Posted By Will on March 5, 2012

Hey guitar gadget lovers!  We have Shubb Capos! Did you ever want to play your favorite chord progression in a different key? Well now you can…with a Shubb Capo!  Using a capo will change the tuning of your instrument.  In the video you will see that Shubb capo not only has a sleek, light-weight design, but has adjustable tension as well.  So let’s say you wanted to capo at the fifth fret to go for some ukulele tunings, the thickness of the neck is much greater at the fifth fret then at the first fret,  so therefore, a different tension is required to properly fret the strings and stay in tune. Stop by any of our stores for a demonstration. Mahalo.

Category: Featured Products, News, Pics, Product Videos, Videos
Tags: accessories, capo, capos for acoustic guitar, capos for electric guitar, capos for guitar, guitar capo, Other, Shubb, Shubb capos

Posted By isaac on February 4, 2012

The NAMM show was needless to say one of the best experiences I have had both as a musician and as a salesperson at Easy Music Center. My eyes feasted upon the plethora of new and exciting gear from a full drum set played with nothing but your feet, to a brand new line of “intelligent” PA gear by Line 6. Though I digress, as a guitar player, one of the most exciting was the release of the new GT-100 by BOSS.

BOSS has done it again! (No surprise for those of us who live and love BOSS). The new GT-100 has a new sleek design, the most striking of which is the unique dual LCD screens. This new feature, along with the 8 easy grab knobs, makes it easy to tweak your sound on the fly. There are no menus and everything is easy to access and ready to go. Boss also remodeled the entire amps and effects section; they sound better than ever! Thanks to a new DSP engine, your COSM tones will soar higher than ever before. But, it wouldn’t be complete without a new set of vintage sounding amps from high-gain models to smooth and clean. The most impressive part of this new flagship has to be the new Accel pedal, allowing control of multiple parameters at once.

All in all, this is a MUST SEE pedal! I was blown away by Robert Marcelo at the NAMM show and his flawless execution of all it’s features as he proceeded to melt my face off. Be on the lookout for it here at Easy Music Center!  I wish my video didn’t come out distorted…Robert was killing it as always!

COMING SOON!!!

Category: Featured Products, NAMM, Pics
Tags: 2012, accessories, boss, COSM, GT-10, GT-100, guitars, NAMM, ROBERT MARCELO, roland

Posted By Paul on November 4, 2011

The Pearl Traveler Kit is an awesome, compact, versatile drum kit that can be used for practice at home or live at a gig! It comes with mesh heads for quiet practice at home as well as regular drum heads that you can use for live rehearsals or gigs. It’s compact size makes it a very convenient drum set that will fit comfortably in your car or corner of your home! Check em’ out! We just got em’ in!

Category: Featured Products, Lessons, News, Pics, Product Videos, Videos
Tags: 808, Battle, Bryan Sanchez, center, drum, Drum Battle, drums, Easy, easy music center, hawaii, kapolei, music, paul van, pearl, Pearl Traveler Kit, percussion, Traveler

Posted By isaac on October 11, 2011

Hey guys! Wanna save BOOKU BUCKS on all of your favorite gear? In preparation for the holidays and the opening of our third store out in Kapolei, we have tons of gear on clearance right now! Just look for that beautiful red clearance stamp!

How does 20% off sound? 30%? 40%? 50%?

CLEARANCE COMBO AND HALF STACK AMPS!

CLEARANCE STRINGS, DVDS, AND SHIRTS!

CLEARANCE STANDS AND ACCESSORIES!

DRUMS! PA GEAR! STUDIO GEAR! ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS! BASSES AND MORE! SO COME ON DOWN THE PRICE IS RIGHT!

Prices subject to change, limited availability, first come first serve!

Category: Events, Featured Products, Pics
Tags: accessories, amps, drums, DVDS, Genz-Benz, guitars, JBL, keyboards, mackie, marshall, PA Gear, Quicklok, studio, swr, vox, ZT

Posted By Paul on October 3, 2011

If you’re looking for an awesome percussion instrument to compliment your musical stylings, you may want to consider getting a Djembe! It is a very versatile percussion instrument that sounds unique and is fun to play! Consider adding one of these to your beach jam sessions!

Category: Featured Products, Pics, Product Videos, Videos
Tags: accessories, cad, condenser, djembe, drums, firestudio, Firestudio Mobile, LP, meinl, microphone, Mobile, percussion, presonus, pro, Protools, studio, Toca, tools

Posted By Will on July 2, 2011

I have been playing guitar for 25 years. I started when I was 16, and yes it changed my life.  In 2005, on a trip to Hawaii prior to moving here, I purchased a Kamaka Concert ukelele. It was a whole new adventure for me. Having started out with various forms of heavy metal,  I ventured into other genres of music including acoustic fingerstyle, jazz fusion,  and classical guitar. Continuing my quest for blending various styles and not adhering to typical conventions of playing, I began my quest to conquer a new instrument. The transition was actually quite easy for me. I did not freak out about a new tuning; I just started playing. I treated it like a small classical guitar and once I heard Jake Shimabakuro on Youtube doing his rendition of  “While My Guitar gently Weeps”, I knew anything was possible on the ukelele.

A few days ago I learned about Eddie Vedder’s new album “Ukelele Songs” and read the articles in the June 3, 2011 edition of the Star Advertiser.  I was touched by his story. I was intrigued with the parallels to my life and how I came across the ukelele in a similar fashion. To hear how one of the biggest names from the early 90′s grunge era had taken up the uke was fascinating. Eddie’s band Pearl Jam was part of the hugely influential Seattle scene with Nirvana and Soundgarden, paving the way for a resurgence of heavy music that has lasted through today. To go from this style of music to a more subtle, some might say more delicate, form of music says a great deal about the soul of this artist.

I would urge anybody who is not yet a musician to play an instrument…any instrument.  If  you are unsure of  which one, consider the ukelele. The tones are mellow, and it is not as intimidating as guitar being that it is smaller in size and has merely four strings.

I will always be a guitarist, but my soul is just as easily soothed with my ukelele. Let the ukelele change your life

The article from the Star Advertiser:

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Tags: Eddie Vedder, kamaka, Kamaka HF3, Kamaka Tenor, Kamaka ukelele, songwriting, Tenor Ukelele, uke, Ukelele

Posted By Peter on April 27, 2011

Sometimes I do office work out in the Pearl City store.  The office is next to the guitar lessons room.  Today I overheard a mother trying to coax her son into a lesson with Jason, one of our guitar instructors.  The child was upset about something and didn’t want to start his lesson.  Eventually his mother got him into the lesson room, telling him he can pout at home for free.

I was amazed at what I heard from that point on.  Jason started asking him questions about his guitar and why he was in a poor mood at the same time.  While teaching, Jason was constantly finding ways to bring his attitude around.  Within 10 minutes, I could hear that the tone from the student changed entirely, and he was starting to have fun.  When he entered the room he looked like the above picture.  When he left, he looked like the picture below:

Okay…so I totally faked the first picture.  I had no idea that this student would change his attitude so quickly otherwise I would have taken a picture when he had the dark cloud above his head.  I had the hardest time getting him to NOT look so happy in the first picture so I had him cross his arms and look down.  He was so pumped up after his lesson he couldn’t wipe that smile off his face!  What a difference music makes!

Category: Lessons, News, Pics
Tags: change your life, guitar lessons, Jason, Jason Raythen, Video Lessons

Posted By Travis on April 21, 2011

Whats Up Rockers?  Dig, if you will, the Mapex Black Widow Snare!  Another sweet one from the Panther Series.  It’s got the bite of a Black Widow and the style of a Black Panther!  So Cool!

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Tags: black widow, drum, mapex, snare