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Music & Arts announces the recent opening of a brand-new store location in Rockwall, Texas. Primarily serving the band and orchestra community in the region, including the Rockwall Independent School District…
Buffet Crampon USA, North American distributor of Buffet Crampon Group student, intermediate and professional woodwind and brass instruments, is pleased to announce the launch of a new “B2B” online business…
Fender Custom Shop is pleased to announce two new Master Builders that will be joining the team: Andy Hicks and David Brown. Since 1987, the Fender Custom Shop and…
With the robust sales of fretted instruments that began during lockdown, it’s perhaps not especially surprising that guitar and bass straps are also moving at a healthy clip. “Strong sales…
We invite you to participate in our next MI retailer survey (results to appear in the June 2022 issue of MMR) - this month on the topic of Brass Mouthpieces.…
Guitar Center celebrates the opening of its latest retail location – a 9,184-square-foot facility in Hagerstown, Maryland (The Centre at Hagerstown, 17730 Garland Groh Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21740). The store offers…
For the past 128 years, Gibson has been synonymous with creating and shaping sound across genres of music and generations of players. Today, Gibson Custom Shop is proud to partner…
We invite you to participate in the next MMR survey - this time on the topic of Guitar & Bass straps (results to appear in our May 2022 issue). If the subject…
Music & Arts, one of the nation’s largest musical instrument retailers and lesson providers, announces the opening of its new store-within-a-store in the New Orleans Guitar Center, located at 1000…
Every year, PRS Guitars recognizes the top retailers in America, and the world, for outstanding sales of PRS Guitars products. Awards are given to independent, chain, and online retailers who…
The live performance industry was absolutely decimated by the pandemic – and we all know it (and are likely sick of hearing about it). Trust me, I’m at least as…
In 2016, D’Addario launched Playback, the world-leading string-recycling program, partnered with global recycling organization, Terracycle. Since the launch, the Playback program has recycled over 8 million instrument strings. Part of…
