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Changes!

Terence — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:30:30 +0000

Dear Friends,

A Belated Happy New Year. May your 2012 bring you musical joy!

Thank you for the support we have received from you over these past 5 years. Our website has gone from a small one to a significant information store with over 590 published posts and numerous features.

All these posts will need to upkept and [...]

Yes! The Singapore Guitar Show is just around the corner!

Terence — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:31:04 +0000

We hope to see you there!

Welcome our new sponsor, Tortis Pickguards!

Terence — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:30:36 +0000

Yes, it’s pickguards, pickguards!

Please welcome our latest sponsor, Tortis Pickguards! They specialise in Tortis material and have been supplying pickguards for a long time.

Their stuff is really high quality, acoustically transparent and affordable…. so like they like to say:

Turtle Friendly Guitar Friendly Wallet Friendly

You get to choose the exact pickguard you want with [...]

Announcement: New Ken Miller Guitars website

Terence — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:00:25 +0000

Dear readers,

Our friends and sponsor, Ken & Virginia Miller have a new website- which has beautiful photos especially of Virginia’s inlays as well as Ken’s guitar creations. It also has a large body of archival photos and stories which is definitely worth a look into!

Click on the Dragon (Ken’s longtime logo) to go to the [...]

Announcement: Charity Concert in KL with Shun Ng!

Terence — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:49:16 +0000

Dear Friends & Readers, Our friend Jeff Yong is organizing a charity concert in KL on the 26 Nov 2011 ( Sat ) Time : 8pm by a very talented acoustic guitarist from Singapore. Shun Ng started playing the acoustic guitar only about 2 years and he has developed a very unique style and [...]

Newsflash: Martin Trademarks Headstock Shape

Terence — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:01:06 +0000

Martin guitars announced today they have trademarked the headstock shape.

“The clean, simple, iconic shape of the Martin guitar headstock has long been recognized by consumers as one of the primary identifying brand and design elements of our guitars,” said C. F. Martin & Co. Vice President, Corporate Operations Gregory Paul. “Use [...]

Update 10th May 2011

Terence — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:00:38 +0000

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your continuing support!

Our focus on Larson guitars last month garnered lots of positive feedback and also brought to light even more instruments from these wonderful Chicago based builders! As a result, we have decided to extend our Larson focus for a bit longer with 3 more spectacular Larson instruments for the [...]

Stolen Guitar Alert!

Terence — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:20:39 +0000

We recently interviewed David Anthony Reid (catch the interview here) and I am sad to report his workshop was burgled.

David says:

“Last night,18/04/11 my workshop was broken into and many things were STOLEN, including a £6500.00 VaultBack!

This guitar is an absolute one of a kind. It is the only one in the world! [...]

Update 5th April 2011

Terence — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:00:02 +0000

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your continuing support!

The feedback from our Vintage Martin guitars month in February was very positive but Martin were not the only ones crafting high quality guitars during that Era. Amongst the competition were 2 wonderful Chicago based builders- the Larson Bros! And we also love their guitars here at Guitar bench [...]

Japan in our thoughts and in our hearts.

Terence — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:31:38 +0000

Following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan,

We at Guitarbench would like to pay tribute to our brothers and sisters in Japan. For today, we will not feature a photo, but will instead leave you with a variety of photos of fine guitars from this country. Our thoughts and prayers are with Japan and her people.