31st Annual Music & Sound Awards
Here are the year’s best products, manufacturers, dealers and industry personalities with the music products industry’s highest honor:
Music & Sound Awards
Presented by
The Music & Sound Retailer!
DEALER WINNERS
MULTI-STORE DEALER DIVISION
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – GUITARS & BASSES
Guitar Center
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIERS
Alto Music (NY)
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – KEYBOARDS
Ken Stanton Music (GA)
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Ted Brown Music (WA)
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – RECORDING-RELATED PRODUCTS
Bananas At Large (CA)
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – PERCUSSION
Skip’s Music (CA)
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – DJ EQUIPMENT
I DJ NOW (NY)
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – CLINICS
Skip’s Music (CA)
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – CUSTOMER SERVICE
Robert M. Sides Family Music Centers (NY, PA)
BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER – SALES STAFF
Instrumental Music Center (AZ)
2016 MULTI-STORE DEALER OF THE YEAR
I DJ NOW (NY)
SINGLE-STORE DEALER DIVISION
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – GUITARS & BASSES
Chicago Music Exchange (IL)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIERS
Chicago Music Exchange (IL)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – KEYBOARDS
Sweetwater (IN)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – SOUND REINFORCEMENT
Canal Sound & Light (NY)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – RECORDING-RELATED PRODUCTS
Sweetwater (IN)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – PERCUSSION
Vic’s Drum Shop (IL)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – DJ EQUIPMENT
Rock & Soul (NY)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – CLINICS
Mike Risko Music (NY)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – CUSTOMER SERVICE
Uptown Music (OR)
BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER – SALES STAFF
The Candyman Strings & Things (NM)
2016 SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF THE YEAR
Kraft Music (WI)
MANUFACTURER/REP WINNERS
BEST ACOUSTIC GUITAR OF 2016
Taylor Guitars’ 562ce 12-Fret Guitar
BEST ELECTRIC GUITAR OF 2016
Ibanez’s RGDIX7MPB-SBB Iron Label Guitar
BEST BASS GUITAR OF 2016
Fender’s Flea Jazz Bass
BEST GUITAR ACCESSORY OF 2016
On-Stage’s GS7140 Push-Down Spring-Up Guitar Stand
BEST EFFECT PEDAL OF 2016
Electro-Harmonix’s Mel9 Tape Replay Machine
BEST STRINGS OF 2016
D’Addario’s Nickel Bronze Acoustic Strings
BEST NON-GUITAR FRETTED INSTRUMENT OF 2016
Kala Brand’s 2016 Elite Ukulele Series
BEST BAND & ORCHESTRA PRODUCT OF 2016
Yamaha’s YEV Series Electric Violin
BEST KEYBOARD/SOUND MODULE OF 2016
Roland’s FP-90 Digital Piano
BEST AMPLIFIER OF 2016
Supro’s 1695T Black Magick
BEST SPEAKER OF 2016
JBL’s EON ONE Linear-Array PA System
BEST MIXER/CONSOLE OF 2016
PreSonus’ StudioLive AR USB Hybrid Mixers
BEST MULTITRACK RECORDER OF 2016
TASCAM’s DR-100mkIII Handheld Digital Stereo Recorder
BEST ACOUSTIC DRUM PRODUCT OF 2016
D’Addario’s Evans Drumheads’ UV1 Drumhead Series
BEST ELECTRONIC DRUM PRODUCT OF 2016
Roland’s TD‑50KV Electronic Drum Kit
BEST CYMBALS OF 2016
Zildjian’s A Avedis Cymbals
BEST PERCUSSION ACCESSORY OF 2016
Promark By D’Addario’s ActiveGrip Drumsticks
BEST WIRELESS SYSTEM OF 2016
Sennheiser’s ew 100 ENG G3 Wireless
BEST CABLED MICROPHONE OF 2016
Shure’s KSM8 Dualdyne Vocal Microphone
BEST LIGHTING PRODUCT OF 2016
CHAUVET DJ’s GigBAR 2 Four-In-One Lighting System
BEST DJ PRODUCT OF 2016
Peavey’s Dark Matter Series Enclosures
BEST BAG/CASE OF 2016
Gator Cases’ Updated TSA Series Cases
BEST BOOK/VIDEO/SOFTWARE OF 2016
Hal Leonard’s “Hamilton – Vocal Selections”
BEST ACCESSORY PRODUCT OF 2016
On-Stage’s GPB4000 Guitar/Keyboard Pedal Board
2016 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Yamaha’s EMX Series Powered Mixers
REP OF THE YEAR
Misha Guiffre, The Music Link
OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
D’Addario & Co., Inc.
MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
D’Addario & Co., Inc.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT/HALL OF FAME
Chris Martin, Martin Guitar