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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.
Music & Arts Center eventually became one of the largest chain of musical instrument retail stores serving school band and orchestra programs, with 62 stores throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Northeast regions of the U.S. as well as Colorado. [2] In 1998, the corporate headquarters moved from Rockville to Frederick, Maryland. [2]
Mike Pratt was the Chief Executive Officer of Guitar Center Inc. in 2013–14. He replaced Kevin Layden and managed both the Future Shop and Best Buy brands. He joined Best Buy Canada in 1990 as a Future Shop sales representative upon graduation from the University of Ontario.
American Musical Supply (AMS) is a privately owned musical instrument retailer and wholesale supplier based in Oakland, New Jersey.They sell electric and acoustic guitars, amplifiers, live sound speakers, DJ gear, recording equipment, drums, keyboard instruments, and a wide assortment of accessories to customers living in the United States and its territories. [1]
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 ...
A lost guitar played by John Lennon at height of Beatlemania that had been stashed away in an attic for decades has been sold at auction for more than $2.8 million.
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The Fender Music Foundation, formerly The Guitar Center Music Foundation, was established in 2005 in Westlake Village, California by Larry Thomas when he retired as CEO of Guitar Center, Inc. The foundation became active in 2006, raising $765,000 [1] and awarding its first grants at the end of that year. By the end of 2007, their grants ...