Crossroads Entertainment and Marketing, parent company of Mountain Home Music, has launched a new subsidiary label, Pisgah Ridge Records. The new bluegrass imprint will be used for special projects, like the recently-released solo album from The Boxcars' John Bowman, and to offer production,
In their ongoing effort to offer solid wood guitars at costs attractive to budget-minded consumers, Recording King has announced the introduction of their RD-310. This Asian-made dreadnaught model utilizes a solid, Adirondack spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides with a
We reported in May that guitar player Josh Pickett, formerly of Amber Collins & No Speed Limit, had made the move to Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time. Now we are pleased to announce his latest venture, Tortoguard Pickguards of
Washburn Guitars has introduced four resonator guitars to their expanding line of folk and bluegrass instruments. Three are round neck guitars, with one (R15S) made with a high nut, square neck design for horizontal play. Like the others in the series,
The Recording King brand, part of the Music Link family of Asian-made musical instruments, has consistently sought to produce better-than-average banjos and guitars at prices accessible to students, and those with limited resources for an instrument purchase. The introduction of their
The good folks at The Music Link are offering mandolinists a chance to grab an LM-500 from The Loar for $0.00. All you have to do to enter is visit The Loar on Facebook, and click the Like button. The contest
Nechville Musical Products will celebrate Tom Nechville's 25 years of building innovative banjos with a special, limited-edition version of their popular Phantom model. Only 25 of these instruments will be built, which will be called the Nechville XXV. Tom says that
Recording King is set to release their latest dreadnaught guitar model, the RD-316. They are especially proud to note that this all solid wood instrument, with a lifetime warranty, will carry a minimum advertised price of $689 when it starts shipping
The George Washburn company made its bones in the late 19th and early 20th century building what were known at the time as parlor guitars, sometimes described as ladies' guitars. These were smaller body instruments, with a shorter scale, than
Since they were first introduced in the 1930s, musicians have regarded strobe tuners as the most accurate devices for obtaining an objective tuning reference. The early examples of this sort of tuner were expensive and cumbersome, and not practical for
