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Back to School!!! Paul Bothner Music Specials! Bothner 2012_Back2School_400x400
BACK TO SCHOOL!!! ...Make Your Music Go Further... Valid Until End of February 2012 or While Stocks Last!! Don't Be Caught Without our 3 for 2 Specials on Select Items and Much Much More!!!
WANTED: Your Gear!! REWARD: Trade-In at Paul Bothner Music!! Bothner Real Trade in 2011 WEB
A Chance to Upgrade to the Dream Gear You Deserve... Terms and Conditions Apply
Every set of Zildjian Drum Sticks that you buy goes towards a free set of sticks!!! Zildjian Sticks and Cymbals
With our Zildjian drum stick Z-Cards, each set of sticks you buy will be indicated with a dedicated Zildjian sticker. When the 9 sets of required drum sticks are bought, you receive a 10th set free!!

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The Rock & Pop Music Series Course - SAQA Accredited - At Paul Bothner's Music Stores Rock Pop Photoshop
On 2 Feb, David Bobby gave a workshop at our N1 Value Centre branch on the new syllabus and format of this series.This new set of ground breaking Rock & Pop Music Qualifications is SAQA ACCREDITED... The Rock & Pop closing dates and fees are the same as those for Trinity College and the exam sessions will be the same as the Trinity practical exam sessions.
The Big Blues Music Festival In Kleinmond - 2 & 3 March 2012 BB Fest
This year's lineup of 20 artists includes the massively popular Fender endorsee, Dan Patlansky and legends such as Vusi Mahlasela, Piet Botha and The Blues Broers, featuring guitar god Albert Frost. Other artists include the divas Natasha Meister, Charlie King, In the Deep End and youngbloods Hellfire Blues Club, Sixgun Gospel and Crimson House Blues. Besides offering entry to the area's major tourist attractions, general festival facilities include a 1050 square metre marquee, for shade, PLUS safe parking, a buddy-bus to get you safely home, a kiddies club, arts stalls and more!
Barry Van Zyl Exclusively at COPA Barry Van Zyl
Most Awesome News! The drum world's living legend, Barry Van Zyl will be introducing a new and exciting Drum Programme, exclusively at the Campus Of Performing Arts (COPA). Much lauded and studied by contemporaries at festivals, as a session player and the like, this highly noted master stylus of the laws of groove and doctor of technique in a vast range of styles, is most well known for his more commercial work with the legendary Johnny Clegg,

 Hot Products

The Analogue Custom Shop Pedals By Akai Professional Akai Compressor
Akai Professional has a history of delivering sought-after, groundbreaking guitar effects. From the Shred-O-Matic, an outrageous multi-mode tube/solid-state distortion pedal with expression control, to our most famous pedal to date, the DEEP IMPACT SB1 Synthbass Pedal, Akai Pro has been bringing innovative and unique stomp boxes to guitarists for years.
Akai Professional "MPC Fly" - The First MPC Designed Specifically For The iPad 2 akai-mpc-fly-controller-ipad2_02
MPC Fly merges unmatched Akai Professional technology with the power of your iPad 2, embodying legendary capabilities that have made the MPC an industry standard like real MPC pads, MPC Note Repeat and MPC Swing.
Roland 6 Channel Portable Recorder R-26 Roland R-26
Hand-held field recorders have been hot commodities for musicians, recording engineers, and sound designers for years. Today, the mercury rises in this dynamic market with the debut of the game-changing R-26. This innovative recorder is portable yet loaded with first-class, professional features, the likes of which the industry has not seen before. Capture live performances with the innovative SIMULTANEOUS external mic and built in mic signal input, record important speeches, lectures and presentations, or take the R-26 into the inner city or deep forest for pristine field capture.

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Tackle Our CLEARANCE SALE Prices!!! Spring_PBM_Thumbnail
Tackle Our CLEARANCE SALE Prices!!! Demo stock, shop-soiled and end of range items! Look out for our Green Price Tags in store and pick up a last-chance bargain! Limited stock! First come, first served!

 Products

The Cort Action Bass 4 String Action Bass
This affordable bass series benefits from many decades of building quality basses and Cort's pursuit of improvement. Models include features like active electronics, die cast tuners and a 5-string option.
Cort's MX30R Guitar Amp with Reverb Cort MX30R
The MX Series amps include three amp models. Each has 2 channels (clean and dirty), 3 band EQ and a headphone out. Also included is a special input perfect for your iPod or CD player. Check out the MX30R with 30W of power and built in reverb.
Roland's Cube 20XL Bass Amp Cube 20XL
The most portable of the family, the CUBE-20XL BASS, features 20 watts of power, an 8-inch custom speaker, six COSM amp models, pro-quality effects (Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Solo, Poly Octave, Compression, and Overdrive), Power Squeezer for big sound at low volume, and 3-band EQ.
Roland's DS-7 Bi-Amp Monitor DS-7 Monitor
Roland's flagship DS-7 active reference monitor delivers superb 24-bit performance with precise imaging, ultra-low coloration, and smooth, balanced energy output. The DS-7 is ideally suited for professional and project studios, fixed and mobile broadcast facilities, or any other recording/mixing environment where superb sound quality and accuracy are essential.
EVH Wolfgang AA Quilted Maple Top EVH
The EVH Wolfgang electric guitar represents 2 years of intense research and development, and a year of brutal testing on the road. With every aspect examined and upgraded to the highest standards, the EVH Wolfgang has been produced to Eddie's exact specifications and has features identical to the Wolfgang guitars he records and performs with.
The Hamer XT Monaco Hamer XT monaco
This carved top, single cutaway design with set-neck construction and powerful Duncan Designed Humbucker pickups features a smooth playing mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard that are capped off with classy victory inlays.
SHURE PG14E/PG30 T10 HEADSET Shure Wireless
This is an UHF wireless system consisting of a PG1 pocket transmitter and a PG30 condenser headset. Great quality from one of the leaders in the industry. Move about easily and with the confidence of a Shure mic user. Reliability and high fidelity when you need it most.
The Mapex P710TW Double Bass Drum Pedal P710TW
The new Mapex P710 (single) and the P710TW (double) bass drum pedals are changing the rules on what an "entry level" pedal is supposed to be. Mapex has incorporated several features found on the Falcon and Raptor pedals, like a smaller footprint and quick and easy adjustment points.
Vic Firth's Signature Series Dave Weckl Drumstick - The SDW Dave Weckl
Barrel tip for broad cymbal sound. Fast‚ with great leverage. Available in wood or nylon tip. For the last 20 years, Dave Weckl has maintained a reputation amongst his fans and peers as one of the very finest musicians on the contemporary music scene today.
The AKAI MPK61 MIDI Controller mpk61
Each MPK controller combines a piano-style keybed with a bank of genuine Akai Professional MPC pads, assignable Q-Link controllers and key technologies from the iconic MPC family of music production workstations.

 Latest Articles

Zildjian Artist Biography: Max Weinberg - From Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Max Weinberg
From 1974 through 1989 Max would become part of one of the most popular musical forces in the nation: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Numerous albums and more than a few hits later Bruce broke up the band and Max found his way onto television as the bandleader and drummer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Gene Simmons Accepts No Substitute! Check out interviews of him & the Cort AXE-2 & PUNISHER-2 1284060438_107717309_1-BAJO-ELECTRICO-Cort-Gene-Simmons-De-Kiss-Bajo-1499-D-Locura-LIMA-1284060438
Gene Simmons Accepts No Substitute: There is no one mightier than the God of Thunder himself, Gene Simmons. Check out the latest promotional videos coming out in 2012. Both videos feature the rock star himself telling you exactly why you need to own his signature model basses. Gene accepts no substitute. Should you?
Check out the Boss RC-30 Loop Station YouTube Video and Features Here... boss_rc30_1
New features: True stereo inputs and outputs; up to three hours onboard stereo recording & loop storage... a marked upgrade to its predecessor's mono I/O & 16 minutes of mono recording. The RC-30 has a new dual phrase loop feature that lets users create and play 2 independent stereo loop phrases in sync. The LOOP FX feature lets users process their loop recordings in real time, plus 99 memories for onboard loop storage and an LED memory indicator. Plus, a USB 2.0 port lets users swap and manage WAV audio loops. Phantom Power for condenser mics and onboard rhythms to play along to...
How to Speed Up Your Guitar Playing… the HARD Way - By Guitar Master Duri Dhansay Duri Dhansay Heat Sensored
"So you’ve decided you’re ready to dramatically up your BPM and blur up the fretboard with a flurry of well-placed angelic notes, but the truth is, dazzling an audience with effortless-sounding, supersonic guitar lines isn’t easy." Duri Dhansay is one of our ‘Fastest Guitarist’ contest winners, officially called the Paul Bothner Music Fretboard Frenzy Competition. He clocked in a blinding victory, corroborated by his highly accurate, equally blinding speed in the branch level contest. He’s also a UCT graduate, composer, multi-instrumentalist, columnist and guitar teacher.
Cort's CR250 Rocks the U.K. CR250-rocks-UK
The good people over at Play Music Pickup magazine took the CR250 for a spin. They raved on about the sound quality, playability and price. Although it may look like many other guitars on the market today, the Cort CR250 blows the competition away and we're sure you'll agree.