Guitar maker Gibson is seeking the public’s help in locating a lost shipping ledger – with a $59,000 reward. The missing Gibson ledger is shipping paperwork on rare Gibson guitars from the late 1950s. The ledger contains authenticity-verifying in…
Category archives: Instruments
Is McCabe’s Guitar Shop In Santa Monica Really Shutting Down?
McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica faced hard times during the pandemic – but it’s not going anywhere. Bob and Esperanza Riskin co-own the famous guitar shop in Los Angeles’ West Pico District. The guitar shop and its live stage wer…
Native Instruments Is Discontinuing a Long List of Legacy Products
Native Instruments is discontinuing several of its software products in May. The announcement affects over 45 legacy Native Instruments and 60 third-party software, plugin instruments, effects, and sample libraries. Older versions of Traktor, Absynth, …
MIDI Overhauls Its Interface for the First Time in 37 Years
The MIDI specification is getting an upgrade soon, after more than 35 years. MIDI 2.0 spec will bring two-way communication and several new features to instruments. It is also backward compatible with the old spec. Instrument companies like Native Inst…
Fender Fined $6M in UK For Illegal Price-Fixing Scheme
Fender has been fined 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) in the UK for admitting to price-fixing. The move breaks competition laws and prevents retailers from discounting instruments. Fender engaged in price-fixing between 2013 and 2018 in Britain, accord…
Gibson Unveils Its ‘Slash Collection’ – Starting With 4 Electric, 2 Acoustic Guitars
Gibson has teamed up with Slash to produce the Slash Collection – four electric and two acoustic guitars. The Slash Collection will be unveiled at the Gibson experience during Winter NAMM this week. Gibson says Slash worked closely with the company to …
Amazon Unveils AI-Powered Keyboard, DeepComposer — For Machine Learning Generated Music
Amazon DeepComposer is a new AI-powered keyboard announced at AWS re:Invent. The 32-key, 2-octave board uses machine learning to generate music from what you play. Amazon says the keyboard is designed to help developers learn about machine learning whi…
The 2019 Gift Guide — Digital Music News
The Digital Music News 2019 gift guide. Disclaimer: None of the links in this article are affiliate links. We do not earn anything if you choose to purchase any of these items. All of the companies with products listed in this list either generously p…
Meet the Music Nerds Behind the World’s Largest Guitar Pedalboard — Our Latest Podcast
Yes, there’s a Guinness World Record for the largest guitar effects pedalboard ever constructed. These are the guys that put it together. What? You’re not subscribed to the Digital Music News Podcast? We’re available on iTunes, Spotify, Google…
Review: Lava Me2 Travel Sized Acoustic Guitar
Lava Me2 Travel Sized Acoustic Guitar. A unibody, carbon fiber, acoustic electric travel guitar with built-in reverb, delay and chorus. I was recently contacted by a new guitar company called Lava. They are a Hong Kong-based company that is looking to…