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…
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…
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…
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…
B&M offers Hofner UK exclusives
Barnes and Mullins has launched two new Hofner Verythin guitars exclusive to the UK. The UK exclusive Mod design and Mahogany models are the latest additions to the existing range of…
Truetone’s Weil Wins Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Bob Weil, founder and president of Truetone, was recently named Entrepreneur of the Year by Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. The award was given, “for an alumnus who exemplifies the characteristics of…
UK Guitar Show returns
The Guitar Show, the UK’s largest dedicated guitar event, returns to New Bingley Hall in Birmingham on 27th – 28th February with a line-up that includes former Thin Lizzy guitarist, Scott…
Martin distressed over Hateful destruction of vintage acoustic
Film-maker Quentin Tarantino looks like he has burned his bridges with Martin, after an historic 19th century guitar was smashed to smithereens during the filming of his new movie, The Hateful…
CE Distribution Exclusive Worldwide Distributor of SoZoTM Capacitors
CE Distribution is pleased to announce their exclusive worldwide distribution agreement for the SoZoTM Capacitors. SoZoTM Capacitors are used by many boutique amp manufacturers for their superior tone and reliability. The NextGen…