Teaching Guitar Workshop Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Expanded Programming and Locations for 2019
To commemorate 25 years of teaching school teachers to start guitar programs, Teaching Guitar Workshop (TGW) is greatly expanding their reach with more information and more free gear. TGW’s ongoing…
Demitri Martin to Return as Host of 34th Annual NAMM TEC Awards
The Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Awards has announced that stand-up comedian and entertainer extraordinaire Demetri Martin will return as the host of the 34th Annual NAMM TEC Awards on Saturday, January 26, 2019, in Anaheim,…
Lewis Uses Bose Professional PA System at Solo Shows
Hall & Oates’ longtime multi-instrumentalist Eliot Lewis played his own solo gig at the No Vacancy Lounge in downtown Portland, Oregon, using the S1 Pro Multi-position PA system from Bose Professional.…
Benefit Concerts for NAMM’s Museum of Making Music Raise $60,000 for Music Education Opportunities
NAMM’s Museum of Making Music (MoMM) has announced that its recent benefit shows A Concert for a Cause, featuring Herb Alpert and Lani Hall (August 10), and a Bluegrass Benefit with The Grascals…
EMG Pickups Names Alison Turner Vice President of North American Sales
EMG Pickups, Inc. has promoted Alison Turner to vice president of North American Sales. Turner started formally with EMG in 2013, but she attended her first NAMM show on behalf…
Knilling’s Performance Bass Models
Knilling is excited to be shipping its Performance Bass Models from their popular Bucharest line of string instruments. The Bucharest Performance models feature an arched and flat back option. Both…
MMR’s 2018 Holiday Buying Guide
Before the holiday madness of November and December sets in, it’s always a good idea to start thinking ahead when it comes to the essentials: getting the right gifts for…
Embracing the ‘Folkternative:’ ‘Non-guitar’ Fretted Instruments Making Waves in 2018
Many point to country music (and “pop country,” as purists refer to some artists) and bluegrass as two main drivers of the recent resurgence in acoustic (and, to a lesser…
Fender Player Series Jaguar
Days before this year’s Summer NAMM Show, Fender caught the attention of players and retailers with the announcement that the brand’s long-running Mexican Standard Series was being discontinued. The “replacement”…
MI Retailers Working with Nonprofits & Government: A Win- Win
Brick and mortar MI retailers understand all too well the need to dig into their community relationships to fight off the impact of big-box stores who continue to invade their…
And Now For Something Completely… Familiar
Whether the catalyst has been the now-infamous Washington Post article from last summer, the hopes/ questions brought about by the (now long ago) cultural phenomenon of “Guitar Hero” and “Rock…
‘Quality Over Quantity:’ Hans-Peter Wilfer of Warwick & Framus
Framus is a storied guitar line that first existed from the mid- ’40s through to the mid-‘70s, attracting some fairly well-known players along the way (Paul McCartney, Bill Wyman, John…