Maroon 5 and Train have announced plans for a North American summer tour. Kicking off on July 22, the outing will encompass more than 40 dates before wrapping in September. This tour will be an evening of music that will include over 20 charted hit songs from the two bands who have sold over 22 million records worldwide.  The tour

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Guitar Head Pillow is a molded polyurethane support for the neck and body of a guitar for use during everyday maintenance. It’s suitable for all types of guitars – electric, acoustic, jazz, bass. The pillow is molded without sharp edges and can stabilize specific parts of an instrument. It also fits in any guitar case,

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Reverend Guitars will host a clinic with jazz guitarist Gil Parris at 6 p.m. May 2 at Rudy’s Amp Room in Times Square. Parris, who has a four-CD artist course, and will offer insight to his technique and demonstrate his signature Reverend guitar. The Grammy-nominated artist has shared the stage with Blood, Sweat, and Tears and toured both

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Daisy Rock Girl Guitars supports MusiCares by donating a Rock Candy Special in Purple Velvet for the Musicians’ Assistance Program (MAP) Fund’s benefit concert May 6. The event will honor Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) and Kevin Lyman (founder of Vans Warped Tour). MusiCares developed the MusiCares MAP Fund as a resources pool offering support to those

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Mod Kits’ ThunderDrive is a do-it-yourself overdrive pedal with a current draw of 1.3 milliamps, allowing for long battery life. Mod Kits are designed to let novice and experienced musicians build their own amps and effects pedals. All have a pre-drilled enclosure, and all parts are included. The pedals operate on a 9-volt battery or a 9-volt adapter. Learn more at modkitsdiy.com.  

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The 18th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, September 16-18 in Telluride, Colorado, will be headlined by Willie Nelson, with performances by Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Dweezil Zappa, moe., Marcia Ball, Mavis Staples, Eric Bibb String Band, and many other acts. For more, visit tellurideblues.com.  

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The Brunetti Vanilla pedal is designed to produce blues-rhythm and defined rock tones. It uses German-made WIMA capacitors, metal-film or carbon-film resistors, SH multiwiper potentiometers with aluminium wipers. Read more at brunetti.it.  

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Sunset Guitars’ have introduced three new guitars, all made in the U.S. with multi-piece maple necks, double-cut bodies, and a heel starting at the 17th fret. The Performer has a chambered alder body They use proprietary Multi-Voice Magnetics and Coil Notch Electronics, which the company says control the resonant peak and frequency response from inside each

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Yes and Styx will embark on a 22-city summer tour starting July 4 and concluding August 3. Yes will feature a lineup of guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White, and lead singer Benoit David, and keyboard player Geoff Downes. Styx includes Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitars), James “JY” Young (vocals, guitars), Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards), Todd Sucherman (drums) and Ricky Phillips

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TC Electronics’ new RH750 bass head is a compact solidstate head. Features include: • Power – 750 watts. • TweeterTone™ – Front panel tweeter level control for crisp and modern bass tones. • Presets – 3 user-defined presets. • On-board chromatic tuner – Always active for instant pitch monitoring at any time. • SpectraComp™ –

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