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2017 Music Products Industry Archive

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Godin Summit Classic Ltd Desert Blue

Godin Summit Classic Ltd Desert Blue features a vintage vibe with the playability of a premium modern guitar, this limited-run guitar is a classic single-cutaway.

Godin Guitars La Patrie Series Arena Thinline Series

La Patrie Arena thinline series features a generous cutaway to allow the player to explore the entire radiused fingerboard of its Mahogany neck.

Italia Guitars Imola Vario

The Italia Imola Vario is a redesign of the Imola 6 with a redesigned body cavity for better tone as well as weight reduction, and more tonal variation in the…

D’Angelico Premier Series

The D’Angelico Premier Series is comprised of custom designs and performance-driven features.

Supro launches revamped guitar range

Having already relaunched the Supro amplification range, Absara Audio is now bringing out a Supro Guitar Collection, distributed in the UK and Europe by JHS.

Seagull Guitars Coastline Momentum HG A/E Guitar

Seagull Guitars Coastline Momentum is a hand-crafted guitar featuring an thin high gloss custom polished finish to accentuate the wild cherry back and sides while allowing the solid Cedar top…

Fret King Country Squire Fluence

The Butterscotch finished Fret-King Country Squire ‘Fluence’ FKV2F-BS uses the same tone wood mix of Alder, Maple and Rosewood for the body, neck and fingerboard respectively, combined with a Wilkinson…

Marquee ‘Heaven’ Electric Guitar

Marquee ‘Heaven’ Electric Guitar (MQG99) has a solid single cutaway style body with a set-in maple neck and rosewood fingerboard.

KMC Music Reissues Hamer Guitars Import Series

KMC Music reissues six of Hamer Guitars best-selling Import Series guitars featuring 50% dealer margins.

ADG takes on Revpad distribution

Audio Distribution Group has taken on distribution of Israeli firm GTC Sound Innovation’s new Revpad guitar effects technology in Europe.

TMP-Pro to Exhibit at a Separate Booth from The Music People at the 2017 NAMM Show

TMP‐Pro, a division of The Music People, has announced that it will exhibit in booth 4659 in Hall C during the 2016 NAMM Show.

Fender PM-2 Parlor NE All-Mahogany Acoustic Guitar

An expansion of the Fender Paramount Series acoustic guitars, the PM-2 Parlor NE, All-Mahogany, Natural combines simple styling with an organic finish to create a highly responsive instrument.

Fender American Professional

Launching January 2017, Fender introduces its new, American-made flagship series of electric guitars and basses: American Professional.

VocoPro UDH-ULTRA Flexible Hybrid Wireless Systems

VocoPro UDH-4-ULTRA and UDH-8-ULTRA, comes with 4 or 8 handheld, lapel and headset mics, body-pack transmitters, and instrument cables.

DPA Microphones Microphone Base

DPA Microphones launches the Microphone Base, a new stand for its d:screet™ SC4098 Podium Microphone.

Bourns PSP01 Motorized Master Slide Potentiometer

Bourns Pro Audio designed its Model PSP01 motorized master slide potentiometer with an extended cycle life of up to 1 million cycles.

Jenson Tornado Stealth Speakers

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

ART RM5 Active Studio Monitor System

Applied Research & Technology (ART) is introducing the all-new Yorkville RM5 Active Studio Monitor System, a new design in near field reference monitors.

Yamaha TF-RACK

The TF-RACK is a compact rack-mount version of the Yamaha’s TF Series digital mixing consoles.

RCF E Series Analog Mixing Consoles

Tradition redefined is how RCF is touting the new E Series of analog mixing desks.

Artesia Recording Bundle

The Virgin Musical Instrument Company Artesia Recording Bundle is a complete recording package w/ interface, software, monitors, headphones and microphone. 

Fender Acoustasonic 40 Amplifier

The Fender Acoustasonic 40 amplifier offers portable amplification for acoustic-electric guitars and microphones.

BOSS Katana Amps Series

The new BOSS Katana guitar amp series lineup consists of three combo amplifiers and an amplifier head.

Traynor SB106 Bass Combo

The newest edition to the Yorkville Traynor Small Block series is 9 by 12-inches and weighs in under 15 lbs.

StompLight DMX Pro

The StompLight International StompLight DMX Pro can work as a standalone stage light and offers sound responsive effects directed by the tap of a foot.

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.