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News March 18, 2016

New Japanese guitar factory opens

Japanese guitar manufacturer Sessionable has opened a new factory with money from a number of backers including the giant Mitsubishi group. The factory, named "Glide garage," was made possible through…

MMR Staff
Mar 18, 2016
News March 18, 2016

Aquila moves into China

Italian string specialist Aquila, has expanded  into China through its relationship with Warwick. The Chinese offshoot of the German bass giant will be distributing Aquila packaged string sets throughout the…

MMR Staff
Mar 18, 2016
News March 18, 2016

Peavey adds more to bass amp range

Following hard on the launch of its 1000W bass amp, Peavey’s new MiniMega and MiniMax bass amp heads have now arrived in the UK.  The MiniMega has 1000-watts of Peavey tone in a…

MMR Staff
Mar 18, 2016
News March 17, 2016

Sakae adds two more to endorsement list

Lauren Kosty has become the latest artist to join Sakae Drums’ growing roster of endorsees. Kosty is a multi percussionist from Los Angeles, based in London, who has appeared with…

MMR Staff
Mar 17, 2016
News March 17, 2016

Peavey launches 1000w bass head

Peavey has launched the Headliner 1000 Bass amp head. The 1000w amp includes an array of features aimed at the professional bass player. A seven-band graphic EQ spaced at optimised…

MMR Staff
Mar 17, 2016
News March 17, 2016

Guitar Show plans expansion

The organiser of The Guitar Show – held at Bingley Hall in Birmingham at the end of February – say this year's show was its busiest yet, and has announced expansion…

MMR Staff
Mar 17, 2016
News March 16, 2016

SLM Signs Distribution Deal with Silverstein Works

St. Louis Music (SLM) has announced a new partnership with Silverstein Works and will be distributing their ligatures in the U.S. and Canada.  Based in Hackensack, New Jersey, Silverstein Works…

MMR Staff
Mar 16, 2016
News March 16, 2016

Retail body backs venue legislation

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has welcomed the new legislation designed to safeguard music venues in England. An amendment to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order…

MMR Staff
Mar 16, 2016
News March 16, 2016

PRS launches limited run Super Eagles

PRS Guitars and John Mayer have announced a special run of Private Stock “Super Eagle” guitars. The Private Stock Super Eagle is the result of a very close collaboration between…

MMR Staff
Mar 16, 2016
News March 16, 2016

New marketing chief for Wharfedale

IAG has finally appointed a new head of marketing for Wharfedale Pro, in the form of ex-Yamaha manager, Peter Peck. Peck was previously marketing manager at Yamaha and most recently sales…

MMR Staff
Mar 16, 2016
News March 15, 2016

Audix Launches New Performance Series Wireless

Audix announced the release of its Performance Series, a professional wireless system designed for vocalists, musicians, performers, and presenters. The central component of the system is the easy two-step process…

MMR Staff
Mar 15, 2016