GC Holds Event with Nile Rodgers at Hollywood Store Nile Rodgers during the GC event on Oct. 18. O n Oct. 18, Guitar Center held an event at its flagship Holly- wood, California, store featuring Grammy-winning guitarist Nile Rodgers. The event was held in celebration of 70 years of the Fender Stratocaster. For this special occasion, Guitar Center and Fender partnered together to welcome the legendary multi-Grammy Award-win- ning producer, guitarist and songwriter, who played a demo and held a Q&A and autograph signing. During the event, Rodgers discussed a wide range of topics, including his early influence from jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, his trade at a pawn shop of his Barney Kessel guitar for a Maple Neck Stratocaster and more. {guitarcenter.com} MusicNomad Launches New Fret Care Hub M usicNomad has created the ultimate fret care resource for guitarists: the MusicNomad Fret Care Hub. The new Hub features well-thought-out fret care information for a guitarist to take their frets to the next level. “We wanted to create one place our community could access li-
brary resources to fix fret buzz and help them work on their frets,” said Rand Rognlien, Music Nomad’s CEO. “After countless hours of develop- ment, we designed the Fret Care Hub to help beginners to seasoned techs.” The Fret Care Hub includes a library of resources, including the Fret Care Flow, a step-by- step tool to help guide you to
properly eliminate fret buzz; how-to videos; fret care FAQs; and a Fret Buzz Tracker that allows you to record fret buzz issues. Proper fretwork is critical to the overall playability of your guitar or bass and the Fret Care Hub breaks fretwork down into a step-by-step process that is obtainable and within any guitarist’s capabilities. {musicnomadcare.com}
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