Rimmers in Liverpool hit by thieves
Guitars and equipment worth £10,000 have been stolen from Rimmers in Liverpool. Thieves broke into Rimmers Music, on West Derby Road, Kensington , and loaded expensive items into a nearby van.…
Musikmesse Festival 2016: First Headliners and Venues Announced
The first Musikmesse Festival will be held on the occasion of Musikmesse 2016 and enrich the International Trade Fair for Musical Instruments, Sheet Music, Music Production and Music Business Connections…
Musikmesse reveals Festival music line-up
Musikmesse's new look, consumer dominated, show continues to take shape and has added a line-up of music acts for its first Festival, which will spread the event throughout the city…
£500K worth of piano stock auctioned this weekend
One of the largest collections of pianos in Scotland is expected to fetch up to £500,000 when it goes under the hammer in Edinburgh this Sunday. The Edinburgh Piano Company,…
Harmony Project Gets Boost From Yamaha Institute for Mentoring Program
Los Angeles-based Harmony Project announced that it is working in partnership with the Yamaha Music and Wellness Institute to accelerate nationwide expansion of its innovative ‘Mentoring Through Music’ program. During…
Barnes and Mullins adds DR Veritas line
Having recently been announced as the exclusive representative of DR Handmade Strings in the UK, Barnes and Mullins has added the firm’s Veritas Acoustic string range to its catalogue. Veritas strings…
Sakae unveils UK artist clinic dates
Sakae Drums and SVM Percussion are presenting a series of instore clinics featuring double Grammy-winner Jonathan Joseph (Jeff Beck, Joss Stone) and new addition to the Sakae UK roster, Frankie…
Fishman marks 35th anniversary
Pickup and preamp specialist Fishman is celebrating 35 years in business, and has a number of promos and giveaways lined up throughout the year to mark the occasion. To coincide with…
ROUNDTABLE: The mini amp market
Back in April of 2013, MMR took a fairly in-depth look at the then-burgeoning field of mini/micro – or “lunchbox” – guitar amplifier heads that had become quite the rage over the…
Q&A: Rob Turner talks 40 years of EMG
2016 marks four decades of EMG, Inc., innovative designers and producers of pickups, EQ accessories – and more! (read on) – that have been embraced by players across a number of…
Arturia confirms UK Maxibrute price/availability
Source Distribution has confirmed the pricing and availability of the Arturia MaxiBrute synth. It will arrive in May with a street price of around £1,539 (RRP £1,619).The 49 key MatrixBrute…
Hofner adds long-scale bass to UK range
Having just announced a brace of UK-exclusive semi-acoustics, Barnes and Mullins is also launching a new longscale Hofner Verythin Bass Guitar. The new 34” scale, dark cherry model offers a…