Talk in the bar the other night was about good guitar shops – who has a great selection of acoustics, who does good repair and restoration work, who knows a lot about vintage instruments? Here's a list we came up with for favorite guitar shops in North Amerikay in 2010. Anyone have additions, deletions, corrections, or other nominations?

Buffalo Brothers Guitars
4901 Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA
(760) 434-4567
www.buffalobrosguitars.com/

Charley's Guitar Shop
2720 Royal Lane
Dallas, TX 75229-4727
(972) 243-4187
charleysguitar.com/

Elderly Instruments
1100 N Washington,
Lansing, MI 48906
888-473-5810 toll free
http://elderly.com/welcome.htm

Gruhn Guitars
400 Broadway
Nashville, TN
(next to the Ryman Auditorium, how cool is that)
(615) 256-2033
www.gruhn.com

Intermountain Guitar and Banjo
712 East 100 South,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
(801) 322-4682
http://www.guitarandbanjo.com/

Lark Street Music
479 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ 07666
(201) 287-1959
www.larkstreetmusic.com

Mandolin Brothers
629 Forest Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310-2576
(718) 981-8585
http://www.mandoweb.com/

Mass Street Music
1347 Massachusetts
Lawrence, KS 66044
(800) 747-9980 toll free
http://www.massstreetmusic.com/

Vintage Instuments
507 South Broad Street
Philadelphia PA 19147
Guitar, Etc. Inquiries: (215) 545-1000
Violin Inquiries: (215) 545-1100

The Twelfth Fret Guitarist's Pro Shop
2132 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, ON M4C 1J9, Canada
(416) 423-1554
www.12fret.com