What is the Chase Bliss Habit?
29th Mar 2022
The Chase Bliss Habit is a unique experimental delay effect pedal that uses
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Overview of the New Performer Series by Fender
3rd Dec 2018
When we asked the multitude of guitar players that are part of the Cream City
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Overview of the New Player Series by Fender
20th Jun 2018
Ask anyone with a Fender what they love about their guitar and you will undou
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Cream City Music Named One of the World’s Best Guitar Dealers
23rd May 2018
We are excited to announce that Cream City Music has been named one of the top
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Overview of the Fender American Original Series
12th Apr 2018
Fender's new American Original Series is set to take over the role of Fend
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Marshall Updates the DSL Series for 2018
9th Mar 2018
Marshall recently released the newest generation of their DSL amps. The updat
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New Release: Marshall Origin Series
15th Feb 2018
During NAMM 2018, Marshall announced a new line of amplifiers and a new
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Shepherd Express' Best of Milwaukee 2017 Readers Poll: Cream City Music Chosen "Best Musical Instrument Store"
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 30th Jan 2018
Shepherd Express is Milwaukee's alternative news source, print and digital, c
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Tommy Emmanuel Tells His Secrets Of How He Gets Those Beautiful Sounds Out Of His Maton Guitar!
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 18th Jan 2018
Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected
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How to Choose a Capo: What's The Best Capo for Acoustic, Electric & Classical Guitar
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 4th Jan 2018
WHAT IS A CAPO?
A capo is an easily movable bar that is used on guitars to cl
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STRANGER STRINGS: Phosphor Bronze vs 80/20 Acoustic Guitar Strings - Which Is Best For Me?
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 7th Dec 2017
Guitar String HistoryThe very first stringed instruments, known as lyres, were u
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Locking vs. Traditional Tuners: Worth The Hassle?
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 2nd Nov 2017
The lowly tuner is taken for granted.
It doesn’t matter how great your techn
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GE Smith's Amazing Guitar And Amp Collection - How Cream City Music Came To Meet The Legendary Guitarist.
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 19th Oct 2017
We recently had an amazing experience that we wanted to share with our friends
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How To Spot A Counterfeit Guitar: Martin D-45 Forgery vs. A Real Martin Triple O-45 with Ron Jones, Luthier
Posted by Ron Jones/Jason Klagstad (editor) on 4th Oct 2017
Ron Jones,
master luthier at Cream City Music,
has been a full time profe
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Les & Leo: Pioneers of the Solid Body Guitar
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 14th Sep 2017
Les Paul and Leo Fender
The story of the solid-body electric guitar rea
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Cream City Quick Hit with John Oates of Hall & Oates fame
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 3rd Mar 2017
Cream City Music caught up with John Oates recently backstage in Milwaukee and a
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Signal Path: How To Get Your Guitar's Holy Grail Of Tone To Your Amp In One Piece
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 28th Feb 2017
I was reading an article this morning on Fender's Tech Talk
forum page about h
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Les Paul, Meet Les Paul
Posted by Jason Klagstad on 28th Feb 2017
Or, the story of how my '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop came to meet the real Les
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Brian Setzer and the G6120: The Player and the Guitar That Defines Genres
Posted by Ben Derickson on 24th Jun 2015
Not many artists in the world can lay claim to defining a genre, but Brian S
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The Gretsch G6131T-1965 Jet Firebird FSR - A Dream Come True!
Posted by Ben Derickson on 11th Dec 2014
In our latest edition of The Cream City Connection, our very own Ben Derickson s
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