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Congratulations to Dario G on his first gig out and about with the APC40 and Ableton Live. (Glad to hear it all went well).

Academy of Sound have been approved by the Arts Council England as a retail member of the Take it Away finance scheme. This scheme is designed to promote access to musical instruments easier for all UK Residents. The loans are from £100 to £2000.00 and are repayable over 9 Monthly installmants completely interest free (Typical 0% APR ) subject to just a 10% deposit.

For example: 

You may like a guitar that costs £650.00

Minimum Deposit Payable is £65.00 (by ...

It was a pleasure today to have supplied Dario G of  "Sunchyme" fame ..... remember the massive dance track in the 90's. He was in store and took an Ableton demonstration from our hi-tech specialist Steve Edwards. Dario G, was a pleasure to serve and hope he call in again. The equipment purchased was, Novation NIO 2/4 and an Akai APC 40. 

Guitar Maintenance Workshop - Monthly - Every first Saturday of the month come and get your guitar checked out, re strung, cleaned and polished by Haydon Cardew. This service includes minor repairs and adjustments and is only £10.00. Haydon will also discuss any problems you may be having with your guitar and quote for any other work that may be needed.

NEWS FLASH: Saturday 13th March 2010 Academy of Sound have Lee Bartram from Gibson UK in-store throughtout the day, so any question you want to ask our guy at Gibson please come in, and as this is a Special Gibson Event we will be doing some very very special in-store deals.

Lee Bartram is our direct contact with Gibson USA and Epiphone baised in the UK, There are still a limited number of Specialist Gibson and Epiphone Dealers in the UK, who strive to keep a great spread and depth of stock a ...