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The Motley Fool
May 24, 2005
Will Ashworth |
Guitar Center Makes Beautiful Music Guitar Center helps musicians of all capabilities to become better ones, while producing a handsome profit. As for its current stock price, it's valued similarly to its peers. Return on equity is 20%, compared with 14% for the industry as a whole.   |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Growth Fading at Guitar Center? An unbroken string of growing sales still sounds sour to bearish investors. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Guitar Center's Hammering Solo News of a sluggish finale to 2006 hits a bad note with investors. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Guitar Center Learns to Reed The music superstore finally claims an ailing woodwind retailer. |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Coda at Guitar Center Guitar Center is kicking off a farewell tour this morning, announcing that it will be acquired by Bain Capital in a $2.1 billion deal. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Learn to Play Slide Guitar The music-gear retailer is drowning out better-than-expected fourth-quarter results with uninspiring guidance for 2007. |
Inc.
October 1, 2009
April Joyner |
Elevator Pitch: Guitar Affair Guitar Affair is like Netflix for high-end guitar rentals. Now it wants to raise $150,000 from investors |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Guitar Center Rocks On The musical gear retailer is really learning to carry a tune. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
While My Guitar Center Gently Weeps Guitar Center has a sluggish quarter, but it's not necessarily singing the blues. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Guitar Center Is Well-Tuned The musical gear specialist wrapped up the year with $1.5 billion in sales, a 19% improvement over the previous year. The stock has risen by better than 50% over the past year, and the pieces are in place for 2005 to be another solid year. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Guitar Center Tunes Up Is the musical instrument chain a smart long-term investment? You should definitely perform your own due diligence before buying. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Is Guitar Center Still on the Charts? Guitar Center has a great year, but will the growth continue? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Stairway to Profits Guitar Center sees growth in revenues and net income in the third quarter. The stock closed yesterday at just under $47. |
InternetNews
March 24, 2008 |
Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero And Rock Band Gibson Guitar filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom's MTV Networks, Harmonix and Electronic Arts relating to the wildly popular Rock Band video game and Harmonix's previously developed game, Guitar Hero. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Steinway's Sweet Sound Is the musical instrument company ready for an encore? But with significantly more debt than cash on the books and a spotty record of consistent earnings, Steinway could be considered a risky turnaround. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2007
Bill Mann |
Say Good Night, LENDie This subprime lender's days seem numbered. Buying LEND shares at $10, counting on a $15 deal when the company says it's on life support, seems like the worst kind of faith-based initiative. It's like a game of chicken. |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Meet the Real Guitar Hero The music gear retailer's stock is trading 7% higher after blowing past analyst estimates. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Activision Rocking Wireless Guitar Hero groupies, get ready: A third entry in the musical franchise is on the way, and it will have a wireless controller! Investors, make no mistake about it -- this is an extremely important asset for Activision. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Activision Is Music to My Ears Air guitar is dead. All hail the plastic guitar, and the profit it brings! |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
EA Wants to Be a Rock Star The Rock Band video game is a new spin on an existing idea, but the spin sounds promising so far. However, some gamers (and video game investors) have wished EA would get a bit more creative instead of relying on rehashes. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
7 Great Guitar Hero and Rock Band Hacks, With Video Turn your toy guitar into a real instrument... Play with a real guitar... Double bass drumming... Rock out on an old-school controller... Drum on a real kit... Dominate the game -- by cheating... Record an original work on a PC... |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Real Guitar? Toy Guitar? Same Difference The gap between video game guitars and the real thing is closing fast, with more realistic gear finding its way into the hot selling Guitar Hero games, and actual guitars moving into cyberspace. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
Steven Wishnia |
Home Music Studio Home recording has leapt to another level with the Tascam DP-01FX, an eight-track hard drive recorder for home musicians that costs less than a decent electric guitar. |
AskMen.com
September 19, 2001
Justin Becker |
How To: Play The Guitar With the right amount of guidance, practice and motivation, playing the guitar can be simple. Just add it to one of your many talents, and use it to your advantage... |
Popular Mechanics
July 17, 2008
Erin Scottberg |
Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour & Rock Revolution: Hands-on @ E3 2008 (with Video!) Three new full-band gaming titles have been unveiled: the much anticipated Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour, plus newcomer Rock Revolution. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2010
Matthew Brown |
Be King of These Cheap, Cash-Rich Companies These companies have a war chest to buttress their business in tough times: Texas Instruments... Panera Bread... |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2007 |
Guitar Center Unplugged: Fool by Numbers The music store released fourth-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
D-Lib
May 2006 |
D-Lib Featured Collection May 2006: The Museum of Musical Instruments The Museum of Musical Instruments, (TheMoMI.org), an extensive online collection of the world's finest fretted instruments, addresses the deep cultural meshing of Art and the Musical Instrument. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Jamming With Guitar Center The earnings report demonstrated yesterday by musical instrument retailer Guitar Center was a hit. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Can Guitar Gaming Rise Again? The guitar game genre is on life support, but Viacom is reaching for the defibrillator. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
For Those About to Rock It's a battle of the brands when it comes to band simulation games. Harmonix developed both Viacom's new Rock Band game and Activision's Guitar Hero franchise. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What I Like About You, Activision The video game company boosts its expectations for the current quarter and fiscal 2008; its Guitar Hero franchise continues to be a megahit. |
AskMen.com
Dennis O'Connell |
Top 10 Most Expensive Music Memorabilia |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Christopher Palmeri |
Guitar Hero: More Than a Video Game The music industry, and artists, see rock 'n' roll sensation Guitar Hero as a powerful promotional tool. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Activision Gets Bizarre Activision is buying Liverpool-based video game developer Bizarre Creations, the company best known for developing Microsoft's Project Gotham Racing series, an Xbox franchise that has moved more than 4.5 million copies. |
Popular Mechanics
December 6, 2007 |
Gibson's Robot Guitar Tunes Itself, Makes Concerts Longer Using microprocessors and motors to automatically tune the strings in seconds, the Gibson Robot Guitar puts an end to manual peg-twisting. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
School Specialty Flunks Out Financing falls through on a stock deal that seemed like a no-brainer. Shares of the company opened 20% lower today. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2011
Anders Bylund |
It's the End of "Guitar Hero" As We Know It Guitar Hero is dead, but Activision goes right on making money. |
