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TEcHnoloGy<br />
Gibson hits 2 Million<br />
The Gibson Guitar iPhone App<br />
recently became one of the most<br />
popular free apps via the Apple<br />
iTunes store with more than 2 million<br />
downloads to date. In October, it was<br />
named the “Best Branded <strong>Music</strong> App”<br />
at the Billboard <strong>Music</strong> App Awards.<br />
The app was created in conjunction<br />
with Legacy Learning Systems and<br />
will soon be available at the Android<br />
and Intel app stores. {gibson.com}<br />
ouTrEacH<br />
Fight for the<br />
Right to Rock<br />
The Little Kids Rock “Right to<br />
Rock” benefit was held at the<br />
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New<br />
York on Oct. 27, 2010. There, New<br />
York Yankees icon Bernie Williams,<br />
season eight “American Idol” winner<br />
Kris Allen and Vanilla Fudge drummer<br />
Carmine Appice shared the stage<br />
with Little Kids Rock students. The<br />
event, which included a concert and<br />
live auction featuring celebrity-painted,<br />
one-of-a-kind Fender Stratocaster<br />
guitars, raised more than $175,000.<br />
The money will give about 9,000<br />
low-income children free instruments<br />
and music education. {fender.com}<br />
conTEST<br />
Winner Takes All<br />
DBZ Guitars<br />
has announced<br />
its<br />
“Win It All”<br />
guitar giveaway.<br />
The<br />
contest is open<br />
to everyone<br />
who joins DBZ<br />
Guitars’ official<br />
Facebook<br />
group. The winner will receive one<br />
of every body style in the DBZ<br />
Premier series electric guitar collection.<br />
The prize package has a<br />
retail value of more than $10,000,<br />
and the drawing will be held March<br />
29, 2011. {dbzguitars.com}<br />
26 I MUSIC INC. I JANUARY 2011<br />
TWo olD HiPPiES, BrEEDloVE i MErGEr<br />
Breedlove Joins<br />
Two Hippies<br />
Two Old Hippies has purchased<br />
Breedlove Guitars, a Bend, Ore.based<br />
guitar maker. Breedlove will continue<br />
operations in its current facility<br />
and will expand to create the Bedell<br />
USA Custom Shop. Kim Breedlove,<br />
founder and designer of Breedlove, will<br />
continue to drive Breedlove’s product<br />
development, and Tom Bedell, founder<br />
of Two Old Hippies, will have another<br />
workshop to further advance his Bedell<br />
and Great Divide guitar brands.<br />
“It’s an amazing fit,” Breedlove<br />
said. “Tom and I only met a few short<br />
months ago, but the level of convergence<br />
of passion, experiences and commitment<br />
to the values we learned growing<br />
up in the ’60s is amazing. Breedlove<br />
is just a natural fit for the culture at<br />
Two Old Hippies.”<br />
From left: Kim<br />
Breedlove, Pete<br />
Newport and<br />
Tom Bedell<br />
“We’ve always admired Breedlove’s<br />
spark, quality and innovations,” Bedell<br />
said. “The Breedlove Co. team is also<br />
very versatile and full of potential.”<br />
Operations will continue with little<br />
to no change in the Breedlove distribution<br />
network, programs or product<br />
lines in the near future.<br />
{twooldhippies.com}<br />
TuBE-TEcH i anniVErSary<br />
Tube-Tech Savvy for 25 Years<br />
Tube-Tech celebrated 25 years of analog warmth in 2010. Since<br />
the design of the first Program Equalizer PE 1A in 1985, more<br />
than 15,000 Tube-Tech units have been shipped. {tube-tech.com}<br />
Tube-Tech founder<br />
John Petersen
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