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What is a McIlroy Guitar?
What is a McIlroy Guitar? A handmade, prodigious guitar with exceptional tone. Why is it prodigious? In 2000 Dermot McIlroy started his own workshop having worked as a luthier for the Lowden guitar company for many years. Since then McIlroy guitars have become much sought after for their atmospheric and ardent sound and loved by […]
Starting out with a Seagull M4
Starting out with a Seagull M4 The Seagull M4 is very, very easy to play. They look great. They are exceptionally good fun and value for any level of player They fit in a rucksack… …and they come from a fantastic company. Because everyone who works in our store has bought one or has sent […]
Owning a Brook Guitar is a gift for life
Brook are small team of luthiers who have been custom making their guitars in Devon, in a workshop built on ancient woodland near Dartmoor for the last twenty years. I have been fortunate enough to visit their workshop a number of times and have had many conversations with Andy Petherick and Simon Smidmore, who initially […]
A bit about using Koa to build guitars with
Guitars made with Koa Project Music always has a number of high end guitars in store built featuring Koa. We are impressed with how this wood looks and sounds and how individual every piece of Koa is. Tonally it is light, clear, and many would say it is fairly bright and open sounding, with plenty […]
Martin Modern Deluxe Range of guitars
Four new Modern Deluxe models were launched by Martin at NAMMin California in January and reached our Project Music store in late June 2019. These outstanding guitars follow on from the Vintage Series, Marquis Series, and Golden Era Series and would sit in the Martin line somewhere between the Standard Series and the Authentic Series.The […]
Collings Guitars
Collings OM guitar specifications. Ok so you have taken a look at all the high end mid sized flat top acoustic guitars currently on the market and you have decided that a Collings OM is the way to go. After all, in many players opinion, Bill Collings is currently building the best American voiced and […]
Some information about the Eastman guitar company
Eastman Guitars are a relatively recent brand on the scene, releasing the first Eastman guitar in 2004. Project Music has been a fan of Eastman for a number of years. They produce some of the most beautiful hand-made guitars and mandolins with a quality and tone that well exceeds their cost and we really enjoy […]
Project Music’s Guide to looking after your guitar
Project Music’s Guide to looking after your guitar Here are some of the best ways to ensure the new guitar you have bought from Project Music is kept and maintained in the best possible way. This means it will play beautifully for life and reduce issues; saving you time and money. Storage Although a guitar […]
Suhr Guitars and Project Music
Suhr Guitars Project Music is proud to stock a large range of Suhr guitars and we thought a post on the quality of some of their current specifications and a bit on their history may help to give you an insight into why this impressive brand deserves more recognition. Project Music have in stock a […]
Project Music, our customers and the (Convention International Trade in Endangered Species) CITES
Project Music, our customers and the (Convention International Trade in Endangered Species) CITES There are lots of guides on how CITES, and its new regulations, may affect you as a guitarist who travels, sells and or buys second hand guitars independently. Project Music thought it might be useful for customers to have an insight into […]