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Taylor Guitars Announces the Ultimate Custom Taylor Sweepstakes

Taylor Guitars Announces the Ultimate Custom Taylor Sweepstakes

Posted April 16, 2014 at 12:48 pm | No comments

To celebrate 40 years of crafting exceptional guitars, Taylor Guitars has teamed with Ultimate Ears, the leader in custom in-ear monitors used by musicians around the globe

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Rush’s Alex Lifeson Joins PRS Acoustic Signature Artist Family

Rush’s Alex Lifeson Joins PRS Acoustic Signature Artist Family

Posted January 24, 2014 at 10:29 am | No comments

PRS Guitars is pleased to announce the new Private Stock Alex Lifeson Thinline acoustic guitar, new for NAMM 2014.

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Gretsch ® Introduces 2014 Rancher™ Acoustic Models

Gretsch ® Introduces 2014 Rancher™ Acoustic Models

Posted January 23, 2014 at 6:31 pm | No comments

Gretsch Rancher acoustics are back and better than ever for 2014 with five new-and-improved models suitable for acoustic players of all tastes.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires a Custom Electric Paul Reed Smith Guitar for Its Distinguished Permanent Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires a Custom Electric Paul Reed Smith Guitar for Its Distinguished Permanent Collection

Posted October 10, 2013 at 5:37 pm | No comments

On October 7th, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York accepted a Paul Reed Smith electric guitar into its permanent collection. The presentation, a gift from Warren and Kateryna Esanu, included a public performance and demonstration of the guitar by PRS Artist and world-renowned guitarist John McLaughlin.

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2013 Interlochen Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop Schedule

2013 Interlochen Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop Schedule

Posted July 22, 2013 at 7:35 am | No comments

By: Staff There’s something special brewing, deep within the woods of Michigan.  For the second year, Interlochen Center for the Arts will be hosting a special Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop. This four day camp will include group classes, clinics on special topics, special guest performances, and of course numerous performance opportunities. Following up names like Laurence […]

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Flying Dog Ale’s “Support Local Creativity” Campaign Series Featuring Paul Reed Smith Guitars Wins Prestigious ADDY Award

Flying Dog Ale’s “Support Local Creativity” Campaign Series Featuring Paul Reed Smith Guitars Wins Prestigious ADDY Award

Posted March 1, 2013 at 2:44 pm | No comments

After months of planning, the 2013 ADDY awards ceremony, which celebrates excellence in advertising, proved to be an exciting night for PRS Guitars and PRS friend and Flying Dog Ale Film Maker, Tim Martin.

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PRS Guitars Continues Foundations Video Series with Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, Cody Kilby, and Paul Reed Smith

PRS Guitars Continues Foundations Video Series with Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, Cody Kilby, and Paul Reed Smith

Posted February 12, 2013 at 8:21 am | No comments

Last fall, Paul Reed Smith sat down with Carlos Santana, Derek Trucks, and Warren Haynes to have a candid conversation about tone, finding your voice, and being a musician. Recently, Smith invited Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, and Cody Kilby to his home studio to continue the conversation with PRS’s leading acoustic endorsers.

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The Urban Music Legend called the Martin Catorce 14-String Guitar

The Urban Music Legend called the Martin Catorce 14-String Guitar

Posted February 10, 2013 at 10:02 am | No comments

If you Google the question “Is there a 14-string guitar?”, you are apt to get confused. Wiki.answers.com states emphatically, “there are no instruments that have 14 strings”.

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Marcy Marxer to Release Solo Recording: Things Are Coming My Way

Marcy Marxer to Release Solo Recording: Things Are Coming My Way

Posted February 5, 2013 at 1:36 pm | No comments

Marcy Marxer will release her first solo recording, Things Are Coming My Way, this March, celebrating in her hometown then across the nation touring with The Four Bitchin’ Babes and as Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer.

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Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor on Tour and New CD March 2013

Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor on Tour and New CD March 2013

Posted January 24, 2013 at 8:05 am | No comments

On Monday 4th March, world-renowned Australian “fingerstyle” acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, CGP, and Britain’s Martin Taylor, MBE, will release their highly anticipated collaboration album “The Colonel & The Governor”on Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings.

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