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Kung Hei Fat Choi - Happy New Year!

Kung Hei Fat Choi - Happy New Year!

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Burns Night

Tonight Scots around the world will be celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns. This tradition has been going for a couple of centuries and was started by Burns’ friends who held a supper in memoriam on the anniversary of his death, July 21st. However, the first Burns club wasn’t founded until 1801. This was set up in Greenock by merchants, many of whom had known Burns personally, to honour the bard. They held the first Burns supper on the anniversary of his birth, rather than his death, since when the celebrations have been held on January 25th. (Read More)

Live Music Bill: UK Music celebrates

The MIA and the entire UK music industry are celebrating after the Live Music Bill passed its third reading and report stage in the House of Commons. The Bill, introduced by Lib Dem Peer Tim Clement-Jones and promoted in the Commons by Bath MP Don Foster, should now proceed to Royal Assent. (Read More)

Happy Birthday Django!

January 23rd is Django’s birthday. As one of the most influential guitarists in the world of jazz and beyond (artists as diverse as Willie Nelson and Jeff Garcia have cited his influence) we thought we would honour this unique artist by running a profile. (Read More)

 

New - Sandarac Giftware

We are excited to announce a new range of Musical Ornaments and Hanging Decorations. These stylish sculptures are produced from a polycarbonate resin (making them pretty sturdy!) and come in a distinctive black box - perfect for giving as a gift.


Large Treble Clef

Large Bass Clef

Beamed Semi Quavers

Small Semi Quaver

Small Sharp Symbol

Small Flat Symbol

Hanging Decorations

Sandarac welcomes Schatten Design to the fold!

Good news for all acoustic instrument dealers and players. From the 1st August 2010 Sandarac is introducing a new range of affordable pickups from Schatten Design, Canada’s leading manufacturer of pickups for acoustic instruments. Schatten Design offer a wide range of pickups including products specially designed for steel and nylon strung guitars, resonators, Selmer Maccaferri guitars, archtops, banjos, bouzoukis, mandolins, mandolas, ukeleles, harps, autoharps, dulcimers, violins, violas, cellos and basses. In fact, Schatten probably have a pickup solution for almost any acoustic instrument in the market today. (find out more)

Selecting the Best from the Craftsmen of Europe

The introduction of the Dupont range of guitars, basses, amplifiers and pickups has been particularly well received this year with excellent reviews of the Auditorium flat tops and the B4E acoustic bass appearing in Guitarist and Bass Guitar magazine respectively.

The Be-Bop Jazz Archtop (pictured right) has recently been reviewed in Guitar and Bass Magazine and will be on display at the Northern Guitar Shows this year along with a sample of the Dupont Range .

The unique, collapsible, Volante bass again from the Dupont studios has also created quite a stir.  This fantastic double bass, built with the touring musician in mind: soon to be seen taking the stage with The Jools Holland Orchestra. The bass combines excellent playability and a great sound with the peace of mind provided by the instrument’s golf bag sized flight case. The 5-string and left handed versions have proven particularly popular.

The French made Volante bass now sits in the Old Dairy showroom alongside its more traditional double bass cousins and the rest of the Kremona bowed instrument range in the Sandarac portfolio.  Handcrafted in the Orpheus Valley these traditionally made violins, violas, cellos and basses continue to represent excellent value for money.