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Mike Miltimore, owner of Riversong Guitars in Kamloops, B.C., is shown in this handout image, celebrating the company's P2P River Pacific guitar being named acoustic guitar of the year. It is the first time a Canadian company has won the prestigious international Musical Merchandise Review Dealers' Choice Award. The Canadian Press/HO-Riversong Guitars
Growing up in a family-run music store, Mike Miltimore was comfortable as a preteen pulling apart guitars, understanding how they worked and putting them back together.
He has fond memories of flipping through the Musical Merchandise Review magazine to see what products industry insiders from across North America picked as the best each year.
