April brings new gear, new events and new faces to Mass Street Music. We just received a bevy of Gretsch instruments – both folk and great electrics. The favorite so far seems to be the Center Block Electromatic – a great rocker that loves distortion. Check out all the Just In gear here. The Jeff Black Songwriting Clinic “Inviting the Muse” happens Saturday, May 9 … Continue reading April 2015 MSM News
Note: We all have our favorite Mass Street Music moments, but these are from Anne Tangeman, who after 10 years at Mass Street Music is moving on. She began in sales, but since 2008 has headed up our website, marketing and social media… In no particular order: The first staff meeting when they asked if I had any questions. I said, “I have a few questions about the … Continue reading Top 10 Mass Street Music Moments
We’ve got a spectacular array of Collings D, CJ and CW style guitars in stock right now at Mass Street Music – these are the big bad boys of bluegrass and many other music styles, favored for their presence, volume and ability to show up in the sound mix even if you’re the lone guitarist in a banjo orchestra or playing to accompany Ethel Merman. … Continue reading Collings Full Bodied Acoustic Guitars
The 2015 Taylor Guitars Road Show will be coming to Lawrence, Kansas for one night only, Wednesday, May 20 at Mass Street Music. This free event will feature our friends Corey “The Tone Chef” Witt and Rich Casciato, direct from Taylor, who will be bringing rare, one-off guitars, brand new models and of course some cool giveaways like strings, t-shirts and more for you. The guitar ‘petting zoo’ will be … Continue reading Taylor Guitars Road Show at Mass Street Music May 20!
Uke master Jim Jeans is back, heading up this great (and free) uke clinic, Uke Blues You Can Use & More, on Saturday, April 18 at 1PM. Jim will do a quick review of our previous uke blues clinic material, including adding chord substitutions to blues progressions, then follow with fingerstyle arrangement for blues using some of the substitutions. The second hour will be specific fingerstyle … Continue reading Uke Blues You Can Use & More – Free Clinic
Josh Baldridge – Grosh NOS Gold Retro Classic This is my go to guitar in the store right now. Whenever I want to test out a pedal or amp with some single coils I grab this one. It has such a classic feel and sound that I can depend on the guitar itself to be everything that I want in the signal chain. The Faded Aztec … Continue reading April 2015 MSM Staff Gear Picks
Nashville guitarist and songwriter Jeff Black is a Kansas City native whose works have been recorded by Waylon Jennings and Sam Bush among others. He’ll be bringing his songwriting insights, creative techniques and some great stories to Mass Street Music on Saturday, May 9 for this very special songwriting clinic, “Inviting the Muse”. Bring your guitar and a song, or just yourself. Each attendee will also receive Jeff’s new … Continue reading Songwriting Clinic with Jeff Black – May 9
We have been working on bringing you better video demos of instruments with truer audio – the whole crew at Mass Street Music has been involved including our Repair Shop Manager Mike Horan who has been playing on many of the acoustic guitar demos – check him out, in this Collings 0H2 12 string demo, inspired by the guitar to play an ’80s hit. Eric Putnam, Sales, has played … Continue reading New Videos at Mass Street Music
We’ve been working on bringing you better videos with truer audio so those customers not near our Lawrence, Kansas store can experience the sounds of our great instruments too – and those of you in the area can get a sneak peek before stopping by the store. Learn more about our videos here or check out our Youtube channel here. We have several great events coming up, including … Continue reading MSM March News 2015
Two of our staff, Eric M., sales and Anne T., marketing, went to Austin, Texas in February to visit Collings Guitars. Though Mass Street Music has been a Collings dealer for acoustic guitars, electric guitars, mandolins and ukes for many years (in fact we were the third dealer ever), this was Eric and Anne’s first jaunt to the Collings ‘factory’. We say it with quotation marks … Continue reading Behind the Scenes at Collings Guitars
