JHS

US breakthrough for JHS guitar brands

JHS has made major strides internationally with its Vintage and Fret King brands, appointing a US distributor in the form of RBI Music in Texas.

New Beano guitar from JHS

JHS has released the latest in its range of Beano comic licensed guitars featuring the iconic Dennis the Menace character. 

Supro amp brand gaining global traction

Revived amp brand Supro, distributed in the UK by JHS, has gained a powerful new distribution ally in the US.

European Beat: Busy JHS Takes Two

UK distributor JHS has just taken on two very different lines.French brass and woodwind accessories specialist BG has chosen it as its UK distributor. It has a range…

JHS Honored with Milestone Award

NAMM has honored John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. in Leeds with the Milestone Award for 50 years of service in the music products industry. The award recognizes…

JHS & LEWITT sponsor ‘International Producer Of The Year Award’

The Music Producers Guild hosted their 7th Annual Awards ceremony at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London. With a host of industry stalwarts, grammy-award winning producers, and engineers…

JHS Appoints Pieters Musical Agencies as New Benelux Agent

John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. has strengthened its position in Benelux with the appointment of Pieters Musical Agencies as Sales Agent for Fret-King electric guitars, Santos Martinez Classical Guitars, Supro amplification, Danelectro and Italia electric guitars and…

JHS to Distribute Graph Tech in UK

John Hornby Skewes and Co. Ltd. began distributing the full range of Graph Tech Guitar Labs products in the UK from 1st August 2014.  Graph Tech Guitar Labs produce some of the industry's most innovative…

Seventeen Brands Oppose Gibson's Quest to Trademark '335 Shape'

Odyssey Brasswind Range

The Odyssey Premiere Series has been expanded to include the OBS800 Eb Baritone Saxophone, OFG1300SG Flugel Horn, OCR1000 Eb Soprano Cornet and the OTR1250 D/Eb Trumpet, providing even…

Pilgrim Banjos and Mandolins

The Pilgrim offering is spearheaded with a range of tenor and bluegrass banjos as well as a ukulele banjo and a six-string guitar banjo. These are bolstereed by…

Dennis Drumm on New JHS/LPD Music Distro Agreement

[caption id="attachment_48326" align="alignleft" width="1567"]JHS managing director Dennis Drum[/caption]This past spring, John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. (JHS) entered into a distribution arrangement with LPD Music International. The new…

Radial Teams with Mitch Merret

[caption id="attachment_48106" align="alignleft"]Mitch Merret[/caption]Have you ever met a modest Canadian? Well, that's a silly question. If there is one moniker that hangs around the necks of even the…

JHS to Distribute Cymatic Audio's LR-16

[caption id="attachment_47841" align="alignleft"]Cymatic Audio LR-16[/caption]Worldwide independent trade distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. is the new exclusive UK and Eire distributor of the Cymatic Audio LR-16 multitrack…

LPD to Distribute JHS Guitar Brands in the USA

[caption id="attachment_47598" align="alignleft"]Vice President Tom Vallis, President Sonia Vallis and Director Of Sales Nick Cicero[/caption]John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. has announced its cooperation with LPD Music to…