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Note from Tom: Musical Inspirations

Recently I attended Bonnie Raitt’s concert at the Ryman theater. It made me ponder the artists that have had the greatest influence on my life. I started playing the guitar and piano when I was 11 years old – 1961. Folk music spoke to...

June 1, 2016, News

MMR Features REVERB

As the MI industry becomes increasingly aware of the needless waste generated by everything from drumstick creation (trees) to batteries (landfll fodder) to guitar strings (tons of scrap metal), companies are creating more innovative solutions and encouraging players and retailers to get into the...

May 11, 2016, News

Behind the Tonewood: Sitka spruce

Left to nature, magnificent Sitka trees can live to be over 800 years old and can reach over 300 feet in height. Sitka is the largest, and longest-lived spruce, its slow growth and resulting tight growth-ring character creates beautiful acoustic sound. Clearcutting the old...

May 11, 2016, News

Note from Tom: The Importance of the Tongass

Saving the Tongass National Forest The largest National Forest in America is the Tongass in SE Alaska. Several thousand years old, it is the home of magnificent Sitka spruce trees that takes as much as 500 years to achieve their maximum height of around...

May 10, 2016, News

Product Spotlight: Coffee House

The Bedell Coffee House instruments were inspired by Tom Bedell’s fondness for the folk-rock sound. Available in a parlor, orchestra, or dreadnought body shape – these guitars revive the spirit that inspired the music of the counterculture era. Constructed with an Adirondack spruce top and sustainably grown Indian rosewood, the...

May 6, 2016, News

A Forest is a Community

I think of a forest as a community, a family of species in a neighborhood. Mature trees, seedlings, sprouts provide shelter and nourishment for wildlife, insects, and an host of micro-organisms. Entire ecosystems thrive among families of trees, enduring times of sun, rain, wind, heat, cold, drought,...

April 4, 2016, News

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