September 2011

Vintage and Fret-King guitars in China as JHS signs exclusive distribution deal with TeamJet Music

Worldwide trade distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. has signed an exclusive distribution deal with China's TeamJet Music, who will unveil the Vintage® and Fret-King® ranges at October's Music China show in Shanghai.

TJM will be taking on the Vintage electric and acoustic lines and the entire Fret-King catalogue, and will be showing more than 30 instruments in Shanghai, including examples from the Vintage ReIssued, Icon and acoustic ranges, as well as the groundbreaking Fret-King Super-matic selftuning guitar, the Fret-King Blue Label line and the brand new Fret-King Black Label JD guitar, designed in cooperation with master string-bender Jerry Donahue.

Adam Butterworth, JHS's Export Sales Manager, said: “I'm extremely pleased to be launching the Vintage and Fret-King brands in China with TeamJet Music. They have many years of experience of trading in China and have a fantastic and dedicated team to introduce the two brands at the upcoming Music China show, which is also an important exhibition for all our international partners.”

With China's foremost trade show as its starting point, TeamJet's distribution of the JHS brands should get off to a strong start, and the firm's many years of experience in the MI industry will doubtless stand them in good stead for future growth.

Kenny Qian, TeamJet Music's Product Manager, said: “We're very happy to be a new member of the JHS family. TJM has been looking for some good guitar brands in the past year, and now I think we've found them! The Chinese market is a huge potential market, and I'm sure we can work together to discover and expand the market share.”

Visit the TeamJet stand – where JHS will also have a presence – at the Music China show at Booth W2E48.

TeamJet Music:
www.teamjetmusic.com

Music China:
www.musicchina-expo.com/indexen.asp