We always keep stock of the most popular instrument tutors for piano, violin, cello, viola, guitar, bass, drums, banjo, ukelele, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and many more.  Popular theory and aural books and CDs are also stock regulars. These include books like The Guitarists Way, the Tune a Day series, Fiddle Time Joggers/Runners/Sprinters and The Classic Piano Course, as well as many ABRSM, Trinity Guildhall and Hal Leonard books to name but a few.

Please visit amusic.co.uk to see if we have the book require in stock.  If it doesn’t happen to be there we can certainly order it for you, so please call 01296 392225 for more information.

GUITARS

Amalio Burguet Maestro classical – £1,699 – 91930
Aslin Dane electric strat type – £99 – 92115
Breedlove AJ250 Electro Acoustic 12 string w/hard case – £499 – 92092
Burns Brian May, case & treble booster pedal – £359 – 92127
Daisy Rock electric – £149 – 91985
Dean MS STD Michael Shenker flying V – £199 – 92125
Eastman jazz type – £799 – 91992
Encore classical Romanian – £49 – 92114
Encore electric – £49 – 92062
Encore electric les paul type – £89 – 92054
Faith Jupiter acoustic w/hard case – £399 – 91874
Fender USA Stratocaster w/hard case – £549 – 92107
Fender USA Stratocaster – £449 – 92096
Fender USA Stratocaster w/Texas Special pickup + hard case – £599 – 92051
Flaxwood Liekki w/hard case – £1,299 – 92106
Gear4You electric bass – £59 – 92119
Gibson Les Paul Custom w/hard case – £1,999 – 92101
Gould les paul type electric – £129 – 92082
Ibanez GAX30 electric – £99 – 92045
Jackson Charvel w/case – £299 – 92120
Jim Deacon electric bass – £79 – 92121
Jim Deacon 3/4 electric bass – £79 – 91977
Jim Deacon electric lefty – £79 – 92031
Martin DCX1RE electro – £649 – 92099
Squier electric strat type Japanese – £129 – 92113
Squier electric strat type – £89 – 92068
Squier electric strat type – £79 – 92073
Squier electric strat type – £99 – 92123
SX electric strat type – £59 – 91998
Tanglewood 173 acoustic – £229 – 91946
Taylor 210e electro acoustic – £549 – 92118
Vintage les paul type – £159 – 91997
Washburn AB-10 electro acoustic bass – £259 – 92110
Westfield les paul type – £149 – 92097
Yamaha CPX15E electro acoustic w/hard case – £699 – 92091
Yamaha ERG 121C electric – £89 – 92053

STRINGS

Harlequin purple 1/2 violin outfit – £79 – 91983
Shimro 1/2 violin outfit – £59 – 91935
Stentor 1/2 violin outfit – £59 – 92010
Stentor 1/8 violin outfit – £39 – 92078
Stentor I violin outfit – £49 – 92124
Stentor II 1/4 violin outfit – £49 – 92059
Stentor II 3/4 violin outfit – £59 – 92024
Zeller 1/2 violin outfit – £99 – 92077
Unknown make 1/4 violin outfit – £49 – 91982
Unknown make 4/4 violin outfit – £49 – 91845

BRASS & WOODWIND

Please note that all of our used brass and woodwind instruments have been fully serviced.

B&M Trumpet – £79 – 92105
Buffet 10228sn Oboe Outfit – £699 – 92044
Buffet B12 – £219 – 92126
Jupiter JCL 631 Clarinet outfit – £179 – 92034
Jupiter Alto Saxophone outfit – £299 – 92005
Piccolo (wooden) – £99 – 92006
Yamaha YSL354 Trombone outfit – £359 – 92060
Yamaha YTR1335 Trumpet outfit – £219 – 92075

KEYBOARDS, AMPLIFICATION, PERCUSSION & FX/ACCESSORIES

Bb10 electric guitar practice amp – £25 – 92013
Cruiser CR15g guitar practice amp – £29 – 92048
Fender Princeton 1×12 65w electric guitar amp – £139 – 92108
Korg A5 Guitar FX – £59 – 92023
Line 6 Spider 3 120w – £179 – 92079
Marshall Bass 60 combo 1×12” – £199 – 91958
Mesa Boogie Maverick electric guitar amp w/custom flight case – £1,195 – 92094
Rocket 10 electric guitar practice amp – £29 – 92029
Rocket 20B bass guitar practice amp – £39 – 92095
Roland SC155 sound canvas – £29 – 92084
Squier SP-10 electric guitar practice amp – £25 – 92122
Zoom 1010 guitar multi FX – £29 – 92083

We’ve currently got tunes up for Oktober – a local guitar duo which includes our very own Danny Prendergast. They play wonderful guitar music, combining to create lush voicings with sensitive melodic lines.

We also have a couple of Lightbox tunes up – a local pop band with big aspirations. Both the bass player and lead guitarist work with us, and when they’re not with us this is what they do!

Stay tuned for gig dates and more local artists with their wares!

What we’d like to do is try to keep you informed of all of the used inventory we have at a given point – we aim to create a fresh list every week or so, so definitely keep checking back for updates!  Just a quick note – not all of these will be on our website (amusic.co.uk), so please call +44 (0) 1296 392225 for more details.

So here goes, the list is as follows…

GUITARS

Acoustic Solutions electric – £59 – 92055
Amalio Burguet Maestro classical – £1,699 – 91930
Aslin Dane electric strat type – £99 – 92115
Breedlove AJ250 Electro Acoustic 12 string w/hard case – £499 – 92092
Daisy Rock electric – £149 – 91985
Don Jaun 3/4 classical – £19.99 – 92052
Eastman jazz type – £799 – 91992
Encore classical Romanian – £49 – 92114
Encore electric – £49 – 92062
Encore electric les paul type – £89 – 92054
Faith Jupiter acoustic w/hard case – £399 – 91874
Fender USA Stratocaster w/hard case – £549 – 92107
Fender USA Stratocaster – £449 – 92096
Fender USA Stratocaster w/Texas Special pickup + hard case – £599 – 92051
Flaxwood Liekki w/hard case – £1,299 – 92106
Gibson Les Paul Custom w/hard case – £1,999 – 92101
Gibson Studio w/case – £539 – 92109
Gould les paul type electric – £129 – 92082
Ibanez ARX electric – £159 – 92117
Ibanez GAX30 electric – £99 – 92045
Jim Deacon 3/4 electric bass – £79 – 91977
Jim Deacon electric lefty – £79 – 92031
Martin DCX1RE electro – £649 – 92099
Squier electric strat type Japanese – £129 – 92113
Squier electric strat type – £89 – 92068
Squier electric strat type – £79 – 92073
SX electric strat type – £59 – 91998
Tanglewood 173 acoustic – £229 – 91946
Vintage les paul type – £159 – 91997
Washburn AB-10 electro acoustic bass – £259 – 92110
Westfield les paul type – £149 – 92097
Yamaha CPX15E electro acoustic w/hard case – £699 – 92091
Yamaha ERG 121C electric – £89 – 92053

STRINGS

Harlequin purple 1/2 violin outfit – £79 – 91983
Shimro 1/2 violin outfit – £59 – 91935
Stentor 1/2 violin outfit – £59 – 92010
Stentor 1/8 violin outfit – £39 – 92078
Stentor II 1/4 violin outfit – £49 – 92059
Stentor II 3/4 violin outfit – £59 – 92024
Zeller 1/2 violin outfit – £99 – 92077
Unknown make 1/4 violin outfit – £49 – 91982
Unknown make 4/4 violin outfit – £49 – 91845

BRASS & WOODWIND

Please note that all of our used brass and woodwind instruments have been fully serviced.

B&M Trumpet – £79 – 92105
Buffet 10228sn Oboe Outfit – £699 – 92044
Jupiter JCL 631 Clarinet outfit – £179 – 92034
Jupiter Alto Saxophone outfit – £299 – 92005
Piccolo (wooden) – £99 – 92006
Yamaha YSL354 Trombone outfit – £359 – 92060
Yamaha YTR1335 Trumpet outfit – £219 – 92075

KEYBOARDS, AMPLIFICATION, PERCUSSION & FX/ACCESSORIES

Bb10 electric guitar practice amp – £25 – 92013
Cruiser CR15g guitar practice amp – £29 – 92048
Fender Princeton 1×12 65w electric guitar amp – £139 – 92108
Korg A5 Guitar FX – £59 – 92023
Line 6 Spider 3 120w – £179 – 92079
Marshall Bass 60 combo 1×12” – £199 – 91958
Mesa Boogie Maverick electric guitar amp w/custom flight case – £1,195 – 92094
Rocket 10 electric guitar practice amp – £29 – 92029
Rocket 20B bass guitar practice amp – £39 – 92095
Roland SC155 sound canvas – £29 – 92084
Hiscox case for acoustic guitars – £40 – 92103
Hiscox Yamaha branded hard case for electric guitars – £49 – 92067
Hiscox Yamaha branded hard case for acoustic guitars – £40 – 92017
Zoom 1010 guitar multi FX – £29 – 92083

The previous owner has replaced the original pickup surrounds and scratch plate with authentic Gibson parts in cream, which in my view gives the guitar an air of the APPEARANCE of a Standard Model. The original units are in good shape though, and are included in the fantastic Gibson ‘Custom’ hard case, so if you’d prefer the aesthetics a little different you’ve got the option.

This instrument is not currently advertised on our web-store, but please have a look at the images below, and call our Aylesbury Store on +44 (0) 1296 392225 for more information.

The American-made products Fender makes, most notably the American Standard or American Series instruments, have long been industry standards – with exceptional build quality, wonderful playability and versatility they stand the test of time as they’re always in demand whether used or new.  In an American Fender guitar or bass you will find a very sturdy and trusty musical friend that you can make uniquely yours.

And so to the core part of this article.  To cut to the chase WE HAVE USED AMERICAN STRATS IN STOCK.  IN STOCK.  These things don’t tend to hang around long either so definitely come down and play them, or give us a call.  We’ve got a couple of American Standard Strats and a Hot Rod too!  Check out the photos below of two of them.

The first one is an 80′s Strat which has had a face lift with a black scratchplate.  The maple neck has aged nicely, tinting over the years, and it feels very solid in the hand.  Overall this guitar oozes David Gilmour – and to the untrained eye could be a New-old-stock type guitar build in the David Gilmour mould!  This guitar doesn’t come with a hard case, but is some tasty guitar for under £500.

The second is our Hot Rod – in fetching Surf Green, the pearloid pickguard really pops out.  Another maple neck adourns this guitar with pickups that appear to be Texas Specials!  Mmmmm.

As I alluded to before, these guitars will hold their value, so not only will you own a fantastic musical instrument, but it will also be a stable asset, which will reasonably command the same money you pay today for many years to come.

From personal experience getting strings right is important, and makes a massive difference from guitar to guitar particularly in how they feel and respond to how you play.  I may use one set for one guitar, but wouldn’t dream of using that same set on another guitar.

A big thing for me is longevity, or the life of the string.  I recently strung my Ibanez RG3120 with a set of Ernie Ball Regular Slinky strings and they seem to have become ‘chalky’ and tired over the past week or so.  They did ‘feel’ good for the first couple of weeks though…

And I recently reverted back to Gibson strings on my ES175…the D’Addario EXL 11′s I put on there just didn’t feel right – they faded quickly and didn’t bring out the character of the guitar as well.

My quest for my perfect acoustic guitar string was also interesting.  I tried a number of different types of Phosphor-Bronze strings, as well as a number of different ‘coated’ strings.  Eventually I settled on the Elixir Nanoweb string – enough coating for sustained longevity and tone, but thin enough to allow the true character of the string to ring through.

Gauge is another issue altogether.  There is a general feeling that thicker strings provide a better tone – of which I’m not convinced – but after watching Stevie Ray Vaughan play his ridiculously thick strings I noticed the amount of effort and energy he was putting into the movement of them.  This was something I desired – I wanted to have to work a bit harder on my instrument to convey my message.  I’ll concede that my move from 9′s to 10′s wasn’t the giant leap it could’ve been to SRV’s 13′s (I think), but it was sufficient for me to have to alter my approach slightly, and also struggle for a short time, to play as fluently as I had done previously.  The difference in feel was great.  I felt I could play faster, and more importantly, more expressively.  From playing electrics with 9′s and 11′s I have decided that 10′s are a happy medium for my average blues/rock/funk session.  The process was a very happy one, and I recommend it to anyone.

That is of course, all my own opinion.  And what I’ve learnt from dealing with an even broader range of strings than those already mentioned, is that some musicians will have their favorite strings for particular situations, and others won’t really know why they use the strings they do.

To conclude I recommend two things to both types of musician – try out other string types to see what else is out there – even if you go back to the string with which you started, at least you’ll know why you like it. And change your strings as often as is practical as this will provide you with as pure a platform possible to express yourself.

A wide range of electric and acoustic guitar, bass, banjo, ukelele strings and many more is available through the amusic.co.uk online store.  Stocked brands include Rotosound, D’Addario, Elixir, Fender, Martin, Ernie Ball, Gibson and others.

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It’s a 15watt all-valve combo with a single channel, that can deliver beautifully clear clean sounds, and wonderfully crunchy blues-rock drive. It utilises 2 EL84 valves in the power amp, a trio of 12AX7′s in the preamp, and you also get spring reverb at your disposal.

As I’m normally used to amps with atleast two channels, this has led me to think about how I approach playing with this amp. With the amp set to a driven sound I can clean the sound up by rolling the volume down on the guitar, and when the need arises, I can then increase the volume on the guitar for a bit of blues-y dirt!

This is a great amp to use as a foundation for a selection of pedals. There’s no effects loop, which may turn off those with bigger boards, but I like to keep things more simple with this amp, using overdrive, wah, delay and a handful of modulation effects, and these work well straight into the input. It must be said that simplicity is order the of the day here, but it does it’s job very well.

One of my favourite things about this amp is the FAT switch. In a nut shell this is a boost switch on the amp control surface, and is also switchable via a supplied footswitch. You’ll find no increase in gain when it’s in use, but there is more volume and the tone thickens up nicely. The boost is sufficient enough to be a practical solo lift mid-song, however you need to be aware of when you’ve used as there’s no indication on the amp or supplied footswitch whether you’ve actually got the boost on. It’s one of the few things I would really like on it that I feel it’s missing.

The Blues Junior weighs like a valve amp should, but the quality of the amp is such that it’s worth lugging it over distance. The volume that it kicks out further proves the worthiness of the junior – it’s fantastic! It can hold it’s own in rehearsals and pub gigs with no problems.

Overall I’m chuffed with this amp. It’s served me well in lots of different scenarios and really sounds great.

This is a regular stock item in the Amusic store, so either go down and check one out, or buy online @ www.amusic.co.uk.