STONES MUSIC 2

STONES MUSIC NEWS NOVEMBER 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:46:00 +0000

NEW LOGARHYTHM POSTER!!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:13:00 +0000

FRANKFURT MUSIKMESSE 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:42:00 +0000

We just got back from Frankfurt, where our booth was a hive of activity. We hoped we'd attract some interest with the Logarhythm and the Pub Prop but were amazed by the response - check out the moment when our "angel" Valeska flew in to check out the Logarhythm (pictured with Howard Bragen.

We also picked up loads of new Pub Prop dealers, one being Music Guy Mic from Hawaii, who saw the great potential for the Pub Prop as a ukulele hanger (note to self...consider changing name to the Uke 'ook!) - here's Mike with Stones Music's Mark Pugh demonstrating the Pub Prop - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRIXfRdovfI

STONES MUSIC NEWS APRIL 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:39:00 +0000

Don't Drop It...Pub Prop It!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

The Pub Prop is a British-designed and manufactured stroke of genius which has been saving the lives of guitars, banjoes, mandolins, ukuleles and violins for many years now, since its inventor, Brian Rathmill, made his first prototype out of a G-clamp and a piece of wood. The idea swiftly developed into the product we see today and has found its home in the traditional and folk music scene, where thousands of musicians worldwide trust its simple design to “look after” their instruments in situations where a regular floor stand would be impractical – in a crowded pub session, in a home recording studio, or anywhere else you can think of.

The Pub Prop can be fixed onto either a table or a rail due to its dual clamping system, and comes complete with adapters for use with narrow-necked instruments or violins.

Don't worry about losing any of these additional parts - everything can be stored in the smart carrying bag.

RRP £9.99

Logarhythm - The Ultimate StompBox

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:19:00 +0000

Sweet Sole Music

Yes, imagine an infinitely variable rhythm track, with you in total control, able to switch between time signatures at will.

Well, now you can - foot-tapping music never sounded so good until the Logarhythm came along. Seasick Steve calls his home-made version the MDM, or Mississippi Drum Machine check out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=pNoPNC3ebYQ

Plug it into your amp or PA (bass up, mid and treble down) and stamp your personality on your music. Experiment with your favourite footwear - heavy boots for LO, All Stars for MID, leather-soled cowboy boots for HI - and let yourself go!

The solid sapele Logarhythm will become your most useful, most effective bit of kit (after your guitar and your foot!) and for only £49.99p it's a no-brainer!!

Check out Howard's (the man behind the Logarhythm) video on

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Oefq5vT8OLw

***STOP PRESS***STOP PRESS***STOP PRESS***

Top Loggers -

Guy Garvey (Elbow)

Radiohead

Seasick Steve Band

Seth Lakeman

Lee Oskar

Check out the Logarhythm at your local stockist!

Bennett Lap Steel Guitars

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Ronny Bennett is well known in the steel-guitar world both as a player and maker of over forty years experience. From his workshop in the Wirral, in the north-west of England, he still produces pedal steel and lap steel guitars which exhibit an incredibly high degree of engineering quality, much of the hardware being individually machined to fit the purpose.

We've been distributing his 6- and 8-string lap steel models in the United Kingdom with great success for about 5 years.

Check out these specifications:

Overall length of instrument:

8-string = 35” (890mm)

6-string = 33.5” (804mm)

Scale length (vibrating length of string): 23 5/8" (600mm)

Width at bridge = 6” (152mm)(Solid Ash)

Body thickness = 1.5” (40mm)

String Spacing:

8-string 10mm (@ bridge), 9mm (@ nut)

6-string 11mm (@ bridge), 9mm (@ nut)

Suggested tunings:

6-string A - Thickest A-C#-E-A-C#-E Thinnest

8-string A6 - Thickest F#-A-C#-E-F#-A-C#-E Thinnest

Strings - we supply each Bennett lap steel strung with the following gauges (brackets show extra strings on 8-string models). If tuning is altered radically from the suggested tuning above, these gauges may have to be changed to maintain even tension.

(.46" W) Thickest

.38" W

.36" W

.30" W

(.26" W)

.22" P

.18" P

.15" P Thinnest

Six-string model RRP £399

Eight-string model RRP £449

Price includes case

High output, hand-wound pickups

Colour-coded fret position markers

Range of playing bars and slides available

UK-made, complete with full 2-year warranty

Ask these stockists about availability.

BENNETT LAP STEEL GUITAR STOCKISTS

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Bennett Steel Guitars - these dealers either have stock, or have had stock, give them a try!

NORTH
H W Audio, Bolton, Lancs
Sound Move Music, Bebington, Wirral
Reidy's Home Of Music, Blackburn, Lancs
Uncle Neils, Colne, Lancs
Ron's Music, Darlington, Co Durham
GuitarZone, Halifax, W Yorks
Mad Monks Music, Kendal, Cumbria
Music Ground, Leeds
Forsyth Bros, Manchester
Hobgoblin (J Roadhouse), Manchester
Music Ground, Manchester
The Guitar Shop, Newcastle upon Tyne
J G Windows, Newcastle upon Tyne
Ant Music, Scunthorpe, Lincs
Wavelength Music, Sheffield, S Yorks
Alligator Music, Stockport, Cheshire
Bandland Music Store, Stockton on Tees, Cleveland

SOUTH
Hanks Guitars, London
Music Trading Company, Rye, E Sussex

MIDLANDS
Foulds Music, Derby

SCOTLAND
R & B Music, Aberdeen
Bruce Miller, Aberdeen
John Douglas, Dumfries
Village Music, East Kilbride
Scayles Music, Edinburgh
Mev Taylor's, Edinburgh
McCormack's Music, Glasgow
Merchant City Music, Glasgow
Southside Music, Glasgow
Music Station, Inverness
RGM Music, Kilmarnock
Bandwagon, Perth

WALES
- WATCH THIS SPACE!!

IRELAND
Trevor Keys, Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Bairds Music, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belfast Guitar Emporium, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Hendersons, L/Derry, Northern Ireland
McElwaine's, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

PUB PROP STOCKISTS

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:06:00 +0000

Pub Props - only propper music shops stock 'em, see below!
Avon
Hobgoblin Music, Bristol

Bucks
Hobgoblin Music, Milton Keynes

Cambridgeshire

Ken Stevens (Millers Music), Cambridge

Cornwall
Hobgoblin Music, Wadebridge

Cheshire
Back Alley Music, Chester & Warrington
Curly Music, Warrington
Purple Turtle Trading, Bredbury
Alligator Music, Stockport

Cleveland
Crinson & Gohlmann, Hartlepool

Co Durham
Brotherton's Music, Bishop Auckland

Cumbria
Billy Bowman Music, Cockermouth
Mad Monks Music, Kendal

Derbyshire
First Choice Musical Solutions, Buxton

MuZiK & More, Buxton
Foulds Music, Derby
Neville Bros, Derby
Zebra Musik, Ilkeston

Dorset
Bridport Music Shop

E Yorks
Antones Guitars, Kingston upon Hull
Beverley Music Centre, Beverley

Eire
Metro Music, Dublin
McQuaids Traditional Music, Co Tipperary

Essex
Trevor Durrant, Colchester

Gtr Manchester
Forsyth Bros, Manchester
Johnny Roadhouse, Manchester
Music Box, Hyde
Music Ground, Manchester

Isle of Man
Peter Norris Music, Douglas

Lancs
Electric Avenue, Blackpool
Tower Music, Blackpool

HW Audio, Bolton

Pro Sound, Burnley

Uncle Neil's Music Shop, Colne

The Melody Box, Fleetwood

Soundsavers, Lancaster
Keys Music, Oldham
Sound Affects Music, Ormskirk

Dazamakiz, Thornton Cleveleys

Music 90, Wigan
Symphony Music, Wigan

Leicestershire
Fiddlers Green Music, Hinckley
Just Music, Loughborough
Sheehan's Music, Leicester

Lincs
East Midlands Sound And Lighting, Grantham

Horncastle Music, Horncastle Music Makers, Lincoln

Stamford Music Shop, Stamford

London
Hank's Guitar Shop, London
Hobgoblin, London

Merseyside
Frets Old & New, Liverpool

N E Lincs
Ant Music, Scunthorpe
Paul's Music, Scunthorpe
Twelve Bar Music, Cleethorpes

N Ireland
Henderson Music, L'Derry
Matchetts Musical Instruments, Belfast
McElwaines, Enniskillen
Reynolds Music, Omagh
Trevor Keys Music, Ballymena & L/Derry

N Yorks
Acomb Music, York
Diamond Music, Whitby
Minim Music, Kirkbymoorside
MOR Music, York
Rock Box, Northallerton

Norfolk
The Music Hut, North Walsham

Northumberland
The Music Gallery, Berwick upon Tweed

Notts
Crossplay, West Bridgford

Dave Mann Music, Nottingham
Music Inn, Nottingham
Music Scene, Mansfield
Solo Music, Stapleford

Oxfordshire
Highly Strung, Wantage

Rutland
Music & More, Oakham

S Yorks
Electro Music Services, Doncaster
Wavelength Music, Sheffield

Scotland
Bruce Miller, Aberdeen

Billy McEwen's Organs, Ayr

Vintage Strings, Dundee

Village Music, East Kilbride

Mev Taylor's Music, Edinburgh

Scayles Music, Edinburgh
Sound & Vision, Elgin

Biggars Music, Glasgow
McCormack's Music, Glasgow
Merchant City Music, Glasgow

Ad Lib Music, Greenock
Pet Sounds, Kelso

RGM Music, Kilmarnock

Merlin Music, Melrose

Bandwagon, Perth

Celtic Chords, Stonehaven
Ma Simpson's Music Box, Stonehaven

R B F Hamilton, Whitburn

Staffordshire
Bridge Street Music Shop, Newcastle Under Lyme

Suffolk
P J Music, Botesdale, Diss

Tyne & Wear
Hound Dog Music, Whitley Bay
Jakes Guitars, High Spen

Wales
Bron-Yr-Aur, Bangor

John Williams Music, Bangor
A Strings, Cardiff

Back Alley Music, Mold, Chester & Warrington
Guitarworx, Denbigh
Hillbillys, Colwyn Bay
Music Makers, Colwyn Bay
Music Place, Wrexham

W Midlands
Hobgoblin Music, Birmingham
Musical Den International, Walsall
Pete Grassby, Coventry
Shades Music, Birmingham

W Sussex
Hobgoblin Music, Crawley

W Yorks

Eagle Music Shop, Huddersfield
GTR, Huddersfield
GuitarZone, Halifax
Harland Music, Yeadon
Hobgoblin Music, Leeds
Knock On Wood, Leeds
Music Ground, Leeds
Music Room, Cleckheaton
Musician's Centre, Bradford
Musician's Centre, Hebden Bridge
Musician's Centre, Keighley
Playtime Music, Otley
Saturn Music, Wakefield
Scheerer's Music, Leeds

Worcs
Minstrel Music, Stourport on Severn
Music 47, Worcester
Worley Strings & Things, Stourport on Severn

SOLED OUT? LOGARHYTHM STOCKISTS

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Try out a Logarhythm StompBox at your nearest stockist:

Cheshire
Sounds Great, Heald Green, Cheadle
Back Alley Music, Chester
Music Box, Hyde
Alligator Music, Stockport
Purple Turtle Music, Stockport www.purpleturtlemusic.com
Back Alley Music, Warrington
New Street Music, Widnes http://www.newstreetmusic.co.uk/

Cleveland
Steven James Guitars, Middlesbrough
Easy PC & Music, Saltburn by the Sea
Bandland Music Store, Stockton on Tees

Cornwall
Craigs Music Ltd., Bodmin,
Hobgoblin, Wadebridge,
Sheoak Acoustics, Falmouth

Cumbria
R & T Music, Barrow in Furness
Omega Music, Brampton, near Carlisle
Full Octave, Dalton in Furness
Guitar & Amp Shack, Houghton, near Carlisle
Mad Monks Music, Kendal

Derbyshire

MuZiK & More, Buxton
Foulds Music, Derby

Devon
Exmouth Music Shop, Exmouth
Hartnoll Guitars, Plymouth
Manson's Guitar Shop, Exeter
Project Music, Exeter
Vibes Music, Plymouth

Durham
Brothertons, Bishop Auckland
Steel Town Music, Consett
Ron's Music, Darlington

Hants
The Guitar Store, Southampton

Hereford & Worcs
Nilam Music, Hereford
Trevor Davies Music, Leominster

Isle of Man

Peter Norris Music, Douglas

Lancashire
Symphony Music, Ashton in Makerfield
Electric Avenue, Blackpool
Stagebox Ltd, Blackpool
Tower Music, Blackpool
HW Audio, Bolton
Frets Guitar Centre, Cleveleys
Sound Affects Music Ltd, Ormskirk
Peter Darwin, St Helens

Leicestershire
Fiddlers Green Music, Hinckley
The Guitar Workshop, Ibstock

Sheehans, Leicester

Just Music, Loughborough
Music & More, Oakham, Rutland http://www.musicandmore.co.uk/

Lincolnshire
Pooles Music, Grimsby

Horncastle Music, Horncastle

Pauls Music, Scunthorpe
Ant Music, Scunthorpe

London
Hank's Guitar Shop, London
Macari's, London
Rock Stop, London
Wunjo Guitars, London

Merseyside
Curly Music, Liverpool
Sound Move Music, Bebington, Wirral
Always Music, Maghull
Peter Darwin, St Helens

Gtr Manchester
Forsyth Bros, Manchester
Johnny Roadhouse, Manchester
Music Ground, Manchester
Spectrum Music, Whitefield

Northern Ireland

McElwaines, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh

Reasound, Cookstown, Co Tyrone

Notts
Crossplay, Beeston
Music Scene Mansfield
Music Inn Instruments, Nottingham
Sound Check, Nottingham
Solo Music Store, Stapleford
Guitar Base, West Bridgford

Scotland
Guitar Guitar, Edinburgh
Scayles Music, Edinburgh
Mev Taylor's Music Shop, Edinburgh

CC Music, Glasgow

Merchant City Music, Glasgow
RGM Music, Kilmarnock
Bandwagon, Perth
Wilkies Music House, Perth
Roadshow Music, Stirling

Staffordshire
Academy of Sound, Hanley
Rhythm House, Hanley
Bridge Street Music, Newcastle under Lyme

Shropshire
Salop Music Centre, Shrewsbury
County Music Supplies, Shrewsbury

Tyne & Wear
J G Windows, Newcastle upon Tyne

Wales
Back Alley Music, Mold
Bron-Yr-Aur, Bangor
JPL Sounds, Barry
Must Have Music, Blackwood
Cranes Musical Instruments,Cardiff
James Music, Carmarthen
Music Makers, Colwyn Bay
Guitarworxs, Denbigh
Creative Electonics, Haverfordwest
Mid Wales Music, Newtown, Powys
Pencerdd Music, Penarth
Instrumental Music, Penygraig, Rhondda
Cranes Musical Instruments, Swansea
Rowlands Music Swansea
Music Place, Wrexham

West Midlands
Hobgoblin Music, Birmingham

Yorks - West
Music Room, Cleckheaton
GuitarZone, Halifax
Eagle Music, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield
GTR, Huddersfield http://www.gtrguitars.co.uk/
Knock on Wood, Leeds
Music Ground, Leeds
Redhouse Music, Leeds
Scheerers Music, Leeds

Yorks - South
P J S Music, Dodworth nr Barnsley
Electro Music, Doncaster
Wavelength Music, Sheffield

Yorks - North
Rock Box, Northallerton
MOR Music, York

Yorks - East
DT's Rockshop, Goole
Antones Guitar Centre, Hull
Bad Dog Music, Hull

STONES MUSIC NEWS DECEMBER 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Pub Prop - New Packaging, New LOWER PRICE

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:00:00 +0000

Today we started shipping the first Pub Props in our new-look cotton bags with full-colour printing.

Music 90 in Wigan, Lancashire, took delivery of the first few, and here's their display to prove it.

The bags look great, I'm sure you'll agree, but the other thing about switching to these cotton drawstring bags is the reduced price - NOW ONLY £9.99p

Ask your local stockist for yours!

GSL5 Leather Linkstrap

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Back in the mists of time, Stones Music (then Nick Stone Accessories) made what many believed were the finest quality leather guitar straps in the UK, and the GSL5 Deluxe Leather Linkstrap made a name for itself as probably the world’s most comfortable guitar strap, with its 3 ¼” shoulder pad and individually threaded links allowing even the heaviest guitars and basses to feel as if they were suspended on a cushion of air (OK, maybe I've gone too far with that one!!). Back then we only offered it in black or brown but now we've got all sorts - black, brown, tan, red, white, yellow, navy and various multi-coloured varieties. Don't forget, this is a British hand-made product and availability of colours can change, so if you see one you like - BUY IT NOW!

Check out these features:

3 ¼” shoulder pad makes this probably the world’s most comfortable guitar strap
Fully adjustable due to individually threaded links
A re-issued Classic strap
RRP £39.95

GSL5 As used by....

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:00:00 +0000

We were delighted to come across some great pics of a certain Mr J Page using one of our GSL5 leather linkstraps and after trawling across t'internet found some more, dating right back to Live Aid 1985

HP1 Harmonica Belt pouch

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:00:00 +0000

The Stones Music HP1 Harmonica Belt Pouch is the ideal opportunity to throw out that old plastic box and get closer to the music. No more of those embarrassing "Is that a harmonica in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?" moments.

Hand-made here in the north-west of England from real leather, the HP1 is ideal for sessions, holidays, camping, travelling or everyday for whenever you just gotta get your mojo working!

GSL4 Leather Guitar strap

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:00:00 +0000

2.5" wide strap, classic design

Pub Prop Review - Guitarist Magazine Jan 2007 (click to enlarge)

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:00 +0000

RONNY BENNETT

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000

From playing with the Hillsiders from the 1960's, to "steeling" the show at his own wedding in Inverness in August 2008, Ronny Bennett is never far from a steel guitar.

His name and reputation as both a player and maker are without equal in the history of the steel guitar in the UK.

For over forty years he has combined his love of playing with an incredible drive for the perfect instrument and has been producing amazingly well-engineered guitars from his workshop in the Wirral, Merseyside - twin-necks, pedal steels with any combination of knee levers and pedals, his own-designed keyless tuning system, and of course the lap steel guitar, to which anyone who has ever picked up a solid-body electric guitar owes a debt of gratitude, since every one of them can trace it's history back to the Rickenbacker 'Frying Pan' guitar of 1931.

As is the case with regular solid-body electric guitars, little has changed in the fundamental design and components of steel guitars since those early days. It is still, in essence, a plank of wood, with strings stretched along it, and a pickup. But you only have to pick up a cheap imported instrument and compare it with a Bennett to see that quality will always win in the end. The quality of the wood, the raw vintage sound of the hand-wound pickup, the exactness of the bridge and nut (purpose-made for these guitars rather than adapted from regular electric guitar hardware), the colour-coded position marker system - put all this together with a choice of 6- or 8-string models and a hard case and you've got an instrument that will always sound great and never go out of date. A-lo-ha!

We've been distributing Bennett Lap Steel guitars since 2003 - production numbers are small so if you see a Bennett guitar on your travels, buy it! They are few and far between but take a look at the list of stockists and you'll see that the appeal of these instruments ranges far and wide.

Isle of Man Bike Ride

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Pugh) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:42:00 +0000

Back in July my son, Josh, and I completed a sponsored bike ride around the forty-mile TT circuit on the Isle of Man.

We were riding to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Care and Marie Curie because of the fantastic support they had been to our family while my father, Harry, was being cared for at home while suffering from a terminal brain tumour.

Sadly, Dad died in September, but we're still collecting the remaining sponsor money, and it's never too late to make a donation because the charities I mentioned rely so much on this kind of support. If you'd like to show your support for our ride you can contact me on 07850 196369 or email me via this site.

The picture shows Josh and myself at the end of the ride, during which we endured wind, fog and torrential rain, not to mention the horrendous "mountain route", which had been described to me as "a bit of a hill"! (actually I did say NOT to mention it).

Thanks
Mark & Josh

P.S. Harry Pugh, my father, worked as a journalist from the early 50's right through until the beginning of this century - if you're interested in his story, check out these links

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lives-remembered-harry-pugh-938882.html

and page 16 of this online paper:

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=Jp81y90K1P3w&EID=81ddf1bd-d46c-4b02-9ea3-514beb499a6b&skip=true&iframe=true