Press Releases


The Latest Press Releases from PremierGuitar.com

October 19, 2009 - Hal Leonard Corporation to handle single-copy distribution of Premier Guitar Hal Leonard to Distribute Magazines to MI Trade
Hal Leonard Corporation to handle single-copy distribution of Premier Guitar The world’s largest music print publisher, Hal Leonard Corporation will now distribute two leading guitar magazines to music stores: Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge. More...

October 8, 2009 - Staff Changes at Premier Media Holdings
Driven by the explosive growth of the Premier guitar and Guitar Edge multimedia networks, Premier Media Holdings (PMH) has added a number of highly qualified professionals to it's "band".More...

June 26, 2009 - Ooh La La Manufacturing receives Premier Guitar's Premier Gear Award
“Don’t let the name Ooh La La or the fuzzy animal ‘pedal pouches’ fool you,” says Premier Guitar reviewer Brian Barr. “These pedals mean business…" More...

June 23, 2009 - Cole Clark Guitars receives Premier Guitar's Premier Gear Award
“It’s safe to say that Cole Clark Guitars is on to something here,” says Premier Guitar reviewer Adam Moore. More...

June 22, 2009 - Collings Guitars recieve Premier Guitar's Premier Gear Award
“The fit and finish are perfect; playability is more of the same—perfectorama; tones are all you might want from this kind of guitar (so again: perfection),” says Premier Guitar reviewer Pat Smith. More...

 June 22, 2009 - Vintage Guitar Pro and Premier Guitar partnership to offer high-quality/low-cost guitar appraisals
Online guitar appraisal provider, Vintage Guitar Pro, and multimedia guitar company, Premier Guitar, have teamed up to bring high-quality appraisals by Vintage Guitar Pro to a broader audience of serious guitarists at a preferred Premier Guitar reader price. More...

June 5, 2009 - Hal Leonard and Premier Guitar Team Up to Re-Launch Guitar Edge Magazine as Multimedia Network
Hal Leonard Corporation, the world’s largest music print publisher, and Premier Guitar, the fastest-growing guitar media company, have announced the formation of Guitar Edge LLC, a new joint venture company created to expand and enhance Guitar Edge magazine as a multimedia resource for guitarists. More...

March 16, 2009 - Premier Guitar Introduces Talented Managing Editor
Premier Guitar welcomes Gayla Drake Paul to its editorial team in the position of managing editor. Paul brings a dynamic background to Premier Guitar as a successful musician, composer, writer/author, instructor and recording artist. Paul has previously served as a regular contributing editor for Premier Guitar, writing acoustic guitar and songwriting columns as well as articles about stage and recording gear. More...

March 11, 2009 - Premier Guitar and Paul Reed Smith team up for worthy cause
The Rabiner Treatment Center, a home for troubled youths and teens, has received a Paul Reed Smith (PRS) SE Semi-hollowbody as a donation to its newly-founded music department. The donation was made possible through a partnership between Premier Guitar and PRS Guitars, both participating in the PRS Play it Forward program. More...

 February 20, 2009 - Premier Guitar's director of artist relations accepts new position with DBZ guitars/Diamond Amps
Brett Petrusek, director of artist relations for Premier Guitar, has resigned from Premier Guitar to accept an important and newly-created position of marketing director for DBZ Guitars/Diamond Amplification. Petrusek, 39, was the first hire for Musician's Hotline, the predecessor to Premier Guitar, and over the last 3.5 years has made a tremendous contribution to the astounding growth of Premier Guitar's multimedia franchise. More...

February 4, 2009 - Premier Guitar videos score on YouTube
Premier Guitar's NAMM coverage has attracted more than 144,000 video viewers. Illustrating its fast-growing multimedia audience, Premier Guitar has become one of the most-subscribed-to channels among all YouTube partner channels for the period of January 15 - 31. More...

December 4, 2008 – Premier Guitar Honors Manufacturers with New Premier Gear Award Award Debuts in December, Salutes Outstanding Products in a Variety of Categories
Paying homage to some of the M.I. industry's most illustrious new gear, Premier Guitar has unveiled the Premier Gear Award for outstanding guitar products. The newly created award makes its debut in the December 2008 issue of Premier Guitar. The December edition features a major year-end retrospective in which PG editors salute a total of 44 exemplary products with the Premier Gear honor. The showcased products span a wide range of categories and are chosen for key attributes such as innovation, quality, versatility, value and vibe. More...

Sept. 25, 2008 – Premier Guitar Unveils Multimedia “George Lynch Experience” with October 2008 issue: 3-day gear immersion captured in exclusive video and special magazine supplement
Offering readers an in-depth look at one of the world’s most influential guitarists, Premier Guitar has unveiled the “George Lynch Experience” multimedia artist feature. The project includes exclusive video footage available online at www.PremierGuitar.com, and a special 16-page magazine supplement sent to all Premier Guitar subscribers packaged with their October 2008 issue. More...

July 15, 2008 – PREMIER GUITAR (Consumer), PREMIER GUITAR BACK STAGE PASS (Email) and PREMIERGUITAR.COM (Interactive) Have Applied For BPA Worldwide Membership
Ushering in a new phase of their development, Premier Guitar’s print and online magazines, Premier Guitar’s Backstage Pass eNewsletter and the PremierGuitar.com Web site have applied for membership in BPA Worldwide. More...

June 17, 2008 – Premier Guitar Welcomes Gary Ciocci and Jon Levy to Management Team
Marking a new phase in its rapid progress, Premier Guitar magazine is welcoming Gary Ciocci and Jon Levy to the company’s management team. Peter Sprague, the CEO of Premier Guitar, has announced that the guitar industry veterans will join PG as Managing Directors and partners beginning with the Summer NAMM show in Nashville. More...




2007 Press Releases
»  Premier Guitar™ unveils proprietary video instruction resource, Premier Clinic, powered by TrueFire
April 26, 2007
»  Striking a Chord: Guitar 'gearheads' targeted by Mount Vernon Company
March 4, 2007
»  Organic Growth
March 1, 2007
»  Multimedia guitar company tunes in: Magazine, website run from local office.
February 16, 2007
»  Premier Guitar’s Gear Search to help serious guitar players find and sell guitars and related gear
January 19, 2007
»  Musicians Hotline announces name change to Premier Guitar
January 18, 2007