On the Road: Paul Reed Smith Stops Visits Mom and Pop Stores to Demo PRS Amp...
After returning home from working NAMM 2013 for TheToneKing.com, I had an interesting conversation with my boss at Goodtime Music in Streamwood Illinois: “Paul is coming to the shop in a couple of...
View ArticleToo Big to Care: What to Look Out for When Shopping at Big Box Stores
Are mung infested overstock guitars really 'new' guitars?
View ArticleThe New Game: Manufacturers Brace Themselves For a Possible Guitar Center...
It always starts at NAMM Depending on who’s doing the talking, NAMM 2013 was either the greatest it’s been since before the recession, or it was packed full of cautiously optimistic manufacturers that...
View ArticleRetail Dysfunction: 3 Ways Retailers Try to Cure Purchase Anxiety
Basically, this unnamed retailer sent a letter to manufacturers, telling them to stick their MAP pricing models up their collective asses.
View ArticleMesa Boogie Boogies on Guitar Center
It is with regret – and we certainly wish GC well, but it’s important for us to provide musicians with a thorough and professional representation of our products. We work hard to exceed expectations...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Jeff Hanneman 1964 – 2013
Jeff Hanneman, guitarist and founding member of Slayer, died of liver failure at 11 am Thursday morning. He was 49. The band’s website released the following statement: Slayer is...
View ArticleAmplifiedParts.com Has Way More Than Just Amp Parts
If you went to Amplifiedparts.com you would expect to find parts for amps and guitars. But you’d also be blown away by everything else that they have. D.I.Y. pedal kits, luthier tools, speakers,...
View ArticleWhere in the World?
Want to know where your guitars will be coming from and what the future of US guitar manufacturing is? Well, you're not the only one.
View Article50 Shades of Mascara: How ‘80’s Rock Never Really Went Away
The History was that the ‘80’s were a good ole rockin’ time until Grunge came along and told ‘80’s hair metal to find a quiet place to die. Now, more than 20 years later, bands like Mötley Crüe are...
View ArticleHow Many Guitars is Enough?
How many guitars do you need to be a rock star? Well, what about the rest of us?
View ArticleMusic and Film
We've all had the experience as musicians of watching some fluffy so-called music documentary or movie where by the end of it, we are left scratching our heads and wondering aloud: "Where was the music?"
View ArticleCanada Day!
Anvil's most recent album, "Hope In Hell" was released on May 28th and still has that fresh sulfur smell and a fancy "new" sticker.
View ArticleThe Debt Pyramid: How Guitar Center Paid Its April 2013 Obligation
The more you look at Guitar Center's finances, the more you’re confronted with the dark skies of an untimely doom.
View ArticleGodin Guitars: Multiac, LGX-SA, and the Redline Series
Robert Godin has made a company that makes it a goal to leave the world a better place.
View ArticleWinter is Here: Seymour Duncan’s Most Metal Pickup Ever?
Find out what "Ubiquitous" means and why Seymour Duncan pickups are that in the latest article at TheToneKing.com
View ArticleMoniker Guitars Gives Players What They Want
When I was asked by The Tone King to write about Moniker Guitars out of Austin Texas, I had never heard of them. I quickly found out that every time you buy from them, you get a one of a kind guitar.
View ArticleHow I Built a Diddley Bow
It is summer time, and this makes for extra time for summer projects. I felt I had to make a diddley bow. This was my chance to be creative in a new way.
View ArticleLace up for Hysteria: The Media Gins up Hysteria over Lacey Act
Ever since the Gibson factories were raided, and then raided again, questions about how the Lacey Act is going to affect the guitar industry have been running rampant in music media outlets....
View ArticleTheToneKing.com and Ibanez Team Up for the Joe Satriani Unstoppable Sweepstakes
Joe Satriani is Unstoppable. But the Joe Satriani Unstoppable Momentum contest is almost over!
View Article50 Shades of Mascara: How ‘80’s Rock Never Really Went Away
The History was that the ‘80’s were a good ole rockin’ time until Grunge came along and told ‘80’s hair metal to find a quiet place to die. Now, more than 20 years later, bands like Mötley Crüe are...
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