2013 has been a very special year for Mass Street Music and we’d like to THANK YOU for being part of this, our 30th year! We’ve undergone many changes from our logo to the complete store renovation, a new website & personnel changes. Though things may look a little sharper, we remain a small, quality-minded independent store, driven by a true love of music and … Continue reading Happy Holidays & New Year from Mass Street Music!
Stop by this Saturday, Dec. 14 at 2PM for a look at Delay pedals with our own Eric M. How they effect your sound and how you can get the most out of them for your rig! We’ll check out Strymon, JHS, Electro-Harmonix, Boss & more plus we’ll crank up a Pete Cornish TES & a classic Echo Plex EP2 Delay! Continue reading 12/14 Free Workshop – DELAY PEDALS!
Join us this Saturday at 2PM as our own Eric P takes you on a tour of Overdrive Pedals. A classic pedal with a lot of variations. We’ll run through some of our favorites like Jetter, JHS Pedals, Xotic, the Timmy, Skreddy & more and look at transparency in pedals – what it’s all about & is it important? Overdrive Pedals, this Saturday at 2PM … Continue reading Sat. 12/7 Free Workshop – OVERDRIVE PEDALS! 2PM
Learn what to look for in a first acoustic or electric guitar for kids & adults, what makes a guitar sound great & what works for various budgets. Also a few minutes will be dedicated to our annual soapbox reminder about humidifying your acoustic guitar over the winter, brought to you by our Repair Luthiers – all too familiar with the damage that can occur … Continue reading Saturday 11/30 Free Workshop – Choosing a First Guitar!
Join us for this Saturday’s free workshop at 2PM – all about Microphones, with our own Ted. K – who I might add is a very entertaining fellow. He’ll be going over a variety of mics and what works best for various situations including acoustic solo, group, electric vocal and instrument, recording, podcasting and more. Mics can be confusing with cardiod, omnidirectional, hypercardiod…Ted will help … Continue reading Saturday Clinic Nov. 23 – MICROPHONES!
Join us this Saturday, Nov. 16 from 2pm to 4pm as we take a closer look at Eastman Guitars! Learn more about one of our favorite guitar & mando builders and why many of the Mass Street Music staff choose Eastmans for their own guitars. We’ll explore the building process, wood choices and what body styles suits which playing styles. Tim Nelson will be here … Continue reading Eastman Guitars Clinic, Sat., Nov. 16 – FREE!
We’re putting last minute touches on the place, just picked up our new coffee mugs from our buddies at Blue Collar Press and we’re anticipating a whole weekend of music and fun as we celebrate our 30th Anniversary! We’ll have some great gear on sale, but you can have a great time here without spending a dime. Our good friends at Collings Guitars and Mandolins, … Continue reading Anniversary/Grand Re-Opening Shindig begins!
If you’re new to playing, need a refresher or are thinking about a pedal tuner, this free clinic at Mass Street Music is for you. This Saturday, Nov. 2, our own Eric M. will go over a variety of today’s tuners and how to use them – from clip-ons to classic pedal tuners to the innovative Polytune (& even a tuning fork!). Includes a guitar … Continue reading Tuner & Restringing Clinic – Sat., Nov. 2!
Take a tour of fuzz pedals with our own Eric P.: Check out what they do including the nuances of various brands, how to use them with your sound, and what’s up with germanium vs. silicon transistors. You’ll get to check out an array of fuzzes including JHS, Skreddy, Dunlop Fuzz Faces, Wren and Cuff and more. We’ll also have a showdown pitting the modern … Continue reading Fuzz Focus – Free Pedal Clinic, Sat. Oct. 26
Want to record your own songs? Or make them sound even better? Join us for this special FREE clinic which will cover recording and micing basics. If you’ve wanted to get your own home and/or desktop studio going, this is for you. Michael Canning, Mass Street Music’s Presonus & Audio-Technica representative will makes it easy to understand. There are many options for micing, recording, and … Continue reading Recording & Sound 101 Clinic – Saturday, Oct. 19
