Pink Guitars at Chicago Music Exchange

In Chicago, Spring doesn’t come until late May, so we’re revved up and restless and ready to break out of our ice caves and celebrate the coming of...

NAMM 2020 with Chicago Music Exchange

For the best in new gear for the new year, look no further than our coverage of winter NAMM 2020, direct from the Anaheim Convention Center in Anah...

Staff Picks: Alex Chadwick

Gretsch Broadkaster & Carstens Black Flag, ohh my!!! CME General Manager, Alex "100 Riffs" Chadwick talks about a few of his favorite things in...

Labor of Love: Aaron Lee Tasjan

In our series LABOR OF LOVE, we're talking about the LABOR OF LOVE that is music and is behind music and musical instrument making. Aaron Lee Tasja...

Brandon "Taz" Niederauer - CME Session

15 year old, Brandon "Taz" Niederauer is, "Just a kid who enjoys playing music!" The guitar wunderkind and band stopped by Chicago Music Exchange a...

Vintage Vibes: 1968 Martin D12-35 Featuring Karl Neurauter

Our acoustic guru Karl details the resurrection of this fabulous 1968 Natural Martin D12-35 into the consummate player-grade vintage gem it is toda...

NAMM 2019 Pedal Highlights

Pedal companies are taking big steps and creating some of the craziest effects boxes we've ever seen...and we've seen a lot! Follow us as we round ...

Vintage Vibes: 1956 Blonde Fender Esquire

Nathaniel takes us down, down, down into a burning ring of fire with this scorching hot 1956 Blonde Fender Esquire. Learn more about the solid-body...

NAMM 2019 Highlight Reel

In case you missed our coverage of Winter NAMM 2019, here's a little highlight reel of the festivities! New gear, new friends, and great times! Che...

Lance Lopez Does Some Bluesy Riffin'

We invited our pal, super blues shredder extraordinaire Lance Lopez, in to check out some of our Gibson Custom Shop beauties! The Texas six-string ...

CME Session - Tyler Carter "Big Things"

Singer songwriter Tyler Carter (Woe is Me, Issues) stopped by and played us a song off his new album, titled "Moonshine." "Big Things" is a track d...

CME Session - Colter Wall's American Epic: "Wild Bill Hickok"

All the way from Saskatchewan by way of the Old West, singer-songwriter Colter Wall seems to have fallen out of a stagecoach somewhere between Nash...