NEW POLL: Is product innovation more difficult in MI?
Our latest poll asks whether the industry is atypically limited in being able to achieve new product innovation. Perhaps because of the traditional manner of instruments, with some of the…
New Washburn Comfort acoustics available
Washburn has launched the Comfort Series WCG18CE electro-acoustic guitar range in the UK. Available through Sound Technology, the WCG18CE has a Grand Auditorium body shape and is designed to be…
New editor for Acoustic mag
Blaze Publishing’s Acoustic magazine has appointed Steve Harvey as editor – one of the original founders of the title. Harvey is well-known in the industry, running Blaze Publishing’s successful music shows,…
New recruit for Korg UK
Korg UK has appointed Adam Whittle as Area Sales Manager for the North and Ireland for Korg Hi-Tech and Samson professional audio products. Commenting on the appointment, Korg’s head of…
JHS launches seven-string Vintage
JHS’ Vintage guitars brand has released its first seven-string model. The V7HTBB has an Eastern Poplar body matched to a Maple triple laminate neck, with through body stringing for added sustain,…
New agency beefs up Guild PR and marketing
Expect a PR and marketing assault from the continually rejuvenating Guild Guitars, which has just taken on Omelet as its first PR and marketing agency. “Guild is more than just…
SABIAN Announces 2015 PASIC Scholarship Winner
SABIAN congratulates Liam Robbins of St. Johns, Newfoundland, winner of the 2015 SABIAN/PASIC Scholarship. In his second year at Memorial University, the fluently-bilingual Robbins has won a number of academic…
D’Addario and 92Y Launch New On-Demand Series
Since 2008 Benjamin Verdery has talked guitar with some of the instrument’s finest players, as part of 92Y’s celebrated Art of the Guitar concert series, which he directs. Now some…
D’Addario Launches Players Circle
D’Addario has just launched Players Circle, the only customer rewards program in the musical instrument accessories sphere. The online rewards program is the digital evolution of a concept Jim D’Addario,…
NEW POLL: Can manufacturing return from the Far East?
The news that Spanish guitar specialist Manuel Rodriguez is bringing back at least some of its production to its homeland, prompted us to ask whether the days of Chinese dominance of…
Barefaced Audio launches new PA range
Barefaced Audio, a sepcialist in bass instrument loudspeakers, has launched its first PA specific models. Targeted at working musicians and DJs who want to lighten their load whilst maintaining or improving the sound…
NEW POLL: Is it vital for MI brands to diversify?
Companies such as Marshall and Gibson are becoming increasingly less reliant on revenue from their core MI market, diversifying into the consumer electronics market and elsewhere with their brands. Is…