PMT readies Nottingham store opening

PMT will be opening its14th store on Huntingdon Street, Nottingham, this weekend (Saturday 1st October).

The shop will have 6,000 square feet of retail space and boast a number of in-store features including a branded Fender ‘subway’ wall, which will feature over 700 electric Fender and Squier guitars at any one time; another wall will be entirely dedicated to Gibson and Epiphone guitars and yet another featuring PRS, Ibanez, Schecter, Yamaha, Gretsch, ESP and Jackson guitars.

There will also be a dedicated bass guitar department; a Vox amp display and an Orange booth filled with the latest Orange Amplifiers; an acoustic suite will feature two booths, one branded by Yamaha and the other by Taylor, where guitarists can try out acoustic guitars in a quiet, enclosed area plus a D’Addario, Jim Dunlop and MXR ‘accessories bar’, bespoke to the Nottingham store.

The first floor will be dedicated to drums, including a Yamaha and Mapex installation; a Roland electronic Demo Centre; a ‘Cave of Cymbals’, composed of major cymbal brands Zildjian, Sabian and Paiste; and the first-ever fully-functional, acoustically-treated drum booth in a PMT Store.

The high-tech area will feature walls of synthesizers and keyboards from Roland, Yamaha and Nord, plus a bespoke Korg installation.

There will also be a an in-store studio monitor reference centre, where you can test studio monitors, audio interfaces and headphones from Yamaha, Genelec, KRK, M-Audio, Sennheiser, Mackie, Shure, Universal Audio, Focusrite, RME and Beyerdynamic in a music studio-style environment;  a PA and Live Music Stage, where you can test the latest PA speakers and systems and watch in-store masterclasses, clinics and performances.

And, lastly, a DJ area holding stock from Pioneer, Numark, Novation, Native Instruments and Roland.

The opening will include an exclusive competition for those visiting the shop in October to win a Taylor guitar, in-store offers and a giveaway that includes guitar pedals, strings, drumsticks and more.