Posted By Will on May 12, 2012

Hey Easy Music Center fans, I had the opportunity to go to the NAMM show this year. It was an honor and a privilege to represent Easy Music Center. If you ever get a chance to go, do not miss out on the opportunity.  You will get to see great new products and see music legends such as George Benson.

Being an Ibanez dealer, I was afforded the opportunity to attend a semi-private demonstration with George Benson showing off his new Ibanez LGB300-VYS. This new hollow body jazz guitar by Ibanez is a true beauty. It has a rich full tone that will inspire the creativity of any guitarist. It features a 16.5″ body, wider neck profile, which works great for fingerstyle playing,  and Super 58 pickups in both the bridge and neck positions that handle everything from jazz to rock tones.

The coolest thing about this experience was that he asked if anybody wanted to try out the guitar right then and there. Yikes!  A couple of guys went up and played really well. George asked if one more person wanted to come up and try the guitar. I figured what the heck. Watch the whole video, but look out for me at 12:10. This was a surreal experience that I will never forget.

Category: Featured Products, News, Product Videos
Tags: electric guitars, guitars, Hollow Body Guitars, ibanez, Ibanez Electric Guitars, Ibanez Guitars, Ibanez Hollow Body Guitars, Ibanez Jazz Guitars, Ibanez LGB300-VYS, Jazz Guitars, LGB300-VYS

Posted By Ka'imi on May 10, 2012

The UEW30RWE model is for those performers looking for a an ukulele with a slick look. This ukulele uses Rosewood top, back, sides, and fretboard. The neck is made from mahogany and there is also a little abalone inlay. In this video, you will get to hear how this ukulele sounds plugged in using it’s UK-300T pick-up with built tuner.  Check it out!  To see the whole performance click here.

Category: Featured Products, News, Ukulele Wall!
Tags: acoustic, hananoeau, hiriz, ibanez, kaimi, ukulele, wall

Posted By Billy on April 22, 2012

Dust off those old acid wash jeans,  jean jacket (canadian tuxedo baby!) and your headbanger approved back patch and buttons because this month we’re checking out the new 25th anniversary  Ibanez S1XXV in 80′s approved fluorescent yellow ( also available in florescent green). When I was a little mullet headed lad, I wanted this guitar so bad…it was a shredder guitar, was florescent yellow, and just screams COCKROCK! What more could a kid want? Who didn’t think florescent yellow was  cool in the 80′s?  Back then it was called a saber because of how thin it was.  There was nothing like it on the market, and it ripped.  Aside from the new tremolo system, it is just as cool as I had remembered . Come by and check one out today.

Ibanez unveils an S Series in brilliant fluorescents.

Famous for its lightweight carved mahogany body, the S series can take a beating while still providing the resonance of guitars twice its size. It also comes equipped with the double-locking ZR tremolo and Zero Point System, a smooth ball bearing tremolo that makes every subtle nuance of whammy bar use come alive. The S series’ sleek, comfortable mahogany bodies, thin & fast Wizard III necks, and high-gain IBZ INF pickup combos make these instruments impossible to beat in any genre of music. And now it’s available in outrageous finishes sure to make a statement at any venue.

Features

• Mahogany body
• 3 Piece maple Wizard III neck, rosewood fretboard, 24 jumbo frets
• INF1 neck pickup
• INFS1 middle pickup
• INF2 bridge pickup
• ZR bridge with ZPS2

 

 

 

Category: News, Product Videos, Videos
Tags: 25th, billy reichling, guitar, guitars, ibanez, S1XXV, shred

Posted By Hans on March 23, 2012

The last time I was  impressed with a new combo bass amp was the time SWR came out with their California Blonde. This time, I am blown away by the tonal clarity and headroom provided by the new Promethean Bass Amp line by Ibanez. These bass amps are compact with power and versatility.

Out of the Prometheans, I picked the P5210 to show the special EQ options. In the video below, I also feature its clear sound, massive headroom and convertibility. Yes, it is very easy to unscrew the ‘head’ of the amp and take it to a gig or rehearsal where you can plug into whatever cabinet you have available.

The Prometheans make great -  sound easy!

Category: Product Videos
Tags: amplifiers, amps, bass, bass amplifier, bass amps, Bass Guitars, guitars, ibanez, P5210, Promethean

Posted By Billy on March 21, 2012

 

 

Have you ever wished you could get a nice bluesy tube tone without blowing out the entire front row at your next gig? Well you should check out the new IBANEZ TSA15 . It has a genuine tube screamer pedal built right in to get that trademark warm jangley  blues tone. Check out this quick demo.

SPECS 15W All tube combo 1×12″ Celestion Seventy80 Speaker 2 x 12AX7(Pre) 2 x 6V6(Power) Genuine Tube Screamer circuit built into the front end Controls: Tube Screamer – Overdrive, Tone, Level Amp – Treble, Bass, Volume Modes: Pentode – 15W Triode – 5W Footswitchable Tube Screamer Footswitchable 6db boost

Category: News, Product Videos, Videos
Tags: amps, billy reichling, easy music center, electric guitar, ibanez, TS808, TSA15, tube, TUBESCREAMER

Posted By Jericho on March 5, 2012

 

Steve Jones, bass guitar instructor and artist, will be hosting a “Bass Talk” at our Honolulu location this Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 5:00PM. Steve will be going through a hand-full of our bass guitars and will be explaining the features and characteristics of each. If you are in the market for buying a bass, you need to come to this! If you are interested in the different types of basses, you need to come to this! If you don’t have anything better to do on a Thursday night, you need to come to this! It’ll be a fun and educating evening. See you there!

“Why do bands have bass players? To translate for the drummer.”

FREE GIVEAWAY:

We will be raffling away Marshall headphones: (2) Major ($100 value) and (2) Minor ($60 value).

UPDATE:

Mahalo for everyone that came out! Here is a photo of our attendants, prize winners, and Steve Jones.

 

 

Category: Events
Tags: bass, bass guitar, bass talk, clinic, dean, epiphany, fender, ibanez, Squire, sterling, Steve Jones, yamaha

Posted By isaac on September 7, 2011

Recording Interface? $500+

Recording Software? $300+

Volume and Wah Pedal? $200+

All your favorite amp models and guitar pedals? $1000+

Having them all readily accessible in one easy to use affordable pedal? Priceless…

The Boss ME-25 is one of the most affordable and easy to use multi-effects pedal out there today! This all in one pedal will send your creativity through the roof as you cycle through over 60 different preamps, 10 different overdrives and distortions, 10 modulators, delays, compressions, FX and more! All of these killer boss tones are fully customizable in 60 writable presets!

But wait there’s more!

This pedal serves as a fully functional audio interface for your guitar and comes with the light version of Sonar 8.5 LE! Simply hook it up via USB to your computer, install the software, and record the next hit single!

In this video I show you how to edit and save presets of your very own!

Category: Featured Products, How To, Product Videos
Tags: accesories, accessories, acessories, audio interface, Awesome, boss, Compression, Delays, ibanez, Looper, ME-25, Modulation, Multi-Effect Pedal, recording, roland, Sonar 8.5, Tuner

Posted By Hans on August 30, 2011

For years now, I have been searching for an arch-top guitar that’s just right for me.  I remember being on the hunt for that just-right axe in Seattle music stores during my time there in the 90′s but never having the nerve to drop $2500 and up for a Gibson 175 or 335 – with most of the used models I tried barely resembling playable guitars sporting used up frets from decades of use…

To make a long story short, I was simply amazed at the quality of this Ibanez AK95 right out of the box:

Solid, creamy jazz tone spreading evenly over all registers! For barely more than $500. This dark violin sunburst Artcore Series arch-top has received consistently enthusiastic reviews from employees here at Easy Music Center as well as customers. I think the combination of solid Spruce tops and sides and the Mahogany neck teamed up with the amazing craftsmanship – especially considering the affordability – works perfectly. Check out the video below and judge for yourself:

Category: Featured Products, Product Videos
Tags: AK95, archtop, Artcore Series, guitars, ibanez, jazz guitar