Welcome to Apex Music Shop - where service and back up facilities are second to none. Our aim is to give you, the customer a reliable, competitive and trouble free shopping experience for all of your musical needs.
When you visit our music shop in Woodley, Reading you will be helped by staff who are all professional musicians who have vast product knowledge and can give expert advice from years of experience.
Apex Music Shop are the Guitar Specialists in Berkshire for new and secondhand instruments. We always have a good selection of used guitars in stock and are more than happy to trade or part exchange your old guitar against that new purchase or up-grade. We also have one of the best selection of Bass Guitars in Reading
Our commitment makes us feel sure that you would be happy to visit again and recommend our guitar shop to others. Every instrument is properly set up prior to being displayed. When you buy an instrument, we again set it up to your personal preference. At Apex Music, we are fully committed to give you the customer, the very best service available when buying your new musical instrument or music accessory!
Need your guitar or amp fixed:- We have on site facilities for all types of guitar repairs/rewires/rebuilds. We also have a guitar tuition studio with a resident teacher.
HUGHES & KETTNER TUBEMEISTER - http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/products.php5?id=142&prod=TubeMeister
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY :-
For TubeMeister 18 Head , Mr. Hughes and Herr Kettner packed all their know-how and over a quarter of a century‘s passion for tube amps into a remarkably compact chassis. Thanks to German engineering, it can go from a roar to a whisper, shaking the boards on stage, tingling spines in the studio, and raising goose-bumps in the still of night - even during silent recording.
Serving up three different sounds at the touch of a footswitch, the soulful Tube-Meister 18 is the go-to guitar amp for gigging. Its four-step power soak brings
the sound of the big stage into small clubs and your own four walls. And courtesy of the built-in Red Box and silent recording capability, you can lay down pro-quality tracks at any time day or night.
Rock on Stage - Play at Home - Record at Night.
Switchable from 18 watts. 5 watts, 1 watt and 0 watts, this little beast will quite happy rock out at the local 'Pub Sized' gig or plug straight into your recording device on the 0 ohm setting maintaining all the tone and gain you need.
Unlike many other all valve guitar heads, the Tubemeister weighs in at only 9lbs, so it won't break your back setting up or packing up, just pop it in the handy little padded bag that it comes with and off you go - you'll be driving home before your mates have even got their big old heavy head to the car!
Also, you can use the Tubemeister with an 8 or 16ohm cab without worrying about damaging the head.
| Channels | 2 |
| Power | 18 Watts |
| Footswitch/Stageboard | FS-2 optional |
| Protective Cover | Softbag included |
| Dimensions | 356 x 156 x 150 mm |
| Weight | 5 kg |
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Warm tube tone with phenomenal dynamic range that sweeps from sparkling clean to throaty crunch |
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Harmonically rich tube distortion and the gain reserves to go from edgy overdrive to soaring lead sounds |
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Re-voices LEAD to summon modern high-gain sound that pairs plenty of punch with endless sustain |
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Passive voicing section tweaked to evoke the best frequency response out of each channel |
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Preamp section sporting two 12AX7 tubes |
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Push-pull power amp that pumps out stage-approved 18 watts |
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Oversized transformers with tons of headroom |
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TSC-protected power amp featuring auto-bias and status LED |
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Footswitch connection enabling remote channel switching and BOOST actuation |
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Serial FX loop for adding effects-flavored spice to the sonic stew |
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Quad-stage power soak with silent recording capability |
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Balanced RED BOX OUT with authentic speaker emulatio |
ALL IN ALL, A FANTASTIC BIT OF GERMAN TECHNOLOGY!
ASHDOWN MAG EVO 11 4X10 COMBO - in stock
rrp £599.00 our price £479.00
Ashdown MAG C410T-300 Bass Amp EVO II
Ashdown is one of the worlds biggest names in bass amplification. They have a huge list of famous users (U2, System of a Down, Radio Head, Jamiroquai - the list goes on & on!), and whats even better is that Ashdown is a British company. The Ashdown Mag C410T-300 Combo is a semi pro 4x10 bass combo that's ideal for the player who's regularly playing small pubs & clubs. The 4x10" speaker configuration gives a nice tight bass end, but still moves some serious air! The pre amp controls are also probably better than you'd expect on an amp of this money. The sub harmonic switch is also a very popular feature on the Ashdown Mag Series amps. The switch kicks in a sub octave effect (it duplicates the bass signal but an octave below the actual signal) that really fattens up the sound. A 4x10 combo is pretty big, so if you don't have a roadie (ha ha!) you'll probably need a hand getting this in & out of venues. As with all the Mag series products, the price is outstanding for an amp with these features.
Here's what Ashdown say about the MAG C410T-300 Combo
The MAG C410T-300 4 x 10" + tweeter combo features a potent new fan-cooled 307 watts RMS power section. Rotary bass, middle and treble controls are supplemented by smaller rotary controls providing 15dB of cut and boost at 220Hz and 1.6kHz, providing a comprehensive 5 band EQ section. Additionally, front panel push switches for Bright and Deep settings provide instant access to attacking and warm, rounded sounds respectively and, on the subject of low-end response, the trademark Ashdown sub-harmonic generator is ready and able to deliver truck loads of earth moving tone if called upon. Inputs are provided for active and passive instruments and the front panel also features an effects send and return, a tuner/line output and a balanced DI output for direct connection to a mixing console.
All MAG combos have extension speaker outputs and are loaded with Ashdown BlueLine speakers for exceptional attack, clarity and low-end performance. Protection is provided by tough black carpet covering and new steel grilles, while the amplifier chassis is constructed from light yet strong, heat-dissipating magnesium alloy for roadie-free portability. And, of course, the famous Ashdown VU meter remains central to the cool look of these great, value for money bass amplifiers.
Here are some of the major brand names that we stock and their relevent web sites where you can view product specifications for the product you are looking for.
Apex Music are exclusive distributors for both American PRS guitars, Aria guitars, Dean and Freshman guitars in Reading
Paul Reed Smith (PRS) www.prsguitars.com - we are the only USA PRS dealer in Berkshire
Freshman Guitars www.freshmanguitars.co.uk
Cort Guitars www.cort-guitars.co.uk
Aria Guitars www.ariauk.com
Roland Amps www.roland.co.uk
Boss Products www.roland.co.uk
Behringer Products www.behringer.com
Seymour Duncan Guitar Pickups www.seymourduncan.com
Dean Guitars www.bill-lewington.com
Ashdown Bass Amps - www.ashdownmusic.com
Some of the many other brand names we stock are:-
Fender, Used Marshall, Squier, Hughes & Kettner, Indie, Hartke,
Ernie Ball Strings, Jim Dunlop, D'Addario Guitar Strings, DR Guitar Strings, and many many more....
We also stock entry level violins from 1/4 size upto full size.
Here at Apex Music we also have a very large selection of Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitars and Classical Guitars to suit every budget.
We have one of the biggest selections of Freshman Acoustic guitars with almost every model in stock.
Cort Guitars are both a brand and a manufacturer. Apex Music is an approved main Cort dealer. Please click on the links below and take a tour of the Cort factory and see the care and attention to detail of this world famous brand:
- Cort Music/Factory Video
- Cort Acoustic Factory Tour
- Cort Electric Guitar Factory Tour
Apex Music Shop in Woodley, Reading, Berkshire is easily accessed from A329m, A4 and A329.
Apex Music is just 10 minutes from Reading town centre and 10 minutes from Bracknell.
There is plenty of off road free car parking at the shop - if that's not a good reason to come and visit us, what is!
Oh, and don't forget to bring your discount voucher with you to spend in store
Opening Times
Monday to Friday: 10am to 5:30pm
Saturday: 10am to 5pm
WE ARE NOW PROUD TO BE ASHDOWN BASS AMPS DISTRIBUTORS AND NEW STOCK ARRIVING WEEKLY!!
USA - PRS McCARTY IN McCARTY SUNBURST = £1999.00
USA - PRS CUSTOM 24 - 25th ANNIVERSARY MODEL = £2495.00
PRS SE CUSTOM 24 IN SCARLET RED = £639.00
PRS SE 245 IN Scarlett Red = £599.00
PRS SE SANTANA IN YELLOW (flame top) = £749.00
USED MARSHALL JCM 800 50watt combo (serviced)= £475.00
USED IBANEZ JS 100 - mint condition ( Joe Satriani series) = £475.00
ASHDOWN FIVE FIFTEEN - £209.00
ASHDOWN EVO 11 - 180 watt combo's £329.00
Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister - £459.00
ASHDOWN - Evo 111 Rack mount 575watt Head - £629.00
ASHDOWN - Evo 11 180watt combo - £329.00
USED - Fender Strat as new condition - £325.00
USED Marshall JCM900 combo ( just serviced by Marshall) £550.00
USED Marshall 1922 Extension Cab - £175.00
USED Ibanez S520 EX (immaculate) - £375.00
USED Washburn HB35 (1984) immaculate condition - £450
Soon to arrive - the brand new HUGHES & KETTNER TUBEMEISTER ALL VALVE GUITAR HEAD
With the Hughes And Kettner TubeMeister 18 Valve Guitar Amp Head, Mr. Hughes and Herr Kettner packed all their know-how and over a quarter of a century‘s passion for tube amps into a remarkably compact chassis.
Thanks to German engineering, the Hughes And Kettner TubeMeister 18 can go from a roar to a whisper, shaking the boards on stage, tingling spines in the studio, and raising goose-bumps in the still of night - even during silent recording.
Serving up three different sounds at the touch of a footswitch, the soulful Tube-Meister 18 is the go-to guitar amp for gigging. Its four-step power soak brings the sound of the big stage into small clubs and your own four walls. And courtesy of the built-in Red Box and silent recording capability, you can lay down pro-quality tracks at any time day or night.
Hughes And Kettner TubeMeister 18 features include:
ASHDOWN BASS AMPS NOW IN STOCK
A JOLLY GOOD OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by Tony Brown at The Jolly Angler Kennetside Reading. 1st and 3rd monday of each month. All musical styles welcome - 8.30pm start. For more info call Tony on 07971 848501
BLUES JAM at Cellar Bar, Southill park every thursday eve
EXPRESSION OPEN MIC NIGHT - at The Arts Bar, Wellington Road Wokingham every second sunday eve. For more info email Expression.OpenMic@hotmail.co.uk
The following are some of the used amps & guitars in stock at present :-
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- WESTFIELD JAZZER BLACK GLOSS - ARIA 714 NATURAL ASH BODY |
- Used Marshall 1922 extension cab - USED MARSHALL JCM 800 combo - |
MANY MORE USED INSTRUMENTS AND AMPS IN STOCK RIGHT NOW!
WE'RE HAPPY TO PART EXCHANGE WITH YOUR OLD GEAR.
CASH PAID FOR YOUR OLD/BROKEN GUITARS
At Apex Music we know several leading local artists and bands that would make any occassion special and are happy to give referals, here's some below!
MONKEY SHOCK - PARTY COVERS BAND - call Al 07769553668 www.monkeyshock.co.uk
HONEY HONEY - ABBA TRIBUTE ACT - call Emma 07912782896 www.honeyhoneytribute.com
MERSEY ECHOES - 60's TRIBUTE BAND -call Nick 07818 051793
BLUES CRUISE - BLUES BAND - call Pete 07730 685206 www.bluescruise.co.uk
Clem Johnson - Rat Pack Solo Artist - 01344 487344 www.clemjohnson.co.uk
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