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At Musician's Friend, we know the importance of getting gear that's the best fit for you. Whether you're on the couch or on the road, we understand that your set-up should be uniquely yours. Our goal is to help you find exactly what you want by providing a custom-tailored shopping experience that reflects your musical journey and interests, resources to help you choose the perfect gear and a helpful community that's always there to answer any questions you have. A Brief History Musician's Friend was founded in 1983 by Rob and DeAnna Eastman. Newly married, the Eastmans financed the start up with a $5000 loan from Rob's parents and ran the business out of their suburban California garage. Our first catalog was just a simple two-color flyer offering discounted guitar strings and a handful of other accessories. With a combination of hard work and intimate knowledge of the music business, things quickly changed. We were among the earliest catalog marketers of music gear and the first to focus on rock-band gear, so we experienced amazingly rapid growth. Today, we offer the most comprehensive selection of products in the music business. We provide unparalleled service from our distribution center in Kansas City, a 300+ person call center in Salt Lake City and our musician-friendly web site. We’ve come a long way from our dairy barn. Today we have multiple locations around the U.S. to provide quick delivery and excellent customer service. Our corporate headquarters is based in sunny Westlake Village, CA. Our two support centers reside in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Indianapolis, Ind. Finally, our 700,000 ft distribution center is in Kansas City, MO.

J.W. Pepper is the world's premier sheet music supplier and has been for over 140 years. With a strong commitment to service, Pepper brings the world of music to doorstep year-round with its extensive catalogs, website, and email newsletters.

With offices in Madison, Wisconsin and Nashville, Tennessee, Musicnotes is the world's largest Internet-based sheet music retailer and publisher, offering over 400,000 pieces of digital sheet music and guitar tablature. Our 100% official and legal sheet music downloads include professional arrangements for all major instruments and skill levels and are available for instant download, printing and syncing to our interactive iPad, Android, PC, Mac and web-based apps. Musicnotes.com has sold over 50 million sheet music downloads to over 7 million customers throughout the world since launching in 1998, and has been named one of the Top 500 Retail Web Sites for seven consecutive years. We have also been recognized as one of the Top 50 Web Sites for 2006, Hot 100 Web Sites for 2009 by Internet Retailer Magazine, and the #21 largest music store in 2014 by Music Trades Magazine. Our ever-growing catalog includes downloadable sheet music from music publishers throughout the world, including Alfred Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Disney Music Publishing, BMG, Bourne Music, EMI Music Publishing, Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, Brentwood-Benson, Peermusic Publishing, BUG Music, Word Music, Shapiro Bernstein, ICG, The Loving Company, Manna Music, Spirit Music, Faber Music LTD and EMI Christian Music Publishing with many titles from other publishers continually added to our online catalog.