Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
Music Nomad’s 6-piece Precision Setup Gauge Set demystifies the setup process by developing innovative, high quality gauges combined with step-by-step general guidelines anybody can follow to help setup their guitar…
Railhammer Pickups are now available in gold, as well as several models of the replacement pickups. Rails under the wound strings lead to tighter lows and poles under the plain…
Dean Guitars’ Kerry King V Signature Guitar honors founding guitarist of the band Slayer. Limited to only 50 pieces, this signature guitar arrives with a custom leather-bound Certificate of Authenticity…
Warwick’s EMP Coated Bass String Sets offer durable, corrosion resistant coated strings for electric bass with precise intonation and full, brilliant tone. Six different sets of these nickel-plated steel strings…
The DIRECT2-JT is Whirlwind's premium Dual Direct box, built with Jensen transformers. It’s designed for converting unbalanced signals from stereo keyboards, acoustic guitar preamps, CD and tape players, or computer…
Product of the Year – Allen & Heath's Avantis Allen & Heath was the first company to win “Product of the Year” for a mixer with their SQ Series two…
As the dealers represented in this report are privately held, the data being presented in “America’s Top Chains” was supplied by the companies, themselves. In other instances, MMR made estimates…
Have you been noticing any significant trends when it comes to cases & bags for drums and percussion instruments? “It is difficult to spot trends when doing less than…
The following article is based upon conversations with Shure’s Mark Brunner, prior to his unexpected passing on October 1, 2020. If you were to flip through the annals of modern…
Over in Leeds, UK, Dennis Drumm believes Vintage Guitars has found the ultimate “sweet spot” in the guitar market. The brand’s intersection of price point, quality, and flair was their…
[caption id="attachment_73800" align="alignleft" width="320"] An up-close view of the Am Pro II Jazzmaster’s pickups[/caption] Earlier this fall, FMIC introduced the second generation of the brand’s wildly popular American Professional Series.…
[caption id="attachment_73797" align="alignleft" width="376"] Photo by Markus Winkler from Pexels[/caption] I observe and report on the MI industry and can make guesses (hopefully educated guesses) as to how vendors and…
