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On September 1st, a little after 6pm Eastern Time, the remains of Hurricane Ida spawned an EF-3-level tornado in Southern New Jersey. It devastated several dozen homes, farms, and neighborhoods in Gloucester County, and it began its 12.6 mile rampage in the small town of Mullica Hill.Mullica Hill, you may (or may not) recognize, is the home town of Gollihur Music, as well as the Gollihur Family.As you can see on the photo, which traces the tornado through its documented trail of destruction, it …

Yeah - it's been a problem, not just for us, and not even just in the musical instrument industry. What's going on with all the stock outages and delays? Lately, we've had to put a few more items on backorder than we normally have to. Some of our amp and preamp manufacturers have been dealing with product shortages, and some of our basses have been suffering from availability issues as well. What's the deal?In a lot of cases, even US-made items rely on components that are sourced worldwide. Whet …

I hope you'll grant me a little leeway here; I'm a proud dad. I dropped off my daughter this morning for summer theater camp. This year, she'll be performing in a version of "Treasure Island" - she's graduated to the "big kid group" after having done three previous shows with the 5-9 year-olds. She's a bit nervous (tryouts are today) but excited. I'm also nervous - in this COVID-19-aware climate (and with kids who are still too young to get a vaccination) it's a bit concerning to be gett …

"Pickup? Microphone? Which One Should I Get?"That's a question that comes up occasionally, by email or phone call. And when a customer asked me by email a couple years ago, I looked at the extensive treatise I'd written as a response... and realized that I'd just created another new FAQ for the Gollihur Music website. So I tightened it up and put it online. I figure, if ONE person was asking about it, there were probably lots of others who would benefit from the information I'd just pain …

I'm quite lucky, in that I really love what I do. Every day, I have the opportunity to speak with bassists from all around the world, and do my best to help them solve their bass-related concerns. And I'm able to provide a wide variety of products from manufacturers who are situated all over the planet, as well. That's kind of cool, if you think about it.It made me realize that there was more to the whole "Nation of Bass" phrase that Bob coined so many years ago, to describe our (now ubiquitous) …