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We're delighted to announce that Windmill Guitars has been appointed as a Two Notes Audio dealer!  Two notes Audio Engineering is the brainchild of Dr. Guillaume Pille, a passionate musician who graduated from Montpellier University in 2005. During Guillaume’s time at University (where he spent his rare spare time recording, gigging and engineering bands) he had become frustrated with having a great tube amp, an ENGL, but not being able to use it to its full potential – and that is before he started to think about recording guitar tones or engineering other bands. Two Notes are regarded by many players...

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We're delighted to announce that we'll be accepting the £100 High Street Voucher issued to everyone in Northern Ireland! It's not every day that the NI Government give you all £100 to spend in Windmill Guitars .. but that day has come! If you haven't already applied for your voucher - do it quickly << HERE >>  Remember if you are looking to save for something big over the next few months you can purchase a Windmill Guitars Gift Card which is valid for 12 months! OR .. just come in and grab something before the end of November! Thanks...

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At the end of 2020, in the midst of lockdown number four (or was it five?) we decided to undertake a collaborate project with some of our artistic friends here in Northern Ireland. We’re fortunate to work with some great custom guitar brands at Windmill Guitars - none more so than Chris Moffitt aka Kithara Guitars, who having already partnered with us throughout 2020 was also keen to get involved in a celebration of local artisan products. The link to bring this project to life was internationally renowned artist Terry Bradley, whos gallery is just a few doors up from...

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D'Addario is proud to introduce XS, a true technological breakthrough in coated strings. This groundbreaking innovation offers players maximum life, an unprecedented level of strength and stability—all without sacrificing our iconic D'Addario tone. Led by Chief Innovation Officer, Jim D'Addario, the team incorporated D'Addario's proprietary manufacturing processes and well-known innovations—like NY Steel high-carbon cores in the wound strings and Fusion Twist technology in the plain steels—to give XS incomparable break strength and tuning stability. Setting XS apart from other strings is the new, impossibly thin film coating (1/10 the thickness of a human hair) that completely protects the wound strings...

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A relative newcomer to the custom build market, Kithara Guitars already count international artists including Ariel Posen and Cory Wong as fans (and players) of their guitars. This month sees the Northern Ireland brand land a prestigious 9/10 in GUITARIST magazine who've just reviewed their Harland model. Highlighting the talents of luthier Chris Moffitt, Guitarist were hugely impressed with the attention to detail, quality of build and tonal flexibility of the Harland - scoring it an overall 9/10 in their test.  Windmill Guitars are delighted to represent Kithara Guitars in the UK and Ireland with models always in-stock at our Bangor Co....

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