The Cream City Connection

The Chase Bliss Habit is a unique experimental delay effect pedal that uses a 3-minute-long buffer memory to take elements of what you’ve played in that prior period of time and allows you comple … read more

When we asked the multitude of guitar players that are part of the Cream City Music family what they love about their Fender guitars we consistently here the same key things: the tone, the look, and … read more

Ask anyone with a Fender what they love about their guitar and you will undoubtedly hear three things: the feel, the tone and the look. These three qualities are what make Fender guitars a univer … read more

We are excited to announce that Cream City Music has been named one of the top music instrument dealers in the world by The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). This is an incredible h … read more

Fender's new American Original Series is set to take over the role of Fender’s American Vintage Series. The new series includes a vintage take on popular models like the Stratocaster, Telecaster … read more

Marshall recently released the newest generation of their DSL amps. The updated line features 7 models with a variety of power levels: DSL1C (1W Combo) DSL1H (1W Head) DSL5C (5W Combo) DSL2 … read more

During NAMM 2018, Marshall announced a new line of amplifiers and a new direction for their products - the Marshall Origin series. Essentially a reboot for the Marshall brand, the Origin lineup … read more

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Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. The legendary guitarist has a professional career spanning five decades and continues to play with some of th … read more

What is a Capo? A capo is an easily movable bar that is used on guitars to clamp down on some or all strings. Capos are positioned on a particular fret to raise the pitch of the clamped strings. In … read more

Guitar String History The very first stringed instruments, known as lyres, were used starting more than 3,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Indian instruments have been unearthed from 500BC on havi … read more

The lowly tuner is taken for granted. It doesn’t matter how great your technique is or what kind of gear you have if your instrument won’t stay in tune. Despite their importance to your overall … read more

We recently had an amazing experience that we wanted to share with our friends. If you have ever watched the SNL band back some the greatest names in music, you probably saw G. E. Smith on guit … read more

Ron Jones, master luthier at Cream City Music, has been a full time professional luthier for thirty plus years and has accumulated a large body of knowledge with regards to the repair, maintenan … read more