"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."