Kragenbrink Guitars Receives Premier Guitar’s Premier Gear Award

Oct. 21, 2009 - PRLog -- The Kragenbrink OM Fingerstylist has been awarded a Premier Gear Award in the November issue of Premier Guitar.

The Premier Gear Award is an honor bestowed upon a piece of gear—whether guitar, amp, effect, or other gear— that has been extraordinary enough to impress the staff of Premier Guitar. Despite the high quality of all gear reviewed by Premier Guitar, only exemplary items earn the award.

“The joy of playing a top-notch, truly exceptional instrument cannot be compared to much of anything else,” says Premier Guitar reviewer Gayla Drake Paul. “This is one of those guitars that can provide a peak experience for a player, where time doesn’t mean anything and the world drops away… if you’re a serious fingerstyle player, this could be your Holy Grail.” Premier Guitar awarded the OM Fingerstylist a rating of 5.0, the highest possible rating. The full review can be accessed at: http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2009/Nov/Kragenbrink_OM_Fingerstylist_Acoustic_Guitar_Review.aspx

“I am thrilled and truly humbled to have been awarded the Premier Gear Award for the OM Fingerstylist!” says Lance Kragenbrink, of Kragenbrink Guitars. “I realize the importance of Premier Guitar Magazine and the great value the gear reviews bring to its readership. Having my guitars recognized here is a real honor.”

“Premier Guitar reviewers are an elite bunch,” says Joe Coffey, editorial director for Premier Guitar. “We’ve been playing out with our own bands for years and are actively recording. Some of our reviewers are professional studio hounds or touring techs. We’ve all been clinically diagnosed with G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome). In other words, our standards are based on the rigors of serious use, so we go through a lot of gear. For a guitar, amp, effect, etc. to win a Premier Gear Award is no simple feat. When you see that designation on a product reviewed in our magazine or as a web exclusive on premierguitar.com, you know that it is in a special class of its own.”

About Kragenbrink Guitars (http://kragenbrinkguitars.com/):
From the start of Kragenbrink Guitars in 2001, it has been Lance Kragebrink’s goal to build high quality, individually unique, hand crafted acoustic guitars, and to share this passion and journey with others.

About Premier Guitar (http://www.premierguitar.com)
Offering guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear info and education/instruction, Premier Guitar is the media home for players who are serious about their tone. PG's gear-centric print magazine has a monthly circulation of 30,000 complemented by the industry's only complete, freely accessible online magazine (http://digital.premierguitar.com) that attracts more than 25,000 monthly visits; a Web site (www.premierguitar.com) that's the fastest-growing portal in the guitar industry with an average of more than 400,000 unique visitors consuming almost 10 million page views per month; and the market's leading interactive gear search service that attracts more than 200,000 monthly visitors. With nearly 50,000 pieces of gear, players can find, buy and sell gear on Gear Search (http://www.premierguitar.com/gear/gear_search.aspx). Published by Gearhead Communications, LLC, Premier Guitar is employee-owned and based in Marion, Iowa with offices throughout the U.S.

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Premier Guitar offers guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear info and education/instruction, PG is the media home for players who are serious about their tone.