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My current lines are:
(Just click on the link to the right of the brand name to go to their website.)
Hofner Guitars www.hofner.com
Master violin maker Karl Höfner founded his own stringed and fretted instrument company in Schönbach, Germany in 1887. With a reputation for quality, craftsmanship and innovation, Höfner soon became the largest manufacturer of stringed and fretted instruments in Germany.
In 1955 Walter Höfner, a creative businessman as well as a violin and guitar maker, invented an electrically amplified semi-acoustic bass. The distinctive 500/1 bass was launched at the 1956 Frankfurt Music Fair and subsequently rose to fame under a different name.
In 1961 Paul McCartney bought his first Höfner bass in a music shop in Hamburg. Paul’s ‘Beatle Bass’ can be heard on many of the Beatles‘ most famous songs and still accompanies him on stage and in the studio to this day.
Hofner offers acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses, classical guitars, and bluegrass instruments.
I represent these Hofner in NC and SC.
Saint Blues Guitars www.saintblues.com
After refurbishing one of Jimmy Page's guitars and building a one-of-a-kind guitar for Elvis in the late 60's. Tom Keckler moved his repair and custom shop to Strings and Things, the Memphis guitar store.
In 1978 Tom teamed up with Tom Anderson and David Schecter to form Schecter Guitar Research in CA. In 1983, he moved back to Memphis to build custom guitars for Strings and Things. Tom changed the name from S&T Custom Workshop Guitars to St Blues and began production of the Bluesmaster in 1985. The parts for these guitars were made by ESP in Japan and assembled in Memphis. In 1989 they ceased operations and re-introduced the line in January 2006.
Today's top quality Saint Blues guitars are designed in Memphis and handcrafted in Korea. With hand-selected woods, genuine hand-cut bone nuts and top-quality name-brand components, each guitar comes though Memphis for setup and a complete quality assurance inspection. The Workshop series is now available, built in the USA.
I represent Saint Blues in VA, NC, SC and GA.
Tradition Guitars www.traditionguitars.com
Tradition Guitars was founded in 1998 from the ideas of music industry veteran Jim Matthews.Tradition Guitars began its humble beginnings in a horse barn in Indiana. Jim was a true veteran of the musical instrument market. He had spent more than 30 years of his life selling, marketing, and developing instruments. After years of witnessing the success as well as the failure of many well known guitar companies, Tradition Guitars was formed.
Jim’s idea was simple... Offer the highest quality instrument for an affordable price to the independent dealer.
These instruments are built in Indonesia for the most part. Tradition, in partnership with TremKing, produce two models of electrics with the very innovative TremKing tremolo system. This is truly a phenominal trem and I'd love to show it to you.
I represent Tradition in VA, NC, SC and GA.
Brazen Guitars www.brazenguitars.com
Established in 2005, Brazen Guitars are designed and developed in Southern California and built in China. Yakko Mfg. was established in 1948 and started out building pianos for Yamaha and Kawai and has been manufacturing guitars for the last forty years. They currently make solid body electric guitars for Brazen, Dean, Fernandes, Brian Moore and Fender Squire. They offer three distinct body styles, the majority with set neck construction and mahogany bodies and necks. These are predominantly popular priced instruments retailing from $599 to $3,450. Brazen Guitars garnered rave reviews at the last NAMM show in Anaheim 2008. I represent these guitars in VA, NC, SC and GA.
Lace Music Products www.lacemusic.com
Don and Jeff Lace have been building, in the USA, great sounding electric and acoustic style pickups for three decades. Created by their father, Don Lace Sr., their pickups have been standard equipment on Fender guitars for quite some time. Besides offering highly efficient pickups, including the paradigm shifting Alumitone pickup for bass and guitar, they also offer acoustic and electric guitars and the incredible Lace Helix bass guitar. You really need to take a look at this line! I represent Lace Music in VA, NC, SC and GA.
Here is Premier Guitar Magazine's review of the Lace Helix Bass - Lace Helix 5-String Bass
Phonic Audio www.phonic.com
Phonic Audio started building audio components for such famous makers as Yamaha and Crown back in 1977. They offer high-quality professional audio equipment that's also affordable. Their world class Helix Board mixers utilize USB and FireWire ports to provide amazing plug-and-play operation with Mac or PC, and allows you to send live digital stereo audio to your computer for editing or recording. Listening to sound engineers and musicians allow them to bring you quieter, more versatile mixers, higher fidelity speakers with more reach, and amplifiers that pack more clean power.
Guardian Audio www.guardianaudio.com
Guardian Audio was designed to meet the needs of beginners to professionals. They offer sound reinforcement for applications such as practice systems for aspiring bands, small and large venues electronics and loudspeakers, and commercial grade equipment for churches, permanent installation and touring. Each item is designed for ease of use while offering a wide range of features, functionality and durability. Powered and unpowered mixers from $300 to $650 retail, loudspeakers active and passive from $100 to $600 retail, and a host of other products including power amplifiers, EQ’s, mics, etc. I represent Guardian Audio in VA.
Phil Jones Amplifiers www.philjonesbass.com
As an English schoolboy. Phil Jones started playing bass and building his own bass guitar and bass amplifier. After getting a college degree in electronics, he enrolled in the Welsh College of Music and Drama and played rock, r&b and jazz in bars to pay his tuition. He worked a while at Vitavox in England and in 1991 moved to the USA to work for Boston Acoustics. In 1994 he founded Platinum Audio which designed and built high end home audio equipment. In 1998 Phil founded American Acoustic Development which is the parent company of PJB. AAD has a staff of over 150 employees and a 100,000-sq. ft. facility dedicated to designing, manufacturing and marketing of loudspeakers and amplifiers for home, car and pro-audio markets. All PJB products are made in the AAD factory with pride and passion under his guidance. I represent these amplifiers in VA, NC, SC and GA.
Click here for a review by Bass Guitar Magazine on the Suitcase - Bass Guitar Review
Click here for a review by Bass Player Magazine on the Briefcase - Bass Player review
Neck Sock www.necksock.com
Neck Sock was voted “BEST OF SHOW” at Winter NAMM by a panel of NAMM judges and was featured at the Sunday morning NAMM wrap up. “One of our favorites at NAMM had to be the Neck Sock”. This is the most useful accessory to hit the music world since the guitar strap! It actually cleans your strings just by being on your instrument. The Neck Sock’s sleek patented design is made to protect and prolong the life of the strings, and to keep dust and dirt out of hard to clean areas like the bridge and pick-ups, as well as many other benefits. A wide assortment of colors and fabrics is offered retailing at $29.95. I represent Neck Sock in VA, NC, SC and GA.
Souldier Straps www.souldier.us
Souldier Straps offer a complete line of instrument straps for guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, saxaphone and many others. These are all handmade in Chicago, IL with a definite vintage vibe. They are customizable, as you can pick out the backing material and hardware, or they can put together an order of their best selling combinations. Very cool! Very Rock n' Roll! I represent Souldier in VA, NC, SC and GA.
I am actively seeking out qualified dealers for these product lines in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.
I am also looking to add a quality drum line to the fine products I currently represent...

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