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NAMM 2025: Acoustic and Electric Guitars

Here we're going to give you a rundown of the new electric and acoustic guitars from major manufacturers that are making their debut at NAMM this year.

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04 Apr 2025
Matt Halpern Drum Workshop at Guitar Center Hollywood

Known for his technical musicality and authoritative, deep-pocketed grooves, Matt Halpern led an inspiring workshop at Guitar Center Hollywood, offering glimpses into his drumming journey, experiences with Periphery and a look at his signature drum gear.

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02 Apr 2025
Celebrating the Fender Strat with Freaky Rob & Ari O'Neal

We asked guitarists Freaky Rob (Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Eminem) and Ari O’Neal (SZA, Lizzo, Beyonce) to honor the legacy of the Stratocaster by composing and performing four songs that showcased the guitar’s sonic power. Of course, the musical trek also allowed the musicians to venerate some mythic Stratocaster players.

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27 Mar 2025
NAMM 2025: Guitar Amps and Effects Pedals

Let’s take a look at some of the hottest launches in guitar amps and effects pedals from the NAMM show floor.

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07 Feb 2025
NAMM 2025: Keyboards, Synths, DJ Gear and More

Keyboardists, synthesists and DJs delight—new entries from Casio, KORG, Nord, Roland and Hercules DJ have debuted at NAMM 2025.

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06 Feb 2025
NAMM 2025: Drum Gear

It’s that time of year in Anaheim, California, where drum and cymbal makers are rolling out their newest innovations and much-anticipated reissues at NAMM 2025.

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05 Feb 2025
NAMM 2025: Pro Audio, Recording and Live Sound

Pro audio’s foremost brands have started introducing their freshest, finest innovations of the year at NAMM 2025, which include many dazzling devices for the studio and stage.

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04 Feb 2025
NAMM 2025: Bass Guitars and Amps

There are some fantastic new basses and bass amplifiers that will be making their debut at the show, and in this article we'll give you a sneak peek at some of the most interesting ones.

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03 Feb 2025
NAMM 2025: What We Know So Far

Guitar Center, with its proverbial ears to the showfloor, has rounded up the hottest releases from premier vendors days ahead of NAMM. We’ve arranged this article by product category and manufacturer, so you can easily eyeball everything new and noteworthy, straight from the music product industry’s biggest event of the year.

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17 Jan 2025
Nile Rodgers Salutes 70 Years of the Fender Stratocaster

The full scope of what Nile Rodgers has accomplished with a Strat in his hands is almost unimaginable. There was never a more appropriate artist to join us in celebrating 70 years of the Fender Stratocaster than one who has contributed so much to the world of music with it.

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31 Oct 2024
Cory Wong on Building Guitar Modeling Rigs With Electro-Voice Speakers

At our flagship store in Hollywood, multi-genre guitarist Cory Wong gave in-person and livestream attendees an in-depth look into his approach to gear—notably, how he uses Electro-Voice speakers as a focal point of his live rig—collaboration and his creative process.

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24 Oct 2024
Celebrating 50 Years of Taylor at Guitar Center Hollywood

Guitar Center was proud to host a celebratory event for Taylor’s 50th anniversary, in which we were joined by company cofounder Bob Taylor and CEO/Master Guitar Designer Andy Powers, alongside artists Ben Harper, Elise Trouw, Lisa Loeb, Steve Poltz and Molly Miller at our flagship Hollywood store.

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11 Oct 2024
Guitar Center Hollywood Premium Vintage Event

If you've never had the opportunity to visit the Hollywood Vintage Room, prepare to be awestruck at your first glance. If there is a vintage guitar heaven, this may well be it. On this occasion, in addition to many of the guitars being displayed on the iconic wall behind the stage, some of the rarest were displayed around the room in open cases.

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23 Sep 2024
Guitar Center Unveils Premium Vintage Guitars and Basses

Guitar Center Vintage held a special, invitation-only vintage event at the Hollywood store to feature some of the most interesting and valuable guitars they've found over the past few years. We had a chance to pry Guitar Center Vintage Director Jack Hetherington and Nick Conte, one of their more experienced vintage buyers and appraisers, away from the preparations for a brief talk about some of the valuable pieces that would be available at this event.

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23 Sep 2024
Nate Smith Drum Workshop at Guitar Center Hollywood

Three-time Grammy Award-nominated jazz drummer, composer and producer Nate Smith recently visited a full house at Guitar Center Hollywood, playing through original compositions and having an illuminating conversation about his musical influences, style, technique and equipment.

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13 Sep 2024
Marcus King Live at Guitar Center Nashville

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Marcus King recently packed the house at the Nashville Guitar Center's Vintage Room for an intimate workshop and interview about his guitars, his career and his creative process.

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13 Aug 2024
YUNGBLUD and His Signature Epiphone Generate Festive Mayhem at Guitar Center Hollywood

Just wow. Approximately 2,000 ecstatic YUNGBLUD fans converged on Guitar Center Hollywood to meet the popular British vocalist, guitarist and actor, and celebrate the release of his signature Epiphone SG Junior guitar.

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06 Aug 2024
Orianthi Demos Her Signature Gibson SJ-200 Acoustic-Electric Guitar

Orianthi Panagaris—more famously known, of course, as simply “Orianthi”—held an intimate workshop at the Guitar Center Hollywood Vintage Room on June 22, 2024, to discuss the making of her signature Gibson Orianthi SJ-200, as well as share insights on her creative process.

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31 Jul 2024
Guitar Mastery Workshop With Periphery’s Misha Mansoor, Mark Holcomb and Jake Bowen

On April 27, an energized throng of players and metal fans descended on Guitar Center Hollywood for a two-hour master class with Periphery’s powerful guitar trio—Misha Mansoor, Mark Holcomb and Jake Bowen.

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07 Jun 2024
Luke Holland Drum Workshop at Guitar Center Hollywood

Drumming sensation Luke Holland shares his experiences, demonstrates some techniques and exercises, and plays through tracks in front of a packed house at Guitar Center Hollywood.

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28 Mar 2024
Miles of Aisles | New Gear from the 2024 NAMM Show

We unleashed our teams to report on all the latest NAMM gear newsflashes

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20 Feb 2024

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