The Future of Rock: Is It Female?

Posted on Tue 19 February 2019 in entries • Tagged with female guitarist, future of rock, rock, rock n roll, sister rosetta tharpe, st vincent

A few months back I was talking to our Fender rep when he was showing us the new line of Fender Performer Series guitars when he produced a Ukulele that was a signature model of a young musician named, Grace VanderWaal. He assured me that this was a great move …


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Gibson - Past, Present, and Future

Posted on Wed 13 February 2019 in namm-2019 • Tagged with acoustic, blues, electric guitar, gibson, history, jazz, les paul, mandolin, orville, robert johnson, ted mccarty

Gibson is synonymous with guitars and music. They have put more instruments in the hands of trail blazing musicians of the 20th century than any other brand.

They have had ups and down over years, had many hits, but equal amounts of misses with iconic guitar designs but ultimately have …


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New Marshall Studio Series Amplifiers

Posted on Wed 13 February 2019 in namm-2019 • Tagged with 20, amps, marshall, namm 2019, studio, watt

Marshall have quite a storied history. If you're interested in a little history lesson about the company you should definitely check that out here.

New for 2019 they are looking back and taking inspiration from three chapters of that history.

They are introducing their new Studio line of amplifiers that …


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New Orange Pedal Baby 100

Posted on Wed 13 February 2019 in namm-2019 • Tagged with 100, amps, orange, pedal baby

The guitarists landscape is changing. Apart from a lucky few that can crank their 100 watt amplifiers to achieve their sound, most of us have found that smaller valve amps turned up sound better than big amps turned down. Increasingly we are actually running these amp clean and getting all …


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Korg Promo

Posted on Tue 12 February 2019 in entries • Tagged with krome, kronos, kross

If you happen to find yourself in the market for a new Korg Synth we have some good for you. Order between 1st February and 31st March 2019 and you will be eligible to claim some FREE goodies with your purchase.

KRONOS buyers will have the opportunity to attend a …


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David Gilmour Auctioning Off His Most Famous Instruments!

Posted on Tue 12 February 2019 in entries • Tagged with Auction, David Gilmour, fender, gibson, les paul, pink floyd, stratocaster, The Black Start

David Gilmour needs little introduction and nor does his love the electric guitar. A keen collector during his professional career, he has amassed an extensive collection of vintage instruments as well as ones that he bought new. One particular guitar that is synonymous with Gilmour helped cement him as one …


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New Orange Tremlord 30 Guitar Amplifier

Posted on Tue 12 February 2019 in namm-2019 • Tagged with 30 watt, amp, combo, namm 2019, orange, orange amp, tremlord

orange tremlord

Orange is probably the most instantly recognisable amp brands out there and that does need any explanation as to why. Now they are expanding their already impressive catalog of amps with the new Tremlord amplifier. First let's have a brief catch up as to how we got here.

In early …


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Fender Release Limited Edition Jimmy Page Dragon and Mirror Telecasters

Posted on Tue 12 February 2019 in namm-2019 • Tagged with dragon, electric guitar, fender, history, jimmy page, led zeppelin, mirror, news, telecaster, the yardbirds

The world of Rock is filled with iconic guitars: Gary Moore/Peter Green's Les Paul, David Gilmour's Black Strat, and any guitar Hendrix ever touched. Many of these guitars that are becoming more legendary than the guitarists that played them even.
These instrument are often passed between the greats as …


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Shure Drum Mastery 2019 Competition

Posted on Wed 06 February 2019 in entries • Tagged with Shure Drum, Shure Drum Mastery 2019 Competition, Shure's Drum Master

Drummers of Absolute Music, we are here to share with you Shure's latest show of appreciation towards you all.
They are challenging you with their Shure Drum Mastery 2019 Competition.
Do you feel you have what it takes in order to win the hearts of the voting public as well …


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New Stock of Guitars have landed!

Posted on Mon 04 February 2019 in entries • Tagged with electric guitars, fender, gretsch, ibanez, vintage

After a bumper Black Friday event followed by a rather manic Christmas period we were all but cleared out of guitars and accessories. Our walls were looking incredibly sad during January, a true visual representation of the month known the world over for being a bit... blue. But fear no …


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