Music Trades articles from February 2002

Music Trades archives from February 2002

Commentary on Baldwin's bankruptcy. (Letters).
February 1, 2002... Congratulations! You have written the definitive chronicle of this odyssey. Baldwin would not have traveled this road had the Board of Directors followed Dick Harrison's advice in 1996. It was chilling to read that letter. I can only hope that...

Sparring with insurance giants. (Letters).
February 1, 2002... Thanks for the great coverage in your December issue (Matt Umanov vs. St. Paul Insurance). I had faxed a rather steaming letter to the St. Paul Insurance Company a few days after your magazine came out, outlining my displeasure, and the fact...

Tough retail sales ... encouraging news.
February 1, 2002... Retail sales were off 3.7% for the month of November as consumers, buffeted by job losses and the terrorist attack in September, pulled back on their spending. However, the news isn't quite as bad as it seems. According to the Commerce...

The Taliban and music.
February 1, 2002... On top of everything else, the Taliban hate music, too. Nicholas Groe, a columnist for the British newspaper The Guardian, gave the details. After taking power in 1996, the Islamic fundamentalists who ruled most of Afghanistan undertook...

The end of Brazilian rosewood.
February 1, 2002... In a major victory for environmentalists, the Brazilian government announced the cancellation of all but two mahogany logging operations in the Amazon. The announcement followed dramatic government raids in late October on two illegal...

Date the most valuable violin.
February 1, 2002... Dr. Henri Grissino-Mayer's expertise is trees, not musical instruments. But the University of Tennessee professor and his colleagues may have helped prove the authenticity of one of the most celebrated instruments in the world -- the rarest...

Reasons for optimism. (Editorial).
February 1, 2002... Like just about anyone else who scans a daily newspaper and watches a little evening news, I confess to being in a serious state of confusion. The source of this confusion is easy to pinpoint. On any given day, the morning paper can carry dire...

Mark Gander, JBL pro marketing VP. (Career Path).
February 1, 2002... "For most people, sound systems are a necessary evil," declares Mark Gander, vice-president of marketing at JBL Professional. Hardly the type of remark you'd expect to hear from a person who has spent the better part of his adult life refining...

Official winter NAMM exhibitor list.
February 1, 2002... OFFICIAL WINTER NAMM EXHIBITOR LIST Compiled By NAMM December 20, 2001 3L Int. 5924 A Little Bit of This Music 3528 A&S Case Company, Inc. 4885 A.I.M. ...

Midco celebrates expanded new warehouse distribution complex. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... MIDCO INTERNATIONAL celebrated its first anniversary in its new 84,000-square-foot state-of-the-art shipping facility in Effingham, Illinois. The building has 24' high walls, and the Midco operation benefits from several new software...

HHI hosts rock `n' relief. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... BANDING TOGETHER with many of rock music's hottest stars, HHI--the parent corporation of Davitt & Hanser, B.C. Rich, Kustom, and OLP (Original Licensed Product)--created the Rock' n' Relief benefit program. The program has raised a substantial...

Shuttle endeavor blasts off with Yamaha onboard. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... THE NOVEMBER 29 launch of NASA's space shuttle Endeavor flight UF-1/STS108 delivered a crew of seven from Kennedy Space Center to the international space station for a working mission, a spacewalk, and a full agenda of construction projects and...

Ovation factory on "Kain's world". (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... The Ovation guitar factory in New Hartford, Connecticut, was featured on the popular "Kain's World" segment of the leading Connecticut news program, "Eyewitness News," in October. WFSB Channel 3 personality Dan Kain toured the factory with...

Conn Vintage One trumpet enjoys universal appeal. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... THE VINTAGE ONE trumpets and flugelhorns from C.G. Conn are attracting a variety of musicians from near and far. Renowned soloist and bandleader Nicholas Payton, Boston Brass trumpeters Rich Kelley and Jeff Conner, as well as music educators,...

Warner Bros. featured on front page of Wall Street Journal. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... CHICKENS DON'T SOAR like eagles, but an association with this plucky bird has helped lift Warner Bros. Publications to the height of media attention. The company was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal front-page story on the enduring...

Lexicon, inventor of the digital delay, celebrates 30th anniversary. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... THIS YEAR MARKS A DOUBLE anniversary for the professional audio industry. Thirty years ago Lexicon released its first product, the Delta T101 delay line. This was the first commercially available professional digital audio product, so this is...

New owner for Sierra Instrument. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... PAM PRICE HAS purchased the Sierra Instrument Company from owners Donovan and Sue Christiansen, who have announced plans to retire. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tom Baker, who has run the factory for the pedal steel guitar...

Leblanc's Big Easy clarinet honored by Wisconsin's GNPA. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... LEBLANC WAS HONORED again this year in the annual Governor's New Product Award (GNPA) competition. The Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers (WSPE) awarded the Leblanc model 1612G Pete Fountain "Big Easy" B-flat clarinet with a...

The music link "3 day or less" shipping. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... ORDER IT TODAY and get it in three days or less! Thanks to a new warehouse in Knoxville, Tennessee, The Music Link offers three-days-or-less shipping to most of the United States. Orders placed before 3:00 P.M. will be filled using The Music...

Hammond Suzuki U.S.A. hosts national dealer meeting. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... HAMMOND SUZUKI U.S.A. recently hosted its annual dealer meeting and seminar in Addison, Illinois, with a great turnout from across the country. A gala cocktail and dinner buffet reception kicked off the event. Coupled with Hammond entertainment...

Rock `n' roll camp moves to expand support beyond industry. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... DAYJAMS, THE ROCK `N' ROLL summer day camp and sister company of the National Guitar Workshop, will receive a major sponsorship from Roland Corp. in 2002. This will mark the third year in a row that Roland has signed on as a sponsor for the...

Piano 300 lives on: new TV special and book released. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... While the popular Piano 300 Exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., may have closed in October of 2001, its spirit lives on in a new PBS documentary and four-color booklet. The television documentary, titled "300...

Clarinetist Guyot signs with Rico. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... FAMED PARIS OPERA clarinetist Romain Guyot has joined Rico International's growing list of Grand Concert Select Evolution artists. Prior to winning the solo clarinet position with the Orchestre National de l'Opera de Paris, Guyot had...

Nashville's Bluebird Cafe powered by Yorkville sound. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... THE RENOWNED Bluebird Cafe, located in the trendy Green Hills section of Nashville, has become the institution in Nashville as a place for young artists to be discovered, for established songwriters to try out new material, and for audiences to...

Casio launches website for keyboard music. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... CASIO HAS LAUNCHED A new website for keyboard music at www.casiosongs.com. This unique website is specifically designed so that keyboard users can build up a repertoire of songs to play and learn on their Casio keyboard and to print out from...

Blues legends tour with electro-voice. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... A TRIUMVIRATE OF LIVING American blues legends recently made their way across America as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and John Hiatt performed as part of Lloyd's BBQ Blues Music Fest, a three-month tour across the United States. The national tour...

Fostex to distribute TerraTec recording products. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... FOSTEX AMERICA has announced the availability of two new TerraTec digital audio products, according to National Sales Manager Dino Virella. "We're very excited about these new products," Virella said, "because they are unique recording...

Allied holds piano service workshops. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... RUTH PHILLIPS, president of Allied Piano/Webb Phillips, is shown with a group of polyester repair students at the recent North Carolina Regional Conference of the Piano Technicians Guild. Phillips has planned an extensive teaching program for...

Buy a Laney amp, win a mini cooper! (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... LANEY USA IS LAUNCHING a surefire traffic-building campaign to support the introduction of the new T-Verb series of guitar amplifiers that includes dealer listings in national advertising and in-store point-of-sale support. The campaign is...

DW donates drumset to Rock & Roll Museum. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... DRUM WORKSHOP and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, have announced that the American drum manufacturer has donated a complete set of DW Collector's Series drums to the rock music institution. The black lacquer drumkit...

Allparts to offer Moses Graphite. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... MOSES, INC., has announced that Allparts has begun the inventory and sale of Moses Graphite electric guitar and bass necks, including necks certified by Fender, as of January 2002. Moses is the manufacturer of numerous styles of...

Ernie Ball names Argall Music as Canadian distributor. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... ERNIE BALL HAS ANNOUNCED the exclusive appointment of Charlie Argall Music for string and accessory distribution across Canada, effective immediately. The move signifies a more aggressive and focused strategy in Ernie Ball's endeavor to earn...

Latham Music marks 10th year. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... JANUARY 2002 MARKS the tenth anniversary of the founding of Latham Music, Ltd., a music publishing company specializing in sheet music for strings. Latham publications have found an international market (Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, and...

Deering's Crossfire in "National Heritage" exhibit. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... DEERING BANJO COMPANY'S Crossfire model has been chosen to represent "the modern banjo" in a unique banjo exhibition at the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, Massachusetts. Described as a "unique reflection of American culture," the...

Garth Brooks' Takamines auctioned for charity. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... TOP-SELLING SOLO artist Garth Brooks saw two of his signature model Takamine guitars (Model GB-7C) go for $105,000 each at a recent Las Vegas benefit auction for Brooks's Touch 'Em All Foundation for children's charities. Two Major League...

Scherl & Roth supplies Midwest Clinic. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... SCHERL & ROTH, the oldest supplier of string instruments to U.S. school orchestras, will once again provide the string basses needed for the orchestras featured at the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. The annual Midwest Clinic, featuring the...

Mike Garson to welcome young Yamaha artists at NAMM. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... THREE YOUNG PERFORMERS from the Yamaha Junior Original Concert (JOC) will entertain at Winter NAMM 2002 on Friday, January 18, and Saturday, January 19. The half-hour noontime concerts will be hosted by pianist and composer Mike Garson. A...

Homespun tapes celebrates 35th anniversary. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... IT ALL STARTED AT A KITCHEN table in 1967. Happy Traum decided to put some lessons on tape to keep his guitar students busy while he was on tour. He'd record them on his home reel-to-reel recorder, then his wife (and future partner) Jane...

SWR ready for NAMM with diverse products & performers. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... WITH THE HELP OF SOME musical friends, SWR Sound Corporation will reveal several additions and innovations to its bass amplification product lines at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim. Product demos and performances will be conducted by some of...

Sabian global distributors meet. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... ONE OF THE LARGEST-EVER visitor events hosted by Sabian Ltd. set the stage for another year of growth at a gathering of over 50 members of its family of international distributors. Arriving from around the world, these visitors were treated to...

Musikraft adds paint facility. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... MUSIKRAFT HAS ADDED a paint facility to complement its production of guitar necks and bodies at its Buena, New Jersey, plant. Paint jobs are being offered on a contract basis as part of the company's OEM sales as well as to individual...

NPF sponsors after-school group piano programs. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... THE NATIONAL PIANO Foundation (NPF) sponsored a pilot after-school group piano program in the Dallas suburb of Richardson. After conducting a series of focus-group interviews with parents and elementary school children, the executive committee...

Piano leasing programs: National Piano Finance and Retail Business Solutions offer sales-boosting finance program. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... THE NATIONAL PIANO Finance and Leasing Co., Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has appointed Retail Business Solutions, Inc., to market a variety of piano consumer finance products, including the Opus One Piano Lease Plan. "This is the first true...

Hohner brings crafter guitars to the U.S. market. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... THE COMPANY NOW known as Crafter was founded in 1972 by HyunKwon Park in the basement of his home, with four people working in one room. When the company started, it exclusively produced classical guitars for the Korean domestic market. The...

Randall gets disturbed. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... RANDALL AMPLIFIERS has signed Dan Donegan of the band Disturbed. Donegan is currently playing two Randall Cyclones and four Randall R412XLT cabinets loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s on the "Music as a Weapon Tour." He will be adding the new...

Rich prizes in Sabian's "Ballad of Dogman" contest. (Industry Forefront).
February 1, 2002... AS PART OF A massive campaign in support of its Sonically Matched cymbal sets program, Sabian has introduced a consumer contest called "The Ballad of Dog Man." Supported with a P.O.P. ballot program and extensive consumer media advertising that...

Girls dominate skip's stairway to stardom. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... SKIP'S MUSIC CELEBRATED the 21st Anniversary of Stairway to Stardom with a rousing concert held Sunday, August 12, 2001. For the first time in its 20-plus history, more than 20 percent of the participants were young women. "Young women...

Bill's music hosts pre-school jam. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... BILL'S MUSIC HOUSE, located on "Music Row" in Catonsville, Maryland, recently hosted a store tour and jam session for the kids at the Del Rey Pre-School. The Del Rey School, also in Catonsville, is a fun and learning facility for children with...

Fletcher opens first Las Vegas store. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... FLETCHER MUSIC CENTERS, the leading home organ retailer, has continued its expansion, opening its first store in the Las Vegas market. The company acquired assets of Las Vegas Organs and has reopened the store under the Fletcher Organ Studios...

Rodrigue joins Sweetwater sales team. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... Sweetwater Inc., one of the nation's leading retailers of professional music technology equipment, has hired Eric Rodrigue as sales engineer. Rodrigue joins Sweetwater with 13 years of experience as a musician, playing keyboards, guitar,...

AllStar Music opens fourth location. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... AllStar Music, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, has opened its fourth location in an outlet mall. Company owner and founder Roy Calhoun explained, "Twelve years ago when this mall opened, it was located way out in the country. Today, thanks...

Al Miller Music to close. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... Al Miller Music, a fixture in Chattanooga, Tennessee since 1949, has closed after the death of company founder Al Miller. Miller's children were not active in the business, and after unsuccessful attempts to find a buyer, they decided to...

Music & Arts remodels new store. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... Music & Arts Center of Frederick, Maryland, has remodeled its store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. The store is one of the newest in the Music & Arts chain and was formerly a Zapf's Music store. The newly remodeled store is full-line,...

Kenny Aronoff "vacations" at Daddy's. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... JOE COCKER'S DRUMMER, Kenny Aronoff, recently had five days off from his touring schedule. Most people would use the time to take a vacation, but not Aronoff. He called Daddy's Junky Music and asked if he could do some clinics. Daddy's was more...

Mars opens in Memphis. (Retailer Update).
February 1, 2002... EARLIER IN THE YEAR, MARS Music CEO Mark Begelman announced that he was curtailing new store openings while he focused all energies on building profits at his retail chain. However, in early November, the company opened its 50th location in...

Does your direct mail stand out? Times have changed and without a clever hook, your mailing piece is destined for the trash can. (Bob Popyk On Selling).
February 1, 2002... The world has changed. Your music business has changed, too. There was a time when you could send a letter to your customers and it was sure to be opened. You could send out a mass mailing and there was a pretty good chance that the direct mail...

Weril's hi-tech Brazilian band instruments: for over 100 years, the Weingrill family has been crafting a complete line of wind instruments in Brazil ... now they're ready to tackle the U.S. market. (Company Profile).
February 1, 2002... For most U.S. citizens, the mention of Brazil conjures up images of the Amazon River, vast rain forests, and exotic wildlife. If Mark Schafer has his way, before too long Brazil will also be associated with quality wind instruments. For the...

Making guitar fantasies come true: part hardware, part software, part online service, the line 6 GuitarPort lets you play with the world's best bands without leaving home. (New Technologies).
February 1, 2002... Is there any guitarist alive that wouldn't want to sit in with Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding on Purple Haze? Or how about the chance to cover Stevie Ray Vaughan's licks with the renowned Double Trouble band? With a truly unique...

Korg raises the synth ante with high value Triton Le.
February 1, 2002... WITH THE INTRODUCTION of the Triton Le, Korg has broadened the scope of its prestigious line of Triton music workstations. The Triton Le inherits the main functionality of the classic Triton and delivers it in a streamlined and cost-effective...

Why Pearl is percussion: still riding the affordable percussion wave it created half a century ago, Pearl Corporation continuously seeks new ways to fulfill its motto, "total customer satisfaction.".
February 1, 2002... The recent passing of George Harrison stirred many memories, but perhaps most universally that of the Beatles' landmark appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. The music products industry was additionally reminded of that event's immediate...

Strait ahead: surrounded by big-box chains, strait music moves to a big, bright new facility in Austin. (Retailer Profile).
February 1, 2002... Robert Strait is one plucky Texan. Sharing the Austin market with three of the industry's heavy-hitter retailers, he recently completed major work on a new home for his business, and moves forward with quiet confidence toward the Strait Music...

Kurzweil debuts powerful multi-bus processor. (New Technology).
February 1, 2002... Like several major electronic music gear manufacturers, Kurzweil Music Systems elected not to attend the delayed 2001 AES show in New York. But because the launch of its new KSP8 Multi-Bus Signal Processor was too important to wait until NAMM,...

A new guitar method for a new era in music: after 25 years, Hal Leonard has replaced its popular guitar method with a completely redesigned family of guitar publications.
February 1, 2002... Since its introduction 25 years ago, the Hal Leonard Guitar method has enjoyed sales gains every year and 2001 was no exception. Why then has the publishing company replaced the highly successful method with a completely redesigned Second...

The most expensive piano ever built! Steinway launches the "legacy" series with a $675,000 reproduction of the famed Alma-Tadema piano. (Product Developments).
February 1, 2002... Just a year after Steinway & Sons built its first grand piano, company founder Henry E. Steinway sensed that there was a market for instruments in finishes other than the traditional black ebony. Out of this epiphany came the "art-case" piano...

DVD adds new dimension to Warner catalog: embracing new technology, Warner adds new DVD-based learning aids in different product categories. (Company Profile).
February 1, 2002... Remember when cassette tapes became the post-Ice Age dinosaurs of the consumer audio market? Seemingly overnight they were replaced by vastly superior compact disks. One look in your neighborhood video store shows that a similar fate is...

Why you should get your pianos restored in Poland! With unprecedented access to skilled labor and a powerful cost advantage, SAP piano of Poland is vying for American restoration business. (International Industry).
February 1, 2002... Looking for a flawless piano restoration job? Why not go to Poland. Far fetched as it might sound, SAP Professional, a fast-growing Polish restoration company, will be at the NAMM show offering its services to U.S. dealers. With access to a...

Can it be that Pignose is 30? Reaching middle age, the revolutionary amp maker prepares for growth with a new operation in Las Vegas. (Company Profile).
February 1, 2002... Going all the way back to his childhood in Chicago, Pignose Industries' President Howard Chatt has always known how to play the odds. After spending some recent time looking at the ins and outs of doing business, observing, thinking, and...

Alfred celebrates 80th. (Company Profile).
February 1, 2002... Alfred Publishing Company, which started as a one-man, Tin Pan Alley importer of silent movie music in 1922, is kicking off the celebration of its 80th anniversary at this year's Winter NAMM show. In honor of this milestone, Alfred is offering...

Alfred launches newest MI racking program.
February 1, 2002... Alfred Publishing Company has announced plans to roll-out its new racking program for music stores this Winter, aptly named the "Alfred Racking Program." "Our sales staff is really gearing up for this," Alfred Sales Manager Ed Lyon said...

Out with the old in with the new! Samick debuts 250 new guitars with focus on quality and retailer profitability.
February 1, 2002... Taking a cue from major corporate makeovers at automotive giants like Chrysler and Jaguar, Samick has revamped its entire offering of fretted instruments. This year's Winter NAMM Show will mark both the official launch for 250 all-new Samick...

Taylor to unveil Liberty Tree Guitar at NAMM. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... TAYLOR GUITARS WILL unveil the much-anticipated Liberty Tree Guitar at the Winter NAMM show. Eighteen months in the making, these very special instruments are built of wood salvaged from the last of 13 majestic Liberty Trees (one in each...

Jensen Mod speakers from CE Distribution. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... CE DISTRIBUTION HAS introduced "Jensen Mods," a new series of Jensen musical instrument speakers developed to give the player a contemporary feel with a touch of the old British sound. The Jensen Mod Series speakers are designed for those...

Crimped Suede heads from Remo. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... CONTINUING ITS LEGACY of drumhead innovation, Remo has introduced its Crimped Suede Marching Heads. Suede heads offer multiple advances in sound and performance. Remo's proprietary manufacturing process creates a texture on both sides of...

Palatino violin outfits now in private label. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... THE MUSIC LINK Corporation has announced that private labeling will now be available on its most popular Palatino violin outfits, the VN-350 and VN-450. The announcement is welcome news to the thousands of stores that use these popular models...

Duallist drum pedal now shipping. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... The Duallist drum pedal from The MacRobert Corporation of Scotland is now available direct to dealers across the U.S.A. Kevin Mackie, head of MacRobert, stated, "Our new D2 production system means that we can meet the huge demand for The...

DigiTech's new GNX3 Workstation puts it all on the floor. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... DIGITECH, A DIVISION of Harman International, has introduced the new GNX3 Guitar Workstation. By combining an 8-track digital recorder, a built-in drum machine, and a rugged floor-based GENETX multi-modeling processor, the GNX3 is an ideal...

EFX guitar effects bag. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... THE FOLLOWING situation is all too common: A guitarist needs to carry a few effects boxes, power-supplies, MIDI-controllers--more often than not in bags not really intended to carry them. Upon arriving at the gig he or she then has to take out...

"Black Dawg" voted #1 again. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row the Worldmax "Black Dawg" 5"x14" snare drum was voted #1 in the workhorse category of the 2001 Not So Modern Drummer Snare Drum Olympics. The "Black Dawg," its little brother, the 4"x14" "Black Puppy," and the...

LPD's Italia guitar line. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... LPD MUSIC INTERNATIONAL is exploding onto the guitar scene with its Italia guitar line, the concept and design of well known guitar maker Trev Wilkinson. The line is increasingly gaining popularity among many well-known artists such as Stevie...

High value A-T headphones. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... Audio-Technica will introduce the new ATH-M30 professional monitor headphones at the Winter NAMM show. Embodying the company's latest transducer technology, the ATH-M30 dynamic stereo headphones offer the highest level of sonic accuracy in a...

Fostex adds 8-track machine to "digital power tools" series: company delivers 1-2 punch in self-contained desktop digital recorder/editor/mixer/CD burner category. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... THE VF80 IS FOSTEX'S new hard-disk-based digital recorder in the tradition of the basic features of its 16-track predecessor, the VF160, according to National Sales Manager Dine Virella. The new model is presented as an all in one solution for...

Brian May Signature guitar from burns. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... BURNS GUITARS HAS introduced the Brian May Signature model--the Red Special--into the U.S. and Canada. The guitar will be publicly featured for the first time at the NAMM show in Booth 3020, Hall D. Brian May, the famed guitarist with Queen,...

Tama's limited-edition Starclassic Hawaiian Koa/Bubinga drums. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... TAMA WILL UNVEIL a very limited edition Starclassic seven-piece kit at the Winter 2002 NAMM Show. Instead of Starclassic's famous maple shells, the kits will feature shells with an outer ply of very rare Hawaiian Koa and eight plies of...

Mel Bay's "Gig Savers" for guitar students. (Product News).
February 1, 2002... Met Bay's "Gig Savers" series by Corey Christiansen is designed to give guitar students information on numerous subjects in an affordable yet informative fashion. Each of these 16-page booklets offers a wealth of information on popular guitar...