It all started in 1981, when Milton Kyser, a retired machinist, heard his guitar-playing friend complain about the elastic band capo that was standard at the time.
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MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019 Product Spotlight: Yamaha Sonogenic
Yamaha: Sonogenic Small compact keyboard which allows you to Rhythmically interact with your favorite music, without knowing how to play. Connect an iOS device and use the new JAM feature with the Yamaha Chord Tracker app. You can play your favorite iTunes songs, while never hitting a wrong key! You can also connect to your favorite […]
MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019 Product Spotlight: Yamaha Transacoustic Guitars
Yamaha® CG-TA classical nylon-string guitars give you that same experience everywhere with reverb and chorus effects built right into the instrument. Get transported to new creative spaces with warm tone and inspiring effects that capture everyone’s attention – all without an amp or other external gear.
MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019 Product Spotlight: Rock-it Barre
Designed as a way to let many frustrated guitarists continue playing. Rock-It Barre was created to play guitar chords (and still allow for some fingering) for experienced guitarists who have developed arthritis; or for those who have a missing digit.
MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019 Product Spotlight: Vandoren Ligature / Juno Reeds
Check out the new pink gold ligature expanded line from Vandoren, as well as their line of JUNO reeds for students that we saw at the 2019 NAMM Show!
MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019: Select Woodwind Products and Instruments Spotlight
Check out some of the woodwind products and instruments we had the chance to see at NAMM 2019 from 3D mouthpieces, to reeds, to handmade instruments!
MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019 Product Spotlight: Jones Double Reeds
Jones Double Reeds is dedicated to serving all players from beginners to the advancing professional with two separate lines of double reeds.
MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019 Product Spotlight: Backun Musical Services
Founded back in 2000 by Morrie Backun, Backun Musical Services continues to create beautiful hand-crafted bells, mouthpieces, and clarinets for professional and budding clarinetists.
MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019: Brief Gear Overview
Welcome to the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Show—The world’s most comprehensive gathering of instruments, gear and experts. This is a conference where almost every music instrument or gear manufacturer on the planet comes to Anaheim, California
MakingMusicMag/NAMM 2019 Product Spotlight: Yamaha YVN Model 3
By applying trickle-down modern manufacturing processes from our percussion and wind instruments, Yamaha has not only built a more durable, playable instrument, but one that also produces less waste material in the making process, and requires less maintenance and repair.
