Epiphone Guitars at Sam Ash

Epiphone guitars are back at Sam Ash.

Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus-Top, LP Custom, Zakk Wylde LP Custom, John Lennon EJ-160E Acoustic, EJ-200CE, Thunderbird IV Bass... and many more Epiphone guitars are arriving at all Sam Ash Music stores in SoCal.

Open Labs NeKo and MiKo at Sam Ash Hollywood

Open Labs instruments are the most powerful and elegant integration of keyboard, controllers and software available today. The NeKo LX and MiKo LX come standard with over 60 VST instruments and effects. The PC-based architecture and Windows OS allow users to purchase and install virtually any music or audio application or plug-in developed for PC.

Open Labs keyboards are the only instruments available today that can play native PC VSTs live, clone patches from any midi keyboard or module and offer an Ethernet internet connection for Open Labs online remote shadowing and diagnostics - right in your own studio.

Artists using Open Labs workstations include Jonathan Davis and Munky with Korn, Scott Spock with The Matrix, Jesse Carmichael with Maroon 5, Teddy Riley, Lil Jon, Sheila E. and film composer Richard Gibbs. Morris Hayes played the MiKo with Prince on Saturday Night Live and the NeKo during the Halftime Show of Super Bowl XLI in Miami earlier this year.

Check out the Open Labs NeKo LX and MiKo LX in the Recording Room at Sam Ash Music in Hollywood.

Brass & Woodwind Instrument Clinic

Author and renowned Brass and Woodwind instrument repair technician Bob Scarff will show you in detail how to care for your Brass and Woodwind instruments.
Brass instruments: Trumpet, trombone (slide/valve), tuba, sousaphone, cornet, flugelhorn, mellophone, euphonium, bugle, alto/baritone horn, etc.

Woodwinds: Saxophone (soprano/alto/tenor/baritone), clarinet, flute, piccolo, bassoon, oboe, recorder, etc.

The class is free and open to the public of all ages. Perfect for beginners and intermediate players in school marching band and orchestra. Bring your instrument!

Sam Ash Music in the Ontario Mills Mall. Wed. Sept. 19. 7-8pm.

Sam Ash TV

Sam Ash TV (samash.tv) is a collaboration between Sam Ash and Music Player Network's Guitar Player, Bass Player, Keyboard, and EQ. Exclusive video content showcases new gear, instructional lessons, interviews and performance footage. Featured artists include Flea, Joe Satriani, Victor Wooten, Dweezil Zappa, Thomas Dolby and Zakk Wylde.

“Sam Ash is excited to give our online customers informative features from the respected and knowledgeable editors at Guitar Player, Bass Player, Keyboard, and EQ. Helping our customers know more about the products we offer is part of the Sam Ash customer experience,” says David Ash, Co-CEO of Sam Ash Music.

Jean Larrivee

Jean Larrivee visited all seven California Sam Ash Music stores recently. The guitar building legend and founder of Larrivee Guitars shared insight into what it takes to create a truly amazing acoustic guitar.

Larrivee's living a remarkable life. He has personally been involved in the construction of every single guitar that bears his name for 40 years. He works from early in the morning until midnight every day - seven days a week.

When he's not building guitars, he's traveling the globe hunting for raw materials. Jean Larrivee knows wood. As one of the world's foremost experts in trees and wood, he is given permission by foreign governments to search for wood in some of the most remote parts of the planet.

Trees naturally fall in the wild for various reasons. Over time, other trees, branches and leaves fall on top and bury them. Larrivee wears special shoes with nails attached to the bottom when walking through the jungle. When his foot gets caught on something, his team digs to uncover a fallen tree. Some of these buried trees are incredibly huge and are used to manufacture literally hundreds of the highest quality guitars. The wood is top notch, and it saves cutting down a living tree.

It's nice to know Larrivee is exercising responsible practices with respect to the environment. As family-run companies, Larrivee and Sam Ash share many of the same values and appreciate what a gift it is to be able to help people create the music of their dreams.

Sam Ash is proud to be the nation's #1 dealer of Larrivee Guitars.