Dec 8th 2011 - AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR NORDSTRAND PICKUPS
We are now an authorized dealer and distributor for Nordstrand Pickups, with access to their entire range of guitar pickups, bass pickups and preamps.
Sept 6th 2011 - AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR GB GUITARS
We are very proud to announce that Jade Guitars is now acting as the sole US Service Centre for GB Guitars, makers of high-end handmade bass guitars. GB Guitars are made in England by our dear friend Bernie Goodfellow, and we are proud that Bernie has personally asked us to act on his behalf in offering repair and warranty services for his superb basses. Check Bernie's work out at
www.gbguitars.co.uk
Aug 17th 2011 - DREW & SEBASTIAN AT SOUTHEASTERN GUITAR & AMP SHOW
D&S Guitars will be exhibiting at the 2nd annual Southeastern Guitar & Amp Show in Raleigh, NC on Sept 24/25. Check out the D&S website and the show website at
www.guitarandampshow.com for more details
Aug 1st 2011 - JADE GUITARS FEATURED IN ONLINE NEWS ARTICLE
Jade Guitars (and D&S Guitars) are featured in an article on The Patch, a local online newspaper in Northern Virginia. Written by Journalist Todd Smith, the article can bee seen here:
http://patch.com/A-k716
Jul 20th 2011 - AWESOME GUITARS 'PICKUP TONE MULTIPLIER' NOW AVAILABLE
An exciting recent development for us is our new partnership with Awesome Musical Instruments, makers of the revolutionary 'Pickup Tone Multiplier' switching system for electric guitars and basses. Check out their amazing range of products at www.awesome-guitars.com, and contact us directly to discuss which products would be right for your instrument.
May 14th 2011 - TESLA PICKUPS AUTHORIZED DEALER
Tesla offers a wide range of traditional and modern styled guitar and bass pickups, as well as pedals and accessories, which you can now obtain through Jade Guitars.
Apr 28th 2011 - JADE GUITARS FEATURED IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER
The Connection newspaper in Northern Virginia published an article on both D&S Guitars and Jade Guitars, written by local journalist Alex McVeigh. The article can be viewed online here:
Apr 1st 2011 - TAYLOR WARRANTY AND REPAIR CENTER
As of the above date we have now received authorization from Taylor Guitars to act on their behalf as a warranty and repair center.
Mar 9th 2011 - SEYMOUR DUNCAN AUTHORIZED DEALER
As of the above date Jade Guitars is now an authorized dealer for Seymour Duncan, with access to their entire range of pickups, pedals and accessories.
Feb 16th 2011 - ROTOSOUND STRINGS AUTHORIZED DEALER
We are now an authorized dealer for Rotosound, England's finest guitar and bass strings since the 1950's.
Dec 30th 2010 - BARE KNUCKLE PICKUPS DISTRIBUTOR
We have just become a distributor for Bare Knuckle Pickups, and have access to all of their products.
Dec 10th, 2010 - TV JONES PICKUPS AUTHORIZED DEALER
We are now an authorized dealer for TV Jones pickups, some of the finest vintage style pickups available today. If you own a Gretsch guitar, these are the only way to go!
Sept 24th, 2010 - DISTRIBUTOR FOR DREW & SEBASTIAN CUSTOM GUITARS AND BASSES
Jade Guitars has become the sole distributor for Drew & Sebastian Guitars, a new custom/boutique guitar brand started by our luthier, Graham Drew. For full details visit the Custom Shop page.
Mar 31st, 2010 - AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR HANSER MUSIC GROUP
We are now an authorized service center for the Hanser Music Group. Hanser's list of brands includes B.C. Rich, Michael Kelly, Traben, Floyd Rose, Warwick Basses and RockBass Basses.
Mar 15th, 2010 - NEW JADE GUITARS FACEBOOK PAGE
We've just established our page on Facebook here - become a fan!
Feb 25th, 2010 - A.S.I.A MEMBERSHIP
We are proud to announce that Jade Guitars has now been accepted as a member of the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans.
Feb 23rd, 2010 - WASHBURN, OSCAR SCHMIDT AND PARKER AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER
We are now an authorized service center for all stringed instruments manufactured and distributed by the U.S. Music Corporation, which includes Washburn, Oscar Schmidt and Parker acoustic and electric guitars and basses.
Feb 20th, 2010 - GUILD OF AMERICAN LUTHIERS MEMBER
We are proud to announce that Jade Guitars has now been accepted as a member of the Guild of American Luthiers.
Feb 7th, 2010 - OVATION, TAKAMINE AND HAMER AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER
We have now been fully certified and authorized by KMC Music as a service center. We are now authorized for all brands of guitars, basses and stringed instruments under the umbrella of KMC, which was formerly known as the Kaman Music Corporation. This list of brands includes Ovation, Hamer, Takamine, Jasmine, Applause, Memphis and Montana instruments. As with our other certifications, we are now able to perform warranty and repair work on all brands owned by this manufacturer.
Oct 19th, 2009 - FIRST ACT AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER
JADE GUITARS is now an Authorized Service Center for First Act guitars and basses, and we are now officially handling warranty and repair work on all First Act acoustic and electric stringed instruments.
Sept 24th, 2009 - K&K SOUND SYSTEMS DEALER
We are now an authorized dealer and distributor for K&K Sound Systems, who manufacture some of the finest pickups and preamps for acoustic instruments. Where undersaddle pickups are requested for acoustic guitars, we highly recommend installing K&K pickups.
Sept 18th, 2009 - NEW WIZARD 'OZONE' PICKUPS ARRIVE
We have been sent a pre-production set of Wizard Pickups' newest creation, the 'Ozone' set, for testing and evaluation. These pickups for Stratocaster guitars are Wizard's take on the incredible Strat sound of John Mayer, and production sets will be available soon. Watch this space for updates as they happen.
