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HW Products Play-It-Safe Instrument Disinfecting System

HW Products Play-It-Safe™ instrument disinfecting system is formulated to reduce bacteria, viruses, mold, mildew, and yeast from your instrument.

LECTRICare Music Electronics

LECTRICare® Music Electronics is formulated to restore and condition amps, potentiometers, jacks, plugs, and other sound gear in order to eliminate noise.

GluBoost GluDry Accelerator

GluBoost GluDry Accelerator is now available with a new frangrance and packaging.

ReedGeek G4 and Klangbogen

ReedGeek’s® G4 “Black Diamond” is a tool for reed adjustment on both natural cane and synthetic reeds. The G4 is newly designed with updated tip and rail bevel scrapers and…

Cordoba outlines NAMM offering

Cordoba has revealed its NAMM line-up, which includes new entry-level nylon string guitars and new ukuleles.

Orange offers NAMM golden ticket promo

 Orange Amplification is launching a Golden Ticket promotion at Winter NAMM 2017 with a chance to win amp and pedal prizes.

New DW drum gives nod to Zappa's Black Page

Drum Workshop's latest Collector’s Series Icon Snare features legendary drummer, Terry Bozzio and pays homage to the complex percussion piece written for him by Frank Zappa entitled, The Black Page.

NEXI Industries 1970’s Distortion Effect Pedal

NEXI Industries’ 1970’s Distortion DIS-01 is an electric guitar effect pedal designed to provide a classic crunch with a warm, deep growl, allowing the player to achieve the vintage British…

Rock Stock Pedals Skyline Reverb V2

Rock Stock Pedals Skyline is a spring style reverb.

Gretsch Limited Edition Electromatic

The all-new Gretsch Limited Edition Electromatic® Pro Jet™ with Bigsby® and Gold Hardware is offered at an attainable price.

Kawai Celebrates 90th

90 years ago, a young inventor left his prominent position as chief engineer for a major piano manufacturer in Japan to begin his own quest for perfection. Koichi Kawai created…

Guitar Show adds to line-up

More Live Stage artists and new exhibitors have been confirmed for The Guitar Show, which returns to Birmingham’s New Bingley Hall between 25th-26th February 2017.

PRS adds to amp range

PRS Guitars has added to its amplifier offering with new range called Sonzera, featuring a 50 Watt Combo, 50 Watt Head, and 20 Watt Combo.

New Scandinavian distributor for Orange

Orange Amplification has appointed Fitzpatrick AB as its new distributor in Sweden and Norway.

Peavey ships new SP2 speaker enclosures

Peavey has just shipped its passive SP2 speaker enclosures through UK distributor Barnes and Mullins.

Fishman and EastWest team up to develop MIDI guitar tech

EastWest has teamed up with Fishman to develop a series of virtual instruments specifically for MIDI guitarists.

Korg reveals NAMM hand

Korg is set to unveil a variety of new products at this year’s NAMM Show, with the full-sized revival of its ARP Odyssey, the ARP Odyssey FS (Rev 1 Rev2…

Fender cues up American Professional range for NAMM

Fender will launch its new American Professional Series of electric guitars and basses at this year’s NAMM.

Smith & Dulka Promoted to VPs at Hal Leonard

Hal Leonard has announced the promotions of two long-term employees: Brad Smith and Trish Dulka.

Delorge Named Music & Arts ‘Educator of the Year’

​In December of 2016, Amy Delorge from Biddeford, Maine was named the Music & Arts Music Educator of the Year.

GTC debuting new style of guitar effect

GTC Sound Innovations is launching its new hand-controlled guitar effects unit, Revpad at this year’s NAMM.

Unity outlines NAMM offering

Unity Audio will be exhibiting its flagship active studio monitors at the this year’s NAMM alongside a range of new monitors for a variety of audio functions.

Reverb Appoints Abel Director of Marketing

Reverb.com has hired Dan Abel, former content partnerships manager at YouTube, to lead the company’s marketing efforts. In the past year, Reverb.com has more than doubled its sales and as director…

Gear4Music continues sales surge

Strong own-brand and international sales helped Gear4Music record a surge in like-for-likes in the run-up to Christmas.

Sennheiser prepares NAMM live launches

Sennheiser and Neumann will expand their live performance and monitoring portfolios at NAMM with the introduction of several new products.

Tascam makes ART statement

Tascam UK has taken over the UK distribution of ART pro audio products. 

SLM Appoints Grossman Director of Sales for Hamilton Stands

St Louis Music (SLM) has announced that Richard Grossman, national sales manager for SLM has been given the additional responsibilities of the position of director of sales for Hamilton Stands.

Thomastik-Infeld cello strings hit right note

Thomastik-Infeld says that its Versum cello strings, distributed exclusively in the UK by Barnes & Mullins, are proving popular with leading cellists since their launch at the beginning of 2016.

Soar Valley gives up carriage costs for January

Traditional and World Music wholesaler Soar Valley Music is offering carriage-free trade orders throughout January.

Two new Martin signatures set for NAMM debuts

Martin Guitar will debut the new Dwight Yoakam DD28 Signature Edition and D-28 John Prine Signature Edition at the upcoming NAMM 2017 show.

RSO, Bernie Williams, and Ronnie Spector and The Ronnettes at the NAMM Show Grand Plaza Stage

The 2017 NAMM Show is just around the corner, and with it, top musical acts are scheduled to rock The NAMM Nissan Grand Plaza stage.

D’Addario & Company is looking for a Sales and Marketing Manager Based in Mumbai

D’Addario & Company is looking for a Sales and Marketing Manager based in Mumbai to manage the Indian market.

D’Addario & Company Looking for a Regional Sales Manager in Africa/Middle East

D’Addario & Company is looking for a Regional Sales Manager based in Dubai, or nearby areas served by an international airport, to cover markets in Africa and the Middle East.

Vintage D-Day mandolin landing at NAMM

JHS' Vintage brand is launching a commemorative D-Day Mandolin with an interesting back story at this year's NAMM.

Antelope outlines NAMM plans

Antelope Audio has outlined its plans for NAMM, promising a new recording interface the company describes as 'disruptive technology' in the professional recording market as well as hosting a series of discussions with…

Porter and Davies launches direct sales site

Drum monitor specialist Porter & Davies, has launched a new website and online store which sells product direct.

Buffet Crampon and Julius Keilwerth Announce 2016 Saxophone Idol Winner

Buffet Crampon and Julius Keilwerth saxophones recently announced Howard Dietz of Denton, Texas as the winner of the 2016 Saxophone Idol competition, held on December 14, 2016 at Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago, Illinois.

New site helps DPA's Chinese push

DPA Microphones has strengthened its presence in China by launching a dedicated website that delivers product information, Microphone University articles, company news and content of specific relevance to the territory, in…

PageFlip Wireless Pedals

The PageFlip Dragonfly is a four-pedal wireless controller. It can be used with select iOS/Android apps to trigger up to four operations, such as page turning, navigation among setlist songs,…

Jenson Tornado Stealth Speakers

The Jensen Tornado Stealth 100 is derived from the original Jensen Tornado used in Fender’s GB Signature Twin Reverb , among others, with an added bell cover on the magnet…