Stealth Power Amplifier
The Stealth™ Power Amplifier is based on analog class A/B amplifier design for excellent sonic and saturated clipping performance, not found with Class D power amplifiers. The Stealth can be…
Eminence Speaker D-Fend SA300
Eminence Speaker’s new D-fend™ SA300 is a fully programmable stand-alone unit designed to protect passive loudspeakers from excessive power conditions. A patent-pending technology, D-fend allows maximum driver performance while ensuring…
MOD Kits DIY Pre-Wired Assemblies
MOD™ Kits DIY announced the introduction of their new product line for guitar modification – Pre-Wired Assemblies. Used to upgrade your existing guitar electronics, MOD pre-wired assemblies can enhance a…
Fishman TriplePlay Wireless Guitar Controller
TriplePlay™ is an advanced MIDI guitar controller that ships with a comprehensive suite of full version software from PreSonus (StudioOne Artist), Native Instruments (Kontakt Elements and GuitarRig LE), IK Multimedia…
Boss RC-505 Loop Station
Boss’s new RC-505 is equipped with five phrase tracks that can play simultaneously, the most yet in a BOSS Loop Station. Independent record/overdub/play and stop buttons for each track let…
‘Odd Feelings’ from Alfred
This book will get you comfortable playing in odd time signatures. Using a simple, yet effective counting system, it will give you a method for breaking down odd meters in…
Dream Cymbals Expanded ReFX Series
Dream Cymbals recently introduced the Scott Pellegrom Crop Circle: a 10” baby brother to the company’s ReFX series 14” ring cymbal circle. The smaller size is ideal for dropping over…
The Last Word
Guitar Heroes – Where Are They? I recently posted an item on MMR's website (also in the June issue's UpFront section) about a psychological study conducted at the Université…
Tribute to MMR Publisher Sidney Davis
It came as no surprise when Sidney Davis’ inbox quickly was bursting at the “virtual” seams with messages from retailers and suppliers, following the announcement of his retirement. Below is…
Guitar Center’s Gene Joly Responds to Employee Unionization Efforts
Earlier this spring, a flurry of criticism aimed at the nation’s largest MI retailer, Guitar Center, began sprouting up online. GC workers in New York City ramped up an aggressive…
Lake Bluff Music Builds on Community Approach
The crew at the new retail shop Lake Bluffs Music Inc., located in a small suburb of Chicago, knows what it means to be active musicians. Hailing from a shared background…
Village Music Marches Toward 50 Years
Back in 1963, Bob Gand was working as vice president of sales at a corporation in Chicago. He’d studied the trumpet growing up and had recently taken up the guitar as…