"The store is also home to a music store with posters, memorabilia, and autographs covering the walls."
"The Hollywood Showroom's rustic vibe has made it a prime location for television and video projects. The guitars in the collection range from turn-of-the-century Martins to more recent rarities like the Bond Electroglide. The Guitar Center Vintage Collection, which they also have online, has more than 1200 guitars."
"Possibly one of the best-known guitar shops in the country, Gruhn Guitars is known for their wide selection of vintage instruments, including historic early acoustic, archtop, and resonator guitars. Owner George Gruhn is a recognized expert on vintage instruments, and the store also offers appraisals. In addition to the storeуs new and vintage selection, George Gruhn has designed his own line of hollowbody electrics."
"The Music Zoo has been in business for 17 years, and specializes in high-end and custom shop guitars from manufacturers like Fender, Gibson, Charvel, Jackson, ESP, Suhr, and Taylor. Pictured are a selection of the store's Charvels and Gibsons."
"In addition to vintage and new electrics, Elderly has a huge selection of acoustics, banjos, mandolins, and violins. According to Elderly, they are the world's largest single-store retailer of new C.F. Martin guitars."
"Rudy Pensa opened the Soho branch of Rudyуs Music in 2010, where they carry the same high-end selection of instruments as the 48th street location."
"Inside the Guitar Sanctuary (seen in this panoramic shot, split vertically), Fuller stocks Collings, Tom Anderson, Renaissance, Rick Turner Guitars, Mesa/Boogie, PRS Private Stock, McPherson, Fender Custom Shop, Heritage, and other high-end brands, as well as boutique pedals and amps."
"You will find both larger and smaller name new and used amps at Daveуs as well, where they sell Victoria, PRS, Bogner, Fender, Splawn, Dr. Z, Suhr, Reason, Egnater, Budda, Vox, Soldano, and more. "
"The Music Zoo's wide selection of pedals ranges from Boss, Dunlop, Ernie Ball, and Electro-Harmonix to Keeley, Real McCoy, Z. Vex, Fuzzstang, and more. The store also does a large amount of their business through their popular online store."
"We asked PG readers what is the coolest guitar shop they've been to in the US. Last month, we gave you the first 10яFullerуs Vintage Guitar, Guitar Showcase, Lark Street Music, Makeуn Music, Normanуs Rare Guitars, Real Guitars, Rumble Seat Music, TrueTone Music, Chuck Levinуs Washington Music Center, and Willieуs American Guitars. In this second volume we conclude our list of 20. But, we know there are still a lot of great shops that we havenуt covered. Feel free to add your favorites in the comments!"
"While there are hundreds of Guitar Center stores across the country, there are only three Vintage Rooms, in Hollywood, Nashville, and Manhattan. Between them, they host the largest collection of vintage instruments in the country. The original, in Hollywood, opened in 1994."
"Gruhn Guitars has a wide acoustic selection with both incredible vintage guitars and a variety of new, handcrafted instruments. Gruhn Guitars carries Bourgeois, Travis Guitars, Collings, Sexuar Guitars, Davis Luthiers, East Virginia Guitars, McPherson, Larrivee, Gallagher, and more. "
"The store has vintage instruments from Epiphone, Gibson, Fender, Gretsch, Martin, and more. Theyуve been in business for more than 20 years and also offer instrument rental."
"The newest shop in our list, Guitar Sanctuary was born of owner George Fuller's desire to have high-end gear available in his area. So while most independents were closing shop, Fuller opened the Guitar Sanctuary to provide a more personal experience for guitar buyers. In addition to the store, Guitar Sanctuary has a guitar school"
"Buffalo Brothers co-owner Bob Page opened his first music store, Traditional Music, in 1971. Buffalo Brothers was born when Bob teamed up with his brother Tim, who had a shop in the L.A. area. Though they stock amps and electrics (as pictured), the storeуs real specialty is acoustic instruments (see next photo)."
Dave Rogers started Daveуs Guitar Shop in 1982 after selling and trading guitars out of his home for years. Daveуs is now known for both their inventory of new and vintage instruments for sale and Daveуs own expansive collection thatуs on display for visitors.
"Wildwood Guitars does most of their business as an online retailer, so their physical location has a relatively small рstorefront.с The store carries Fender, Gibson, PRS, Tom Anderson, Grosh, James Tyler, EVH, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Epiphone, Reverend, Parker, and more. They also have a selection of used instruments and an onsite tech."
"Rudyуs is one of the last remaining music stores on 48th Street in New York. The store, which opened in 1978, carries a variety of instruments, including many boutique amps and effects, and houses a repair shop as well. Owner Rudy Pensa is a luthier in his own right, building guitars an basses under the Pensa name that have been used by Mark Knopfler, Lou Reed, Eric Clapton, and more."
"Chicago Music Exchange has both vintage and new instruments from both big names and boutique. Pictured is the storeуs extensive effects selection in the case, as well as their stock of Rickenbacker guitars."
"Daveуs stocks new guitars from Fender, Fender Custom Shop, Gretsch, Guild, Charvel, Gibson, Gibson Custom Shop, PRS, Rickenbacker, Tom Anderson, Suhr, Collings, Martin, Taylor, McPherson, National, and more. Vintage pieces for sale include a 1960 Gibson Les Paul Sunburst. "
"The Music Zoo often partners with manufacturers to do exclusive product runs, including the Charvel Natural Series, Fender Ultimate Relic, and Fender NoNeck Stratocaster series."
"In addition to electrics, Rudyуs carries acoustics from Blueridge, Collings, Froggy Bottom, Godin, Guild, Goodall, Lowden, Martin, Petros, Santa Cruz, Tacoma, Takamine, Taylor, and Seagull. They also have a selection of high-end basses, including MTD and Ritter."
"Elderly Instruments is a brick-and-mortar music store and Internet/mail order service based in Lansing, Michigan. Stan Werbin co-founded the store, which opened on July 5, 1972, and is the current owner and president. Elderly takes pride in the fact that they on allow customers to try out all of their instrumentsяeven the rarest of the vintage pieces."
"Buffalo Brothers specializes in high-end acoustics. These two photos are actually a panorama of the store, split in two. The store is known for their 100% Upgrade policy, which allows players to work up to nicer instruments by applying the full tag of an instrument to their net purchase."
"In addition to guitars, the Hollywood Vintage Showroom has a collection of classic amps that reads like a who's who of legendary tone."
"House of Guitars made their name in the 1960s by stocking Gretsch guitars and Vox amps to capitalize on the Beatles craze. Now, the store specializes in vintage and specialty instruments and has earned fans in countless rock stars. "
"Elderly carries a wide variety of electric guitars, from bigger names like ESP, Ernie Ball, Fender, Gretsch, and PRS to smaller, but well-known builders like Campbell American Guitars, Hanson, and Reverend. The store also has a 10-person repair department."
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