We’re excited to announce that guitar instructors Tommy Perez, Bill Crahan and Michael Hamm of the Guitar Studio, will be teaching a Beginner Guitar Class for Kids, beginning June 7. The class will be held here at Mass Street Music every Saturday in June, from 11:00 a.m. to noon. It’s a great opportunity to get your kids (ages 10 and up) started on guitar, learning … Continue reading Beginner Guitar for Kids Class – June!
Our neighbors down the street, Americana Music Academy, are bringing back their great Kids’ Summer Music Camp for June 2-6 and another session August 4-8. This is a wonderful opportunity for kids to experience an interactive creative arts experience that includes everything from sing-alongs to history, storytelling, dance and more. We’re proud to be a participant in the history section, which will include a short … Continue reading Americana Music Academy’s Kids’ Summer Music Camp
The whole staff has been checking out our recently arrived stock of gear, a few of us have even purchased guitars this month in preparation for a music filled summer. Here’s what we’ve had our eye on most… Josh Baldridge – Don Grosh Retro Classic Hollow T I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this guitar since I placed the order at the beginning … Continue reading May 2014 Staff Gear Picks!
We’re celebrating Taylor Guitars on Saturday, May 24 with a full day of great deals on gear, Taylor prize giveaways and a full slate of local musicians who favor Taylor guitars including Darrell Lea, Rick Frydman, Bob Heckler, Lana Maree Haas, Gary McKnight and 11 year old Ellie Lebar! Taylor Guitars is never afraid to think outside the box when it comes to designing instruments to achieve great tone – stop by, check out the newly redesigned 800 series, the new slim T5Z hybrid, and more. You could win a shirt, strings or other great schwag and enjoy music from some very talented local Lawrence Taylor guitar players. Check out our recent interview with Taylor master luthier Andy Powers here.Saturday’s Performance Schedule:
1:00 BOB HECKLER
1:40 DARRELL LEA
2:20 GARY MCKNIGHT
3:00 LANA MAREE HAAS
3:40 RICK FRYDMAN
4:20 ELLIE LEBAR
Continue reading Taylor Guitars Shindig – Day Long Celebration Sat., May 24!
Taylor Guitars’ Master Guitar Designer Andy Powers joined Taylor in 2012 after spending years creating his own line of instruments. He’s been Bob Taylor’s right hand man ever since Bob invited him on board, saying Andy would have the opportunity “to make a significant impact on the future of good guitars” – and he’s done just that. His introduction of the Grand Orchestra body size … Continue reading Take 5 – Interview with Taylor Guitars’ Andy Powers
We’re happy to welcome back Fretboard Toolbox creator Scott Sharp to Mass Street for this great workshop all about SCALES! Major, minor, pentatonic, blues guitar scales…you may have heard of them, you might even know a few, but do you know why they matter so much? How scales are built? All the cool things you can really do with them? Stop by Saturday, May 10, … Continue reading Free Clinic – Guitar Scales on Sat., 5/10
Just get your first guitar? Not sure where to begin? Join us on Saturday, May 3 at 1:00 PM for a free workshop open to ALL beginners – acoustic and electric. Esteemed Lawrence guitarist and instructor at the Guitar Studio, Tommy Perez, will be showing folks the very basics. Holding the guitar, to use a pick or not, a couple basic chords to get you … Continue reading First Guitar Lesson – Free! Saturday May 3!
The Taylor Road Show is returning to Mass Street Music on Monday, March 12 at 6:30 pm! This is a great opportunity to check out new Taylor Guitars but also you can play some special one-of-a-kind models that will be here for one night only. Our buddy from Taylor, Rich, will be here along with Taylor clinician Marc Seal, who will answer any questions you … Continue reading Taylor Road Show – Monday, May 12!
We’re excited to let you know about some very special events happening at the store, in addition to our regular Free Saturday Workshop series (Uke Left Hand Techniques with Jim Jeans this Saturday, 4/19!) Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 pm, our friend from Martin Guitars, Steve Strong will be here with a Martin clinician. They’ll be bringing some very special guitars, as well as introducing … Continue reading April Mass Street Music News – 2014
We often get questions about pedals and pedalboards – what pedal should go first in the chain, what options are there for pedalboards, power options, cabling choices and more. Join our staff on Saturday, April 26 at 3pm as we take a look at best practices for the order of chaining your effects pedals so your tone is firing on all cylinders, various cabling options … Continue reading Free Clinic – Pedalboard Test Kitchen 4/26!
