Stevens Joins Blackstar as Senior Design Engineer
Blackstar Amplification has announced the addition of Paul Stevens to their team as the new senior design engineer. Stevens has worked in MI for nearly a quarter of a century,…
TOP TEN: Signs your store manager is possessed
Sure, there has always been a few flies in the shop, but lately there has been rather a lot and you’re pretty sure the store used to be a shoe…
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…
COMMENT: Marshall’s smart move
Why Marshall’s unexpected foray into the mobile phone market points the way forward for the industry’s big name brands… WHEN any long-established brand, particularly those closely connected with the creative…
Top ten ways to cope with summer trading
We’ve come up with some handy hints to help see you through those dog days of summer. 10: Since time slows down next to the gravity created by large bodies,…
Thunder Road Guitars Takes Seattle By Storm
There’s a famous saying by Alexander Graham Bell – “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we…
Got a spare $900K?
The acoustic guitar John Lennon played on many of The Beatles’ early hits is expected to fetch more than $900,000 (£600,000) when it goes up for auction in California this November. The…
Yorkville Sound to Distribute Gibson Pro Audio Brands for Canada
Yorkville Sound announced that, effective June 1, 2015, they will be the exclusive Canadian distributor for all Gibson Pro Audio brands including Stanton Audio, KRK Systems, Cerwin-Vega loudspeakers, Neat Microphones,…
Gear4Music readies IPO, eyes London store
UK online retailer Gear4music is readying an assault on Europe after confirming plans to float on the London stock exchange and open a Central London flagship outlet. The York-based company…
TEC Tracks Amplifies Pro Audio’s Presence at Summer NAMM
TEC Tracks, educational sessions designed to empower the growing audio, production and recording markets, will debut at Summer NAMM in Nashville on July 9-11, 2015. Stationed next to the NAMM…
Gibson Brands Acquires HarmonyCentral.com
Gibson Brands has acquired HarmonyCentral.com. According to Gibson CEO and chairman Henry Juszkiewicz, “The industry needs a neutral, entertaining, informative site where musicians can exchange opinions and knowledge, ask questions,…
Floyd Rose – Still Breaking New Ground
A lifelong musician who has played with the bands C.O.R.E. and Q5 and is lately writing country songs, guitarist and technological guru Floyd D. Rose developed the locking tremolo for…