Tone Tubby, manufacturers of premium-quality hempcone speakers for electric guitar and bass amplification, has announced the appointment of Charlie Shapiro as Technical Marketing Specialist. In his position Shapiro is involved in a wide range of the company’s activities including marketing and sales, customer support, and product development and engineering. Shapiro is a musical instrument industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience as a producer and engineer and has been a consultant to a variety of companies in areas ranging from MIDI/word clock synchronization for digital audio workstations to the prototyping and field-testing of the classic 1980s Audioarts Model 4100 Paramqualizer. Contact [email protected].