Repair Spotlight: Vintage Martin Herringbone Headstock Repair – Byron Berline – Part I

Jim’s been working on the great Byron Berline’s guitars for years. As many of you know Byron’s shop, Double Stop Fret Shop, suffered a devastating fire last year, with many of the instruments destroyed or suffering damage beyond repair. Thankfully this herringbone survived, but did not make it out unscathed. This late ’30s Martin D-28 had previously suffered a break in the headstock which had … Continue reading Repair Spotlight: Vintage Martin Herringbone Headstock Repair – Byron Berline – Part I

Big Ear Pedals - Woodcutter Rudy Red

Big Ear Pedals – Price Drop

Heads up, price drop! Since moving to Nashville and streamlining operations, our friends at Big Ear Pedals have been able to cut costs on their line of boutique pedals, bringing the price down to $179 for the ELLE, LOAF and our Mass Street exclusive Rudy Red WOODCUTTER. Great boutique gear from great people. Check out all of our Big Ear Pedals on the website. Continue reading Big Ear Pedals – Price Drop

Collings Guitars - Vintage Satin Finish

NAMM 2020 Collings Guitars – Vintage Satin Finish

Here’s another NAMM update that we’re very excited about. For years the only way to order up a Collings model with a satin finish was to spec out one of the wildly popular Julian Lage Traditional OMs. New for 2020, Collings is offering this “Vintage Satin” ultra-thin nitrocellulose finish as a no-charge upgrade on any of the growing Traditional T Series builds. We already have … Continue reading NAMM 2020 Collings Guitars – Vintage Satin Finish

Fender Guitars – American Ultra Telecaster RW – Texas Tea

The light in the shop isn’t the best this time of year, especially when it’s raining/sleeting/snowing outside. That said, we couldn’t wait to promo this new American Ultra Tele here in this striking Texas Tea finish, so into the photo booth we go! While the guitar looks black at first glance, when you shift and turn it in the right light there’s a subtle sparkle … Continue reading Fender Guitars – American Ultra Telecaster RW – Texas Tea

The Amp 100 from Milkman Sound

NAMM 2020 Milkman Sound – The Amp 100

Here’s another fantastic piece of gear we got a chance to check out at the NAMM show last week. The Amp 100 from the crew at Milkman Sound is a new addition to “The Amp” lineup and includes an integrated boost along with a dual control reverb option with a decay knob. The max wattage at 8ohm has been pushed to 100 watts, 200watts at 4ohm, … Continue reading NAMM 2020 Milkman Sound – The Amp 100

Mass Resonator Podcast

Podcast – Episode 2 – NAMM 2020 Day 2

A podcast update from Day 2 at the Winter NAMM show where Eric, Josh and Matt K rundown all the gear we checked out from Fender, Martin, Gretsch, Taylor, Milkman Amps, Thropy FX, JHS and more! We had a little bit of a technical difficultly with our mics, and we’re ready to be back in the shop with a proper recording setup going forward. Thanks … Continue reading Podcast – Episode 2 – NAMM 2020 Day 2

NAMM 2020 – GFI System – Synesthesia

We caught a sneak peak at the new Synesthesia from @gfisystem last year, but it was great to give it another test drive in anticipation of having it in stock at the store. This dual-channel modulation pedal is capable of running two different modulation algorithms at once which delivers all sorts of tonal options. Check out our collection of GFI Pedals at Mass Street Music. Continue reading NAMM 2020 – GFI System – Synesthesia