News - Lyon & Healy Corporation

Lyon & Healy Corporation Featured in Music Trades Magazine

Lyon & Healy Corporation is featured in the February issue of Music Trades magazine. Available here as a PDF…

Lyon & Healy Corporation to Attend The 2020 NAMM Show

Chicago, IL – November 25, 2019 – Lyon & Healy Corporation is excited to announce they will be exhibiting at The NAMM Show, Jan. 16 – 19, 2019 in Anaheim, CA. In the Anaheim Convention Center, Level 1, Hall D in booth #3920, Lyon & Healy Corporation will…

Paoletti Guitars Releases Second Signature Model with Richard Fortus

Quarrata, Italy – November 14, 2019 – Paoletti Guitars is pleased to announce the release of the second signature model in collaboration with Richard Fortus: Richard Fortus Signature Model #2.

SIM1 Sound Imprinting Releases the XT-B Bass Profiler

Forlì, Italy – November 13, 2019 – With XT-B Bass Profiler by SIM1, a bass player has the opportunity to unlimited basses with one pedal. It is not midi, and it is not sampling: it is an innovative technology never seen before which SIM1 calls Smart Tone Shaping (STS – patented technology),…

Relish Guitars Workshop with Ben Lacy

Chicago, IL – May 24th, 2019 – Lyon & Healy Corporation was pleased to partner with Relish Guitars Switzerland and our dealer Gruhn Guitars for a close-up and personal workshop featuring guitar virtuoso Ben Lacy, on Thursday, May 23rd at 6 pm.

Paoletti Guitars presents Richard Fortus | U.S store appearance

Chicago, IL – June 24th, 2019 -Lyon & Healy Corporation was pleased to partner with Paoletti Guitars and our dealers Gruhn Guitars (Nashville), Make’n Music (Chicago), Bananas at Large (San Rafael, CA) and Heartbreaker Guitars (Las Vegas) for special in-store appearances by Richard Fortus of Guns N’ Roses.

Relish Guitars Reviewed in Viral YouTube Videos

Chicago, IL – April 24, 2019- Darrell Braun, Canadian YouTuber, reviewed Relish Guitars in a video. In less than 24 hours it received over 130,000 views, and tens of thousands of guitar enthusiasts harmoniously went to Relish Guitars website.

Lyon & Healy Classical Guitar Introduced at The NAMM Show

Anaheim, CA – January 24, 2019 – The Lyon & Healy Corporation introduced the Lyon & Healy Classical Guitar at The NAMM Show. Handcrafted in Spain, two models of these limited-edition classical guitars The Grenadilla built with a grenadilla back and sides and paired with a cedar top and ebony fingerboard, and The White Ebony built with a white ebony back and sides and paired with a spruce top and ebony fingerboard. In addition, the Lyon & Healy Classical Guitar is outfitted with the new, innovative Acus Phantasma which includes a microphone and a piezo pickup connected to its compact FET preamp through a stereo output, resulting in an extremely natural sound similar to an acoustic one.

MARY ONE BY RELISH GUITARS NOW AVAILABLE IN NORTH AMERICA

CHICAGO – Oct. 10, 2018 – The new Mary One model from Relish Guitars features a pickup swapping system which allows you to change your pickup sound from rock, blues, pop, jazz or even metal within seconds.

In addition, its sleek touch pad allows you to find your perfect neck/bridge pickup mix position, including unique coil split functions by just using the tips of your fingers. The Mary One is truly one of a kind.

XT-1 by SIM1 (IT) GUITAR PROFILER NOW AVAILABLE IN NORTH AMERICA

CHICAGO – Sept. 1, 2018 – Awarded Best in NAMM 2018 in the category Add-On or Accessory, the XT-1 guitar profiler by SIM1 is now available in North America.

With proprietary technology called Smart Tone Shaping (STS), XT-1 is capable of learning (profiling) the sound characteristics of a guitar and modeling it to perfectly reproduce the sound of any other electric or acoustic guitars, with no latency or digital artifacts.