Peter D’Addario in Nashville @ SNAMM 2016
D’Addario‘s Peter D’Addario brings us up to speed on the new line of acoustic strings… Watch here!
Blackstar Amplification @ Summer NAMM 2016
Check out new amps from Blackstar! Click here to see.
Ernie Ball ‘Picker’s Paradise’ @ Summer NAMM
Ernie Ball made a welcome — and loud! — return to the industry’s annual summer gathering in Nashville… not only by exhibiting and highlighting new and recent gear introductions, but also…
Levy’s Leathers Donates to Guitars for Vets
On the morning of the first day of Summer NAMM 2016, Levy’s Leathers made a generous donation of $10,000 to Guitars for Vets, a program which provides guitars and lessons…
With Navajo Craftsmanship, Cloud Microphones Receives Presidential “E” Award
On May 16 of this year, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented Tucson, Arizona-based Cloud Microphones with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.…
Musical Innovations Adds Staff, Affiliate Stores
Musical Innovations, NAMM’s 2015 Top 100 Dealer of the Year, is expanding, in order to continue providing its trademark exemplary service to schools and families in the Southeast. Four…
Seattle Makes Music with Mackie
Seattle presented 38 artists in 27 city parks, in addition to countless performances created independently around town for Make Music Day. Fourteen of the city venues featured MackieFreePlay or Reach…
IMS Technologies ‘Skulls’ Caractune Clip-on Tuners
Just in time for Summer NAMM, IMS Technologies is debuting its latest Charactune® clip-on tuners, the Skulls. The red and black Skulls have presets for guitar, bass, violin, ukulele, and…
D’Addario’s 6th Annual Pre-Summer NAMM Party
Once again, the good folks at D’Addario got everyone amped up for the industry’s annual gathering in Nashville… by hosting an invite-only party at the company’s Artist Relations facility in Nashville.…
Trade Regrets: Mary Henkin
We recently received the following message from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino: Mary Henkin passed away on May 30 in Elkhart at the age of 87. She was well known in…
NAMM Foundation Awards NSPC $40,000 Grant
The work of the National String Project Consortium (NSPC) has been recognized with a $40,000 grant from The NAMM Foundation. The grant will allow the National String Project Consortium (NSPC)…
Players Music Named Distributor for Lizard Spit
Players Music LLC has been appointed exclusive distributor for Lizard Spit™ products. The exclusive territory will cover the U.S., Canada, EU countries and Australia. The company’s highly acclaimed flagship product,…