June 2010

JHS announce guest artists and exhibitors for EVENT 2010

John Hornby Skewes and Co. Ltd are pleased to announce details of the exhibitor, supplier and guest artist line-up for their annual EVENT trade show on Sunday 13th June until Wednesday 16th June at their Garforth premises.

Guest exhibitors include Manchester sheet music specialists Musical Exchanges, Future Publishing Ltd, the musician's magazine and website stable, Retail Up! website services and RocksCool Academy, whose UK-wide licensed based music schools are proving a massive hit with youngsters (and adults) around the UK.

Confirmed representatives from the various JHS distributed ranges include Ted Burger and Patrick Stevenson representing Kustom Amplification, Seiko's Steve Bradd, Regal Tip's Dick Marcus, James Kitchen & Christopher LaGrange from Diago Ltd, Hans Stamer and Andreas Mayerl representing HK Audio, Adrian Cross from Softapads, Fishman Acoustic Amplifications Scott Lombardo, Corey Congilio and Rob Ketch, Facelifts' Mike and Joe Hrano, Martin Daley from Allen & Heath, Peter Pollard Odyssey Brasswind consultant, Dunlop European Sales Manager Erjan van der Laan, Manuel Rodriguez Jr for Rodriguez Classical guitars and of course Fret-King and Italia guitar designer, Trev Wilkinson.

Live demonstrations and performances will take place throughout the show, from a number of different guest artists including German guitar wizard Thomas Blug, Danny Dugan demonstrating Danelectro guitars and effects, John Verity demonstrating Fishman Amplification, Vintage and Fret-King, Brighouse and Rastrick brass band MD Alan Morrison demonstrating Odyssey, session guitar pro Dave 'Bucket' Colwell on Vintage and Fret-King, former Saxon guitarist and co-founder Graham Oliver rocking out on Vintage electrics, acoustic guitar supremo Gordon Giltrap demonstrating his brand new VE2000GG signature model, international classical guitar artiste Brian Keenan, session bassist Jamie Mallender and country picker extraordinaire Mak Ogawa.

What would it be if we didn’t invite our most important guests, our dealers, to get up and play too, so expect plenty of jammin’ and pub rock classics, hosted by our very own Gav Coulson, international demo guy de-luxe, devil’s horn shredder and bass demon, with this year’s JHS ALL STARS rhythm section powered along by none other than special guest Bob Henrit; everyone can Hold Their Head Up!

If you haven’t signed up for this years premier trade occasion, where we’re offering to give you a real heads up opportunity to be first in to the market with dozens of great new products, give you exclusive deals which will put more cash in to your business and improve your overall margins, give you the chance to forward order for the season at terrific pricing, give you a payment date of November 20th, pay your hotel accommodation, feed you, entertain you and send you home with real benefits for your business, maybe now’s the time to call us and get booked in!

Why wouldn’t you?

       
Above: Gordon Giltrap, Thomas Blug and Graham Oliver.