Art House Studio

There’s a new joint venture between Mass Street Music‘s own John Flynn, Isaac Flynn, Matt C and studio engineer Jim Barnes  -  The Art House. It’s  an innovative recording studio located near the heart of downtown Lawrence.  The Art House is much more than just a recording studio however, it’s an arts collective housing visual artists, filmmakers and music teachers, including veteran Mass St Musician Eric Mardis.  So far the reviews have been outstanding. Continue reading

Fender American Special Strat in classic Candy Apple Red

The Facts Jack

There was a lot of hype when we first heard about the new Fender American Special Strats and Teles – the series sounded good: American made, classic design, Texas Special pickups and less expensive – so what’s the catch? We set our own Jason Jones, Matt Christenot, and Matthew Khomsi to the task of checking these out from stem to stern.  Here’s what they had to say:

Jason: Aesthetically pleasing, the American Special series was a sensible move for Fender. These give you  many pro features with cost effective attributes that, all in all, create a great instrument for a reasonable price.  Borrowing the gloss Urethane finish from the American Standard series, and incorporating Fender’s most popular pickups, the Texas Continue reading

Jakob rocking his Martin

I went to see The Wallflowers in Kansas City the other night, and the show was amazing!  Yes, they made music after ‘One Head Light’ and most of it was just as good.  Check out these pics, notice the Super Reverb behind the electric player?  We’ve got two vintage Supers in stock right now, including a real 65 that sounds incredible, plus the new Fender Super 65 Reissue.

I couldn’t tell what kind of Continue reading

Keeley Compressor - 4 Knob

The Keeley 4 Knob Compressor and the Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone represent two entirely different “philosophies” if you will,  on what a compression pedal should do. The Keeley is all about subtlety and nuance.  While playing soft, the Keeley gives you room to add the subtle nuance that makes guitar playing great without squashing your signal to death.  It’s not until you really dig in… and dig in hard, that you start to hear the “ceiling” of Keeley’s compression.   You might not even really appreciate the pedal until you turn it off and realize how much it was improving your tone. I shall label this Continue reading

Matt C, Jason, Eric and Matthew K rockin' the special Groshes

Tuesday morning Brent and Yoshi from Don Grosh Guitars stopped by Mass St. Music and brought some very cool one-off guitars and prototypes for show and tell (and some bagels). What a morning…more than anything else it just confirmed why we love these guitars – not only do they have incredible playability and tone but they are some of the coolest looking guitars around. In the photo below, John checks out the 293 – fully hollow. We’ve got a 193 in the store right now, and it’s phenomenal – come check it out while it’s still here.

John checks out the exquisite fully hollow Grosh 293

We also got a chance to check out the very first ElectraJet – Continue reading