have teamed together to co-brand and introduce a Special Edition Quick-Change™ Capo, colored “candy apple…
Rotosound Celebrates Swing Bass 50th Anniversary with Big Giveaway
Rotosound Celebrates Swing Bass 50th Anniversary with Big GiveawayRotosound Swing Bass strings were introduced fifty years ago and went on to be used by some of the highest profile bass…
Guitarist Devon Allman Joins Breedlove Guitars
Guitarist Devon Allman Joins Breedlove GuitarsSinger-songwriter Devon Allman recently joined the Breedlove artist roster. Devon, a blues/rock guitarist and vocalist, was recently nominated for a Blues Music Award. His new…
St. Blues Releases Eric Gales Signature Guitar
St. Blues’ Eric Gales Signature GuitarSaint Blues Guitar Workshop recently announced the creation of the Eric Gales signature Blindsider guitar, “Ghost Notes.” The release was celebrated at the company’s Memphis…
Fender Reported to Begin Selling Direct
In a recent interview published on peHUB.com it was reported that starting in November, for the first time, customers will be able to order and buy Fender guitars directly from…
Bedell Guitars – ‘We Can All Win Together’
Tom Bedell on a trip to Alaska earlier this year to check on the harvesting of Sitka spruce for 2013 instruments.In 2009, MMR profiled the then-new Bedell Guitars operation, headed…
Fender Appoints Angress to Senior VP of Global Sales
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Angress to the position of senior vice president of Global Sales. Angress has more than 30 years…
Give Your Hot-Rodding Guitar Customers Help with Modifications
Never give up a chance to help your customers get the most out of their favorite hobby. Photo: Dennis Beentjes.When contributing to, and reading, this month’s cover story, I was…
MI Stat: Guitar Market Breakdown
2013 Guitar Market BreakdownExclusive to MMR, MI SalesTrak ran their numbers on the breakdown for acoustic, electric/acoustic (E/A), and electric guitars sales, YTD. Electric guitars make up less than half…