Gift Card

$25.00

Martel Music gift cards make a great gift! 

Available to purchase in $25 increments online.  

We will ship directly to you for free or in store pick-up is available too!

The Music Nomad Cradle Cube- Neck Support for All Stringed Instruments

$19.99

Cradle Cube - String Instrument Neck Support

Patent Pending Innovative Functional Design

5 Angles & Heights for a Custom Fit

Soft Gel Support

Safe on All Finishes

Change Strings Quicker

Full Support to the Back & Front of the Neck

Forget using a pillow or your lap to support your string instrument while you work. MusicNomad has developed a better way to work on your string instrument. The 5-in-1 Cradle Cube neck support rest is made of an innovative soft gel material to gently yet fully support either side of the neck. With 5 varying heights and angles, it works great for care of all string instruments—acoustic guitars, electric guitars, ukuleles, violins, banjos, mandolins and more. Safe on all instrument finishes, our Cradle Cube helps you change strings quicker and do repairs and maintenance in a secure and sturdy way.

Music Nomad GRIP Guards - Premium Fretboard Guards

$11.99

GRIP Guards - Premium Fretboard Guards

Premium Fretboard Guards Contour to all Fretboards

High Quality Stainless Steel Construction

Innovative Curved Angle Lays Flat on Fingerboard

Ergonomic Handle Keeps your Fingers from Getting in the Way

Includes a Set of 3 Guards for Small, Medium & Jumbo Fret Slot Sizes

Works on any String Instrument

Polishing frets and other fret work just got a whole lot easier with Music Nomad's patent pending GRIP Guards. The premium fretboard guards are made using a high precision process that produces a very smooth finish on our high quality stainless steel material, which is nonmagnetic, corrosion resistant and heat resistant. The special engineered curved angle contours to all fretboards. The innovative ergonomic handle makes any fret job easier, quicker, and keeps your fingers from getting in the way. The set of 3 GRIP Guards works on all string instruments and includes 1 each for small, medium and jumbo fret slot sizes. The ideal width lets you work up and down any fretboard whether a guitar, bass or even a ukulele. 

Benson Chimera Head & Cabinet - Night Moves W/ Wheat

$2,898.99

CHIMERA 30 WATT GUITAR AMPLIFIER

Night Moves W/ Wheat Grille

This 30 watt head and 2x12 companion speaker cabinet is for players who love the unique tone and bread-and-butter simplicity of the Monarch, but need it in a louder package for the big stage. Like other Bensons, it is fully hand-wired point to point on terminal strips using premium components and Mercury Magnetics transformers.  Instead of a British-American switch, the Chimera has a bass control that takes the differences between the voices of the Monarch and makes them variable.  The tone controls are musical and versatile… it is hard to find a harsh sound!  

Specs

• 4 x JJ 6V6, 2 x JJ 12AX7 preamp tubes, 5AR4 rectifier
• 30 watts  
• Speaker outputs: 1 x 8 ohm, 1 x 16 ohm

Dimensions/weight

• Head 18.5”W 8”H 8”D 22 lbs
• Cabinet 18.5”W 34”H 10”D 35 lbs

Build

• Point to point construction on terminal strips *no circuit, eyelet or turret board*
• Mercury Magnetics transformers
• Carbon Comp resistors
• Jupiter Capacitors
• DC filments for low noise
• Dovetailed pine speaker cabinets
• Baltic birch head cabinet

    Speaker

• Celestion G12H Well-balanced…a good choice for most Chimeras
• Weber 12A125A Darker, less efficient AlNiCo for a tweed sound

Benson Vinnie Head & Cabinet- Night Moves W/ Wheat

$1,223.99

VINNY 1 WATT GUITAR AMPLIFIER

Night Moves W/ Wheat Grille

THIS LITTLE ONE-WATTER IS NO TOY.  CHRIS SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS ON THE DESIGN SEEKING A GIANT SOUND IN A COMPACT PACKAGE EQUALLY AT HOME IN THE LIVING ROOM AND STUDIO.  BEAUTIFUL CLEAN AND DRIVEN SOUNDS ARE ACHIEVED AT CONVERSATIONAL VOLUMES.  THE VINNY HEAD IS THE SIZE OF A SIX-PACK OF TALL BOYS.  THE SINGLE VOLUME CONTROL IS ALSO A TONE CONTROL: VINNY STARTS OUT BRIGHT WHEN THE CONTROL IS SET LOW AND CLEAN, AND GETS DARKER AS IT IS TURNED UP AND DRIVEN INTO COMPRESSION, OVERDRIVE, AND EVENTUALLY DISTORTION.  THE KILLER FEATURE OF THIS TINY AMP IS AN INTERNAL LOAD AND POST-OUTPUT-TRANSFORMER LINE OUT… VINNY MAKES A KILLER PREAMP!  PLUGGED INTO ANOTHER AMPLIFIER, OR EVEN A RECORDING CONSOLE, REAL POWER TUBE DRIVE SOUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AT ANY VOLUME!  VINNY’S COMPANION SPEAKER CABINET IS 1X10 BALTIC BIRCH PLY LOADED WITH A JENSEN C10R DRIVER.

Specs

•     1 x JJ EL84 power tube, 1 x JJ 12AX7 preamp tube
•     1 watt into 8 ohms
•     Post-output-transformer preamp level output
•     Built in load resistor for silent preamp operation

 Dimensions/weight:

• Head 8.5”W 7”H 6”D 5 lbs
• 1x10 Cabinet 13”W 13”H 8”D 11 lbs

Build

• Point to point construction on terminal strips - no circuit, eyelet or turret board
• Carbon Comp resistors
• Mallory 150M tone capacitors
• Baltic birch cabinets

Benson Monarch Reverb 1x12 Combo - Stripes W/ Oxblood

$2,599.99

MONARCH REVERB 1X12 COMBO

Stripes W/ Oxblood Finish

The Monarch amp in convenient combo form with Tall Bird-style reverb.

The Monarch Reverb features a unique British-American switch, simple yet highly versatile controls, and perfect range of power to be used both cleanly and pushed on the stage and studio without wearing out its welcome, and incorporates tube driven spring reverb in a completely transparent no-compromises fashion into the classic Monarch circuitry.

The circuit design is 100% original, or actually maybe just a combination of 30 different amps Chris likes plus a few ideas of his own.  Either way, the resulting amplifier could be, and often is, the end of your search for perfect guitar tone. 

The Monarch was designed to make you consider ditching your drive pedals (though it takes pedals like a winner).  It was designed to have harmonics when clean, and clarity when it’s pushed.  It is designed to transition from clean to compressed to distortion with a complete lack of harsh harmonics or weird resonances.  The cabinet is open backed and pine to project sound in all directions like an acoustic guitar…a true tone wood that lends it’s own musicality to the guitar’s sound.  The build and finish quality is second to none.

We get asked constantly "What is the Monarch based on?".  Translation: "Which 60s/70s amplifier did you clone and tweak when you developed your product?".  It's a fair question...most builders do this, and that is fine.  We did something new, so there isn't a simple answer.  However, we can tell you where the Monarch falls in terms of sound and feel compared to existing amplifiers.

The Monarch was designed to fulfill the needs of players who:

• Enjoy a Tweed Deluxe but find it could be lacking in punch and versatility
• Enjoy a Top Boost AC15 or 30 but find the upper frequencies a little quacky and grating
• Enjoy a Supro Thunderbolt but want more clarity and better harmonics
• Think some boutique amps they have tried are too bright and/or lacking a certain something…what is it called…tone that satisfies.

Specs

• 2 x JJ 6V6 power tubes, 2 x JJ 12AX7 preamp tubes, 5AR4 rectifier
• 12-15 watts (depending on rectifier)
• Speaker outputs: 1 x 8 ohm, 1 x 16 ohm 

Dimensions/weight:

• 23.5”W 17.5”H 10”D 39 lbs

Build

• Point to point construction on terminal strips - no circuit, eyelet or turret board
• Mercury Magnetics transformers
• Carbon Comp resistors
• Jupiter capacitors
• DC filaments for low noise
• Dovetailed pine speaker cabinets
• Baltic birch head cabinets

Customizations (selectable on order form

  Speaker 

• Celestion G12H Well-balanced…a great choice for most Monarchs
• Weber 12A125A Darker, less efficient AlNiCo for a tweed sound

Benson Monarch Head & Cabinet - Stripes W/ Oxblood

Sold Out $2,498.99

MONARCH 15 WATT GUITAR AMPLIFIER HEAD & CABINET

Stripes W/ Oxblood Finish

“A BIG PART OF THIS LITTLE AMP’S SONIC BEAUTY CAME FROM THE WAY IT ACHIEVED A GENTLE COMPRESSION AMID CLEAN TONES, WHICH BECAME MORE TOOTHSOME AND TOUCH SENSITIVE AS IT SEGUED THROUGH CRUNCH AND INTO FULL-ON LEAD VOICES—ALL WITHOUT A HINT OF HARSHNESS AT THE ONSET OF DISTORTION, YIELDING AN EXTREMELY DYNAMIC INTERACTION BETWEEN PLAYER AND AMP.” DAVE HUNTER, GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE, JAN 2016

The Monarch is the flagship Benson Amp.  It features a unique British-American switch, simple yet highly versatile controls, and perfect range of power to be used both cleanly and pushed on the stage and studio without wearing out its welcome. 

The circuit design is 100% original, or actually maybe just a combination of 30 different amps Chris likes plus a few ideas of his own.  Either way, the resulting amplifier could be, and often is, the end of your search for perfect guitar tone. 

The Monarch was designed to make you consider ditching your drive pedals (though it takes pedals like a winner).  It was designed to have harmonics when clean, and clarity when it’s pushed.  It is designed to transition from clean to compressed to distortion with a complete lack of harsh harmonics or weird resonances.  The speaker cabinet is open backed and pine to project sound in all directions like an acoustic guitar…a true tone wood that lends it’s own musicality to the guitar’s sound.  The build and finish quality is second to none.

We get asked constantly "What is the Monarch based on?".  Translation: "Which 60s/70s amplifier did you clone and tweak when you developed your product?".  It's a fair question...most builders do this, and that is fine.  We did something new, so there isn't a simple answer.  However, we can tell you where the Monarch falls in terms of sound and feel compared to existing amplifiers.

The Monarch was designed to fulfill the needs of players who:

• Enjoy a Tweed Deluxe but find it could be lacking in punch and versatility
• Enjoy a Top Boost AC15 or 30 but find the upper frequencies a little quacky and grating
• Enjoy a Supro Thunderbolt but want more clarity and better harmonics
• Think some boutique amps they have tried are too bright and/or lacking a certain something…what is it called…tone that satisfies.

Awards

• Guitar Player Magazine Editors Pick January 2016
• Premier Guitar Premier Gear December 2015
• Larry Crane's Best of NAMM Jan 2015

Specs

• 2 x JJ 6V6 power tubes, 2 x JJ 12AX7 preamp tubes, 5AR4 rectifier
• 13-18 watts (depending on rectifier)
• Speaker outputs: 1 x 8 ohm, 1 x 16 ohm 

Dimensions/weight:

• Head 13.5”W 8”H 8.25”D 16 lbs
• 1x12 Cabinet 17”W 18.5”H 10”D 20-23 lbs

Build

• Point to point construction on terminal strips - no circuit, eyelet or turret board
• Mercury Magnetics transformers
• Carbon Comp resistors
• Jupiter capacitors
• DC filaments for low noise
• Dovetailed pine speaker cabinets
• Baltic birch head cabinets

   Speaker

• Celestion G12H Well-balanced… a great choice for most Monarchs
• Weber 12A125A Darker, less efficient AlNiCo for a tweed sound

V-Pick Johnny Hiland Signature Model

Sold Out $8.00

Johnny Hiland Signature Model (Pick Only)