– Press Release

Hartley Peavey, Paul Reed Smith, McGrgegor Gaines, Robert Godin, Ralph
Novak, Paul Reed Smith, Matt McPherson and Bob Taylor have officially agreed
to participate in the landmark series, The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone,
to be released by No Island Media in the Fall of 2006.

“With the addition, and enthusiastic participation, of Hartley Peavey, Paul
Reed Smith, McGrgegor Gaines, Robert Godin, Ralph Novak, Paul Reed Smith,
Matt McPherson and Bob Taylor in The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone
series, a niche series by a small independent, production company has
blossomed into a truly historic media event,” says Dina Walker, Executive
Producer of No Island Media. “This is the first time that the visionaries,
entrepreneurs and engineers who propel the Billion guitar industry are
joining together the share their stories in a single series, and we are very
honoured to be able to present a platform for them to do so.”

The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone is being produced in close
cooperation with fourteen of the leading guitar, and guitar amplification,
visionaries in the world. Each episode focuses on a single person’s quest
for guitar perfection- be it through acoustic, electric or amplification
design.

“The combination of personal stories and how they influence the individual
dreams and pop culture of the world is a profound one, ” says Trevor
Andrews, Executive Director of The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone.
“These stories contain everything that is important about life- music,
business, passion, craft, fortitude, tradition, innovation. Simply put: This
is an essential series for anyone who has ever owned or listened to a
guitar.”

The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone can be pre-ordered from the No Island
Media website: http://www.noisland.net

A preview of the First Act episode can be found on the No Island Media
website, here: http://www.noisland.net/guitar2.html

Guitar enthusiastists that pre-order The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone
in July or August 2006 and are automatically entered in a 0,000 guitar
giveaway.

Volume One of The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone will be released
September 15, 2006 and will include:
– Hartley Peavey
– Paul Reed Smith
– Kelly Butler (First Act)
– Trev Wilkinson (Italia Guitars)
– Robert Godin, and;
– Bob Taylor.
– PLUS: a conversation with tube amplification engineer James Brown (Kustom).

Volume Two of The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone will be released on
October 15, 2006 and will include:
– Ralph Novak
– Ren Ferguson (Montana Gibson Custom Shop)
– McGregor Gaines (National Reso-Phonic)
– Matt McPherson, and;
– Stuart Spector.

Performance and long-form DVDs, focusing on individual visionaries and
performers, are in pre-production, with planned release dates in November of 2006.

Find out more at http://www.noisland.net