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20 Jan 10 - 09:40 AM (#2816631) Subject: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: Uncle Phil 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 |
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20 Jan 10 - 09:52 AM (#2816651) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: GUEST,WYS-out Yale Music Sayre, PA ~S~ |
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20 Jan 10 - 10:53 AM (#2816705) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: Backwoodsman My Favourite Guitar, Naples, Florida. |
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20 Jan 10 - 11:14 AM (#2816728) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: GUEST,number 6 I'll also put a plug for the Twelfth Fret. and I'll add Tony's Music Box Fredericton, NB biLL |
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20 Jan 10 - 11:30 AM (#2816741) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: Sandy Mc Lean The only one mentioned that I have visited is Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. Great eye candy there for browsing but too top end for my budget. My favourite would have to be the Halifax Folklore Center. A very good luthier owns it and it has a good selection of old and new instruments. Folklore Ctr. |
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20 Jan 10 - 11:49 AM (#2816755) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: GLoux Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia has a web site: http://www.vintage-instruments.com |
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20 Jan 10 - 11:52 AM (#2816759) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: autoharper Gryphon Stringed Instruments 211 Lambert Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 (650) 493-2131 http://www.gryphonstrings.com/ |
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20 Jan 10 - 12:52 PM (#2816802) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: lompocan McCabes 3101 Pico Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90405-2005 (310) 828-4497 www.mccabes.com/ |
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20 Jan 10 - 03:22 PM (#2816936) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: Phil Cooper Tobias Music in Downers Grove, Illinois. Good prices, great selection, fast, good repairs. They've gotten a lot of my money over the years. |
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20 Jan 10 - 03:36 PM (#2816944) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: GUEST,MAG Guitar Emporium, Seattle. |
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20 Jan 10 - 06:21 PM (#2817098) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: michaelr Tall Toad Music Petaluma, CA Huge selection of acoustics, esp. Gibson and Martin. Got my Lowden there. |
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21 Jan 10 - 09:34 AM (#2817507) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: Uncle Phil Gryphon Stringed Instruments probably should have been on the first list. I feel like I've been there from reading Frank Fords website FRETS.COM for a long time. My all-time favorite was Arnold and Morgan, and later Larry Morgan Music in Garland, Texas, but they are lamentably closed. A great place to hang around and the only place I've ever had repair or restoration work done. - Phil |
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21 Jan 10 - 10:57 AM (#2817569) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: Desert Dancer McCabe's in Santa Monica is also a great little concert venue. This morning on Facebook there's this report: "Gerald "Jerry" McCabe, founder of McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, died on Sunday, January 17; he had had Alzheimer's for a long time, but actually died of a heart attack. A memorial/celebration for his friends in the So Cal area is pending." On the McCabe's web site: ~ IN LOVING MEMORY ~ GERALD McCABE January 30, 1927 - January 17, 2010 Founder of McCabe's, furniture designer, yoga instructor, sailor, restorer of old Citroens, and so much more. He left California in 2005, but never lost his love of the ocean, nor his ability to live life in the moment. Quite simply, we wouldn't exist without Jerry, and we will never forget him. ~ Becky in Tucson (this week; Long Beach next week) |
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21 Jan 10 - 11:36 AM (#2817610) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: catspaw49 Well, they don't have guitars per se, but no list like this would be complete without these two fine suppliers of bits and pieces: Stewart-MacDonald PO Box 900 Athens, Ohio 45701 USA 800-848-2273 Luthiers Mercantile International, Inc. 7975 Cameron Dr. - Bldg. 1600 Windsor, CA 95492 Tel: 707-687-2020 1-800-477-4437 Spaw |
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12 Mar 17 - 01:58 PM (#3844495) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: keberoxu Can any guitarists recommend the Mouradian family shop in Massachusetts? |
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12 Mar 17 - 02:54 PM (#3844507) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: Dave Hanson I believe Mandolin Brothers has now closed down. Dave H |
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13 Mar 17 - 12:42 AM (#3844570) Subject: RE: Favorite North American Guitar Shops From: Joe Offer The Fifth String, Sacramento, California. Renowned for evening instrumental jams. Note that the emphasis is not necessarily on 6-stringed instruments, but they do have a good selection of guitars. Note, however, that I am not an instrumentalist, so what the heck do I know? I know it's a nice shop with a good selection of instruments for sale, and they're knowledgeable people, and they're not Guitar Center. -Joe- |