This weekend Westside are heading to the Manson’s Guitar show in Exeter. The two day show celebrating everything great about the guitar takes place over Saturday and Sunday in the …
Jack Savoretti at King Tuts
The sensational Jack Savoretti charmed a sold out crowd at Glasgow King Tut’s last night. Jack’s been a good friend of ours for many years (using CF Martin guitars/strings & …
Way Huge Echo Puss Has Arrived!
So -as the title above suggests- the new Way Huge Echo Puss has arrived in the UK. Here is proof from our resident warehouse photographer Stephen Ramsay: There’s a strictly …
Dingus Khan
Ben Brown frontman singer/guitarist of Dingus Khan, seen changing his Dunlop strings pre-gig. The band recently changed to using Dunlop strings & reports from the road are that they are …
Terry Bozzio Live in London
Drum and percussion Legend Terry Bozzio hits London next week, bringing his truly unique take on drumming to the nation’s capital on Saturday November 10th. Bozzio became renowned for his …
Sabian Cymbal Vote: Final Day! [Oct 31st]
Today is the last day of the SABAIN Cymbal Vote – there’s still time to cast your vote to see which 4 of the 12 prototype models will go into …
Stay Strong… Bleed Black!
When Zakk Wylde recently visited our showroom Westside MI on Denmark St (thanks to our good friends at Dunlop,) he kindly signed a couple of things for Westside family back …
Muse Pick Tins
Muse were here in Glasgow last night, and it’s safe to say that they blew everyone away. With so much lights, pyro and even (at the end of Stockholm Syndrome) their drummer fighting ninjas, Muse …
Martin Guitar Clinic Tour
A big thank you to Diane Ponzio and to all the dealers up and down the country that helped make the latest Martin Guitar Tour such a success. Diane’s tour saw …
Way Huge Echo-Puss [Video]
How beautifully shot is this new video from Jim Dunlop? their product demos just keep getting and better. There’s very limited quantites of this pedal arriving into the UK this …
Thank You London Drum Show!
A massive thank you to all who visited Westside at the London Dum Show this year for our exhibits of SABIAN, Gon Bops, DW Hardware and PDP Drums. The whole show was …
London Drum Show- This Weekend!
This Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th, the Olympia Conference centre welcomes back the London Drum Show, and as usual Westside and all our drum and percussion brands will be there in force. This year we …
Diane Ponzio Martin Guitar Tour
Later this month Martin Guitar clinician Diane Ponzio returns to play a series of dates across the UK. Diane’s shows are a fabulous mix of performance, song and her fantastic telling of the C …
Thank You London Acoustic Guitar Show!
All of us here at Westside would like to shout out a massive thank you to everyone that made The London Acoustic Guitar Show such a fantastic event for us …
UK Dunlop Friday Giveaways: Signed Buddy Guy Cry Baby
Our fourth and final Wah giveaway is just impossibly cool. The Buddy Guy signature Cry Baby looks amazing, styled after the blues legend’s infamous polka dot Strat, and sounds amazing, well, because it’s …
Zakk Wylde at Westside MI
Zakk Wylde hit London this week ahead of his show at Wembley Arena this Saturday (22nd), and took some time to stop by at Westside MI on Denmark Street. As well as checking out the showroom he …
Express Music: Dunlop String Change Saturday
There’s another Dunlop restringing event happening this Saturday (22nd Sept), this time at Express Music in Coventry. Bring your guitar down and have it professionally restrung with Dunlop Strings COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE, …
UK Dunlop Friday Giveaways: Signed Jerry Cantrell Wah
Four Wahs In Four Weeks is the Dunlop tagline, and we are now into week three. Over here in the UK we’ve already given away an Original Cry Baby and a …
Schecter Hellraiser Extreme
We’ve just sent the Schecter Hellraiser Extreme away for review. What a beautiful guitar. through body construction, really cool ‘black chrome’ hardware and EMGs, flame maple top with satin finish… …
SABIAN Cymbal Vote Update
The SABIAN Cymbal Vote tour keeps on keeping on, this week setting up in The Drum Shop UK in Washington and Poole Percussion in Dorset to bring 12 different types of …
UK Friday Giveaways:- Slash Classic Wah
Information gleaned from last weeks Giveaway: Some guy called Slash is pretty popular. And he’s popular with the guys at Jim Dunlop too- they now have two types of wah …
London Acoustic Guitar Show- Martin Guitars
There’s now only two weeks to go until the London Acoustic Guitar Show, and once again Martin Guitars are bringing their own little corner of Nazareth, Pennsylvania to the capital city. As …
UK Dunlop Friday Giveaways: Cry Baby
Friday Again? Already? Yussss. This week we have a classic pedal which needs no introduction, but we’re going to give it one anyway… ..Wait, we used that line last week. …
Classic Gear: Mesa Boogie V-Twin (photos)
This week we had top session player Phil Palmer’s V-Twin come into our service dept for a little TLC. Currently on tour with George Michael, Phil’s been a MESA …
Last call! Hendrix Exhibition 'Hear My Train a Comin' ends 31st Aug
there’s just a few more days left of the ‘Hear My Train A Comin’ Exhibition, on display at the Hospital Club in London. Very much about the story of Hendix’s time …