2012 marks the start of our 40th year in operation ! Where the heck did the last 39 go anyway? Who knew in '72,

that we' d evolve over the last 4 decades to become one of the premier custom shops for guitarists.What started out

as a a very modest sized service shop a few blocks west, to our larger,more accomodating free standing building some

years later on the main drag in the city has "cemented" our presence in the region even more.

We must've been doing something right. Okay, we know we've been doing a number of things better.We still do !

While many,many,competitors(and unfortunately,some suppliers as well)have come & gone over the course of these last 39 odd years ,some with a whimper,some with a bang,we've managed to outlast pretty much all of  them

including some of those trying to re-invent the wheel,but were short on spokes. Still others, changed ownership so many times you'd need a family tree-chart to keep track of them. Yes,WE'RE still independantly operated & owned.

This store has always strived to be different than run-of-the-mill,garden variety, me-too type music stores,from day one,and we'll continue doing so for players who "get it" A lengthy look thru our website & store bears this out.

With this,our 4oth year in operation,we would once again like to say a big Thank You to all our friends and customers(and of course, our competitors)who have contibuted to our success over the years.We literally couldn't

have done it all without you! What's in store over the next 12 months ? Well,as the store evolves yet again,you'll be seeing several expanding services from our custom shop as well as even more unique products and brand names.

We will continue offering players something different and better than what every bigboxer and onliner is dumping

onto the marketplace.

To kick off our 40th Anniversary we will be offering some incredibly enticing Wacked-Out-Weekly (W.O.W) deals for the next FORTY WEEKS (!).Yep,a different set of W.O.W deals every single week,for the next forty weeks.

Each weekly deal will be posted,on our website's specials & deals section,starting the Monday of each week and ending each Saturday of the same week. Of course there's more in store-stay tuned..........................

One of the the newest additions to our bass amplifier line-up is Overtone.This new series of high powered, ultra-compact bass amps is packed with features in an amp head smaller,and lighter than the average laptop ! By using  state of the art latest Class D technology,the Flyweight Amps put out a walloping 250 watts and 500 watts r.m.s .To complement the amp heads,they’re also available with matched 1x10” bass cabinets or their 4x8” cabinet with sound and low-end that can easily rival any typical 1x15”.

These new compact rigs from Overton are also a lot more practical if you, as a player,need a bass rig that you can just pick up & go,when you get a call for a small,quick gig,impromptu recording session or last minute practice-on-the-fly. We are the sole importing dealer into Canada for these amazing bass amps,and have them specially priced with a bonus foam-lined,zippered transit bag and heavy duty Speakon cable included! So,if you’re tired of lugging around that set of 15’s or 8x10” and your back specialist is telling you so,then this is “yer sign”.

The Hofner Shorty is back ! The legendary little guitar that was widely popular back in the ‘80’s is back in production.This guitar has FUN spelled all over it-it’s so frick-kin cool !We’ve imported our first batch in three meticulous finishes and we can easily say they’re superb with fit & finish better than ever.Like all guitars WE sell,we also perform our own custom shop fretwork(something they DO need)to allow insanely fast action, as well as shielding,and revoicing the tone control(also needed).Our custom shop setup easily guarantees that a Shorty from our shop will easily outperform any other one you’ll find online ,or elsewhere,for that matter.

What makes the Shorty so cool compared to other “small” guitars? You don’t need a special heavier string guage to keep proper tension & tuning.The neck scale is a very comfortable 24.75” for a familiar (G-style) feel.The badass style bridge allows lots of room for accurate intonation adjustment.The “stock” humbucker pickup’s sound is nothing short of surprisingly good (!) so there’s really no need to swap it out unless you reaaaaly want to.It’s actually that good-go figure.The Shorty’s overall length of 32.5” makes it an easy stowaway travel guitar,even a a  backup or go-to guitar for rehearsals and pickup gigs.That,and your back won’t be aching after  three hours of playing it ! Specially priced at $199.00 including logo’d gigbag , and our shop setup, in red,blue or black.

As “The Trend” towards playing gigs requires more and more players to downsize their amp & P.A rigs,just so everybody can actually fit onto smaller club stages & venues,a look into carrying around a smaller,lighter bass rig just plain makes more sense and we offer bass even more choices in compact, high powered bass systems like the Ashdown MiBass 220 and Mibass 550 bassamps.These ground breaking new bass amps are packed with more features than you can shake a stick,yet housed in a sleek all metal enclosure no larger than a DVD player. These latest bass heads also feature a Bang & Olufsen(Google it!) designed power amp section for stunning clarity,mated to the Ashdown preamp with that signature british tone that Ashdown is known around the world for.

Release the Nukes !-errr, that should read NuX .Pronounced the same way though

NuX? NuX? Yeah,we know-who? Stay tuned.You’ll be hearing more from this company and you heard it from us first.

We have the latest import from Nux Electronics,the Mighty 15 guitar amp.This unassuming little amp might have just slipped under the proverbial radar if we hadn’t been paying close attention.Luckily we were.

This dwarf sized beast features a separate clean and dirty channel,a built-in 6-string tuner,three band equalizer,a headphone/line out jack,an input for your MP3 player(so you can jam along with your favorite band right?),an auxiliary jack for feeding in a drummachine-what else?

Oh yeah,did we mention SEVEN built-in digital effects that are superb sounding ,thanks to high res 24bit processing ? Okay,there’s more.

The Mighty 15 has a 6-position selector that lets you select some of the best sounding big amp “signatures” we’ve ever heard from an amp this size.Pretty convincing.No menus, editing or scrolling.just stupidly simple to get a kickaxe sound of a little box with a 15watt output driving an 8’inch sealed cab speaker.It truly earns it’s Mighty 15 moniker.How does it get better? Get it from us now for  $169.00 and we’ll include an MP3 hookup cable AND a pair of headphones for rocking out late at night.

Also new from Ashdown to bridge the gap between teeny-weenie underpowered bedroom level bassamps and stadium sized plaster crackers,comes the Mini-Stack.

This amp & head combination yields some wickedly clean bass tones,helped along by

the very versatile tone section,deep switch and real 100watt output section dishing it

into two Ashdown 10 inch speakers.This would make the ideal alternative to lugging your other bass refridgerator up & down stairs to a small club or church gig,or back & forth between gigs and the band's basement for rehearsals.The Ministack's extreme portability means even grandma the roadie can lift it into her SUV on her way to church.There's even an Mp3 input and a headphone jack for practicing on your own without getting evicted in the process.Buy the MiniStack from us,and we'll even include the Mp3 hookup cable,AND the headphones,all for $499.00 complete.

In keeping with our philosophy of bringing you something different and better,we now stock & sell WGS guitar speakers.These USA manufactured guitar speakers have quickly made a name for themselves south of the border(and now growing fast here)among even die-hard guitar speaker afficianados as a “primo”affordable guitar speaker (yes,even among fans of the “C” speaker).The folks at WGS in Kentucky have decades of experience between them in building speakers and they’ve managed to squeeze some amazing signature tones and performance into their line of speakers,all the while keeping the pricing within reason.Whether you’re replacing  speakers in your Marshall or Twin,or anything in between,WE likely have a WGS 12-incher in US or British “flavours” that will make your ears(and wallet) happy.

WGS speakers will also be available soon,in our own line of Sherlock Audio manufactured guitar cabinets,hand built in our own custom shop as well.

Our new Sherlock Audio Kudo line of guitar speaker cabinets is up & running first,with our 112 model.The Kudo series is available in a number of configurations with a choice of speaker units from WGS,Jensen as well as oem & nos Fane units.All cabinetry is done in our own wood shop,including hand applied covering,

piping and resin fibre grilles,metal corners and oversized top mounted bar handle.

For guitarists looking for something unique sounding-this is the ticket.

Starting from $399.00

Another cool entry we brought in from Nux Electronics is the MF-6 multi-pedal.

Yep-there’s lots of multi-this & multi-thats out there,but read on.Unlike some fx pedals that do a little bit of “cheating”when processing the audio,the MF-6 uses proprietary hi-res 24bit processing at 44.1k for stunningly clean response that shows.The really nice “thing” about this one little pedal is that it  gives you unique sounding Flanging,Chorus,Rotary(leslie),Tremolo, Multi-voice  and , Delays with up to 600ms,which can also be tempo-tapped(that can also be tapped with a remote footswitch).What else? You can also adjust the parameters for each effect,so you’re not stuck with a factory preset like you get with so many other “small” pedals.

If you’ve run out of room on your pedalboard for more toys, or you’re looking for just ONE pedal that can do many needed tricks well(a rarity without laying out some serious cash),then the MF-6 would be one to look into.And we since we have it priced at only $149.00(less than the average quality single effect pedal !) that ,on top of everything else,makes it a no-brainer of a deal.