Winterizing your Wooden String Instruments, is usually not a high priority here in the southeast, but with temperatures regularly dropping down into the low twenties in the past couple of weeks here in Southeast Georgia, we may have to pay some extra attention to keeping our string instruments humidified more than during ‘normal’ winters. Okay, […]
Gift Cards Are a Lifeline and no longer just convenient in desperate times. Gift Cards are a lifeline around the Holidays. In the past Gift cards were often equated with a sense of “not caring” for the person you are gifting the card for. I often heard (sometimes accused!) that it actually meant you did not […]
If you have ever joined our therapeutic jams at Jerry Lee’s Music, you know that these sessions are not only fun, they also take many of us back to the soundtracks of our lives. During last Saturday’s Jam at Jerry Lee’s Music Store, just hours before Jerry’s threw an epic 2017 Oyster Roast and Low […]
From a consumer point of view, “Buy Online and Pick Up in Store,” or BOPUS makes complete sense. It takes the advantages of online shopping (‘tire-kicking’) and inventory checking, and marries them to the advantages of traditional stores, namely the ability to get a product quick and to see and touch it and in the […]
Preparing for Christmas Caroling is fun. The house smells like a good bakery. The turkey in the oven competes for attention in the battle for culinary Season flavors. A bouquet of nutmeg and cinnamon wafts from the kitchen and the family nonchalantly lays around the house watching TV as visions of Charlie Brown’s Christmas, the […]
If Christmas shopping for a guitar is an activity in your immediate future – the Holiday season will be here before you know it – than here are some helpful tips for your journey. If you plan to buy online, my advice is to not wait too long. You know that shipping closer to Christmas […]
While reading a story this morning on how music therapy can help people cope with issues ranging from everyday challenges like stress to diseases like Alzheimer’s, I realized that September is the month for the annual global FPC Event (Playing for Change Day events). I have been an admiring supporter of the Playing for Change […]
As the only distinctive Breedlove dealer in the greater Jacksonville/Southeast Georgia area, we are proud when Breedlove guitars are singled out for their excellence in NAMM U’s Summer 2017 Show with a “Best in Show” Award. And that is what happened during the recent National Association of Music Merchants Summer show in Nashville Tennessee, when […]
Recently we added a selection of Washburn Acoustic Guitars to the store and online shop. With a history that roots in the civil war era, it is a complex task to trace the history of any particular instrument of this period. Not only did Washburn in those days often change designs to follow the rapidly […]
So now you have a guitar and the question is, besides a guitar what else do you need? The question on guitar essentials can ultimately only be answered by your own preferences and budget, but here some are suggestions to consider. An Electronic Guitar Tuner It used to be much more difficult to tune a […]