Celestion To Sponsor John Petrucci’s Guitar Universe
Celestion will be a sponsor of the second annual John Petrucci’s Guitar Universe, a four-day and night summer shred event to be held August 6 to 10 2018 at the Glen Cove Mansion…
Gaining Momentum: Hollow Body Electrics Appealing to More and More Players
This issue’s dealer poll – sent to just over 300 MI retailers – on the topic of hollow body electric guitars provided both some expected results, as well as a…
Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound 2018
Opinions differ wildly, depending on who you speak to as to the relative success of this year’s Musikmesse gathering in Frankfurt. But while it’s inarguable that exhibitor numbers were down,…
Something’s Gotta Give…Maybe?
In the 16-plus years I’ve been on staff at MMR there have been periodic rumors of Guitar Center’s imminent demise. Some of the reports and predictions have seemed more credible…
Art & Commerce
Art and commerce have been uneasy bedfellows for centuries, and it hasn’t been getting any easier lately. The great composers of the classical era had to balance following their muse…
Gibson Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Nashville-based Gibson Brands – the corporation behind Baldwin Piano, Wurlitzer, Gibson Pro Audio, and (most significantly) Gibson Guitars – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, May 1. The petition notes that…
Hal Leonard’s Bass Fitness and Guitar Fitness Apps
Hal Leonard‘s Bass Fitness and Guitar Fitness apps are based on the books of the same name by composer, bassist, and author Josquin Des Pres. Having written 18 books, including…
New Guitars from Ernie Ball
The Axis Super Sport Buckeye Burl Top guitar from Ernie Ball features an African mahogany body with exotic buckeye burl top. The neck is made using highly figured roasted maple…
New Colors For Revstar Guitars from Yamaha
Yamaha has unveiled six bold new colors to add to the Revstar line of solid-body electric guitars, expanding their series of instruments designed in the style of ‘60s-era European café-racer…
The PRS Silver Sky Guitar
The PRS Silver Sky is the result of a close collaboration between Grammy Award-winning musician John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith. Some of the more distinctive specifications include, a “reverse”…
GC Business Solutions Group Appoints Trimble and Nowak as GC Pro Design Engineers
The Business Solutions Group of Guitar Center (GC) announces the appointment of two key personnel – Mike Trimble and Marcin Nowak – as design engineers joining the GC Pro team. The addition of…
German Auto-Tuning Firm Suing Gibson for $50m
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