Welcome to Sam Ash Music

August 2008

Ring Them Bells!
Sam Ash is proud to announce that we have been selected as the exclusive retailer for the very limited edition, hand-signed collection of Marine Band harmonicas. These historic instruments will be available in two different ways - a seven harmonica set, all individually played and signed by Bob Dylan and cased in a beautiful ebony box featuring Dylan's distinctive "eye" logo, an exclusive photograph and a certificate of authenticity signed by the President of Hohner, USA. This collection is limited to 25 pieces world-wide and will retail for $25000 each. Also available is an single Marine Band in the key of C, hand-signed by Bob Dylan. These harmonicas also come in a deluxe box, with a certificate of authenticity and are limited to 100 pieces worldwide. They will retail for $5000 each. These instruments will go on sale on October 29th at midnight EST via a special link, right here at www.samashmusic.com. There will be two special viewing events taking place at our flagship stores in Hollywood, CA and New York, NY, plus we have a great contest where you can win a Bob Dylan Signature Series Harmonica and a deluxe copy of his latest release "The Bootleg Series, Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs." Get all the details, here

Saving Rock & Roll - One Kid At A Time!
The Paul Green School Of Rock Music announced that they will be partnering with Sam Ash Music Stores and kicking things off by opening a new School Of Rock right inside the Sam Ash Music Megastore in Charlotte, NC! "We are extremely excited about this project," stated Steven Prisco, Director Of Marketing for Sam Ash, "and we look forward to serving both current S.O.R. students and the next generation as well."

The Paul Green School of Rock Music is the original performance based, interactive music school founded in 1998 in Philadelphia. The school offers lessons in guitar, vocals, bass, drums and keyboards. The Charlotte location, scheduled to open Sept 2nd. To celebrate this partnership, Sam Ash customers can get $25 off their first month tuition at any School of Rock and all existing students will be entered in a special student discount program. More info, here

Get Plek'd!
Now at Sam Ash in Huntington Station, Long Island! This computer controlled machine from Germany has revolutionized guitar adjustment. Manufacturers such as Martin, Gibson Custom shop and G&L have installed them and others are waiting to receive theirs.

Next to the tone it is the playability that is one of the most important characteristics of a musical instrument that determines its quality.With the PLEK process the most optimal string action possible for each instrument can be guarantied, matching the individual style of the musician. An optimal playable guitar sounds better: the strings do not hit against the frets while playing and intonation problems, that occur because of a inadequately high string action, are eliminated. he PLEK pro has been developed to be used in guitar production factories and/or service-repair shops as a tool that not only does precise fret dressing but also helps with quality control and R&D.PLEK pro speeds up the production process and raises the quality of instruments to an extremely high and consistent level.This computer controlled device scans and dresses a guitar under actual playing conditions, strung and tuned to pitch. This is a major breakthrough since the PLEK pro identifies precisely what needs to be done for perfect fretwork, executes this rapidly, and delivers perfect results on the instrument when restrung.

20th Century Guitar Magazine had this to say about the Plek Pro: “The Plek will revolutionize the way guitars are set up for the player, no matter the type of guitar or playing style. The folks at Plek state, “We at Plek have developed a method which takes all the factors at play on the neck into account in order to calculate and create the perfect action for your guitar. The Plek Proﬁ le individualizes every guitar perfectly, whether it is vintage or new, a classic or just second hand."

Get the dream action with no buzz, no bumps and the string height you want, You and your guitar deserve it! For more information visit Sam Ash in Huntington Station at 269A Walt Whitman Rd or call Larry Fitzgerald for an appointment at (631) 421-9333.