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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
Bells are ringing and choirs are singing, which can only mean one thing…. So, whether you have a music-maker on your gift list, or you’re shopping for yourself this holiday season, cut through the fog of your holidaze with CME’s Holiday Gift Guide!
We’ve got the lowdown to keep you on the up-and-up with perfect presents for everyone on your list, including CME Exclusives you can’t get anywhere else! Our full-band breakdown makes it easy to get a jump on your shopping—one category at a time. What are you waiting for? Bundle up and get going! Happy Holidays from everyone at the Chicago Music Exchange!
Get your gear in time for the holidays when you call, chat, email, or select from our expedited shipping options at checkout!
Joel Patterson Performs Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar Tunes for Solo Show at CME!
Celebrating the green-vinyl reissue of his 14-song instrumental album, Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar, first released in 2017, Joel Paterson—a weekly mainstay with his band every Monday night at Chicago’s most iconic jazz club, The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge—will be sharing his favorite Christmas tunes played in a variety of genres, including jazz, western swing, rock & roll and classic country at Chicago Music Exchange!
Join us inside CME’s Lincoln Avenue showroom on Thursday, December 22 at 4 p.m., as the guitar wizard (who sometimes slings his steel guitar onstage) brings you the best in jazz, blues, western swing, and everything in between, set to your favorite holiday songs!
Help us, help you! Give us a call or chat us on our website and we can help find the best treat for yourself or the perfect gift for the musician in your life!
GIVE US A CALL!Get the latest revitalization to Elektron’s top-selling line of stereo drum computers/samplers with the Elektron Digitakt II! Stop into our showroom to try it yourself! Call Chicago Music Exchange, or chat with us online or in the app to learn more!
View DetailsMeet THE maker of PRS Guitars at Chicago Music Exchange's Lincoln Avenue showroom on Monday, May 6, 2024, during our clinic with Paul Reed Smith! Join CME to learn more about PRS lines, as well as the guitar manufacturing processes he employs at the Maryland factory and overseas!
View DetailsMeticulously reproducing the game-changing character of the original “Rev C” amplifier, the Synergy DRECT preamp module available at Chicago Music Exchange accurately captures the signature girth and articulation heard on countless hard rock and metal classics!
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