Deering Banjo Company in Spring Valley, CA has completed the purchase of the ProPik fingerpick brand from Mapson Engineering in Santa Clara. The various finger and thumb pick items under this brand will now be manufactured in Deering's facility. ProPik has
Recording King has introduced a new smaller body guitar, the RO-328, styled like the classic 000 size guitars that Martin has made for years. They join several others in the company's Tonewood Reserve Series. Like all of their models, these
The good folks at Rusty Knuckles, who you may recall for their leather guitar and mandolin straps, have also been making a wide variety of high quality, etched and engraved belt buckles. They make a wide variety of styles, some
Do you suffer from wrist pain when you play? Many musicians do, and the ailment isn't limited to professional players. A good number part time and amateur string musicians experience discomfort as well. It can come from any number of sources:
Still looking for a last-minute gift for that bluegrass lover on your list? Jonathan Carroll with KY Grass Life may have just what you need. The Kentucky-based artist has created a number of clever t-shirt designs that will proudly show the
We wrote not long ago about SonoTone, the small batch, boutique guitar string company dedicated to manufacturing strings "the old way," before mechanized equipment took over every aspect of the process. The company was initially founded to create richer tone
Daniel Greeson, known most recently as the fiddler with Sideline, has accepted a position with BlueChip Picks, Inc. The Jamestown, NC, native and 2018 graduate of East Tennessee State University, will relocate to Knoxville. He begins his new job on
Bourgeois Guitars and Eastman Music have announced a new partnership that offers advantages to both companies, while allowing Dana Bourgeois to continue making guitars as he has been in his Maine facility. The structure of their arrangement is an interesting one,
Among the new items being introduced this week in the World of Bluegrass exhibit hall is the Banjo Key from BanjoLit. Much like the old skate keys some of us may recall from our youth, the Banjo Key is a simple
Anyone who plays acoustic stringed instruments, and fretted instruments in particular, is familiar with the feeling that "they just don't make them like they used to." Especially those of us old enough to recall the times when prominent factory builders
