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In 2004, MapQuest, uLocate, Research in Motion and Nextel launched MapQuest Find Me, a buddy-finder service that worked on GPS-enabled mobile phones. MapQuest Find Me let users automatically find their location, access maps and directions and locate nearby points of interest, including airports, hotels, restaurants, banks and ATMs.
Guitar Center was founded in Hollywood in 1959 by Wayne Mitchell as The Organ Center, a retailer of electronic organs for home and church use. In 1964, after a supplier required him to carry Vox guitar amplifiers, to continue receiving organs, Mitchell added the amplifiers to his inventory and renamed the store The Vox Center, leveraging the Beatles association with the Vox brand.
In 2017, Rogers expanded Dave's La Crosse location and Coalition Drum Shop relocated within the expanded store. [3] [4] The store in La Crosse now carries an inventory of over 3,000 guitars. In 2017, the company opened a second retail location in Milwaukee, carrying over 400 guitars and specializing in guitar repair. In October 2019, the ...
Construction work in progress, December 2018. The resort currently has a 12-story "classic Hard Rock Hotel" [7] with 469 guest rooms and suites. [8] Guests are greeted by a 50-foot (15 m) tall signature Hard Rock guitar, (based on a Gibson electric guitar model) at the entrance of the hotel, along with a massive LED advertising screen at the front of the main parking garage.
In 2006, with 220 employees and continued business growth, Sweetwater commissioned MSKTD & Associates to design and master plan a new 44-acre corporate campus at 5501 US Highway 30 W in Fort Wayne, with corporate offices, a distribution center with warehouse, a retail store, and Sweetwater Studios recording studio complex and 250-seat LARES ...
The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer and marketer of musical instruments and amplifiers.Fender produces acoustic guitars, bass amplifiers and public address equipment; however, it is best known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, particularly the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, Precision Bass, and the ...
Jackson Guitars originated in 1980 when guitarist Randy Rhoads approached the company with an idea for an individualized guitar. The collaborative design effort between Rhoads, Grover Jackson, Tim Wilson, and Jackson's masterbuilder, Mike Shannon, resulted in the creation of the Concorde , an innovative revamp of the traditional Flying V . [ 3 ]
The Guild Guitar Company is a United States–based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge, [1] a guitarist and music-store owner. The brand name currently exists as a brand under Córdoba Music Group. [2] In February 2023, The Yamaha Guitar Group acquired Cordoba Music Group. [3]