Musikmesse – the biggest fair for musical instruments, live music and the music business! Musikmesse in Frankfurt am Main is the world’s most international fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and marketing, and has been the foremost meeting place for the musical-instrument industry for over 25 years. Comprehensive product overview for four days During the four days of the fair, manufacturers and dealers, as well as professional, semi-professional and lay musicians get together in Frankfurt am Main and find out about the latest new products. At Musikmesse, manufacturers from all over the world present a complete spectrum of …

Want to have a great year? Kick it off with a great show! Make your plans now to attend the industry’s most important event: The NAMM Show, January 19-22. Why should you come to the NAMM Show? 1. Attending NAMM’s world-famous trade shows is one of the biggest perks of Membership and admission is FREE if you register before the January 5 deadline. Plus, by booking ahead, you can secure the lowest airfares for your trip! 2. Coming home with new gear, fresh ideas and a renewed sense of excitement is a great way to propel your business into action. NAMM U …

Gibson Firebird X review: A digital guitar for the 21st century Not all digital guitars are game controllers. Gibson’s Firebird X is a real guitar with a chameleon-like ability to drastically alter its sound with digital effects, and even automatically tune itself with the flick of a string. In rock music, innovations take a long time. The first electric guitars that actually stayed in tune and worked well for stage performance were produced in the 1950s, and the basic design – fretboard, pick-ups, tuning knobs, a quarter-inch jack – has not changed much in the last 60 years. The Gibson …

First Gibson’s new Firebird X has found favor in the guitar press, and now the technology media have given the revolutionary guitar the thumbs up with TechCrunch proclaiming, “from a tech standpoint – it’s pretty darn wild.” Elsewhere in the tech community, CNET.com says: “I have a Gibson guitar. I have to tune it myself. It doesn’t have onboard effects. I can’t load third-party apps onto it. My guitar is so old-fashioned, it has a hole in the top for the sound to get out. In short, it’s no Firebird X.” Gizmodo.com’s headline announces that the guitar is: “Packed with Loads …

Let’s face it: carrying gear on the road is a pain. Anything that minimizes the load of guitars, effects and amps that needs to be piled in the van by Joe Roaddog and his bandmates before he hits the highway for Hackensack is a positive. And for the working road warrior, that’s Job One for the Firebird X. It’s great to rave about the revolutionary guitar’s on-board effects, its fast neck, the lightweight body, its electro-acoustic properties and lightning speed microprocessor technology. But what really counts for a working musician is practicality. What the Firebird X offers in all those functions …