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Rudy's Music - Rudy Visits Roger Sadowksy's Shop

PG's Adam Moore is On Location in New York City where he hangs with Robert Kantor and Rudy Pensa as all three tour Roger Sadowsky's shop. In this segment, we get check out some of Sadowsky's 4- and 5-string basses, old-school influenced archtop and semi-hollow body guitars.

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Rudy's Music - Pensa Guitar's Custom Shop & Repair

PG's Adam Moore is On Location in New York City, NY, where he visits Rudy's Music. In this video segment, we get the tour of Pensa Guitar's Custom Shop & Repair. While the wood is not cut in NYC, everything else is done by hand in this small boutique shop. Here, we get to check out some Mark Knopfler models featuring quilted maple tops, mahogany bodies, hardtail or Floyd Rose bridges, and various pickup configurations. In addition, we get to see one of the ravaged guitars from the recent flood in Nashville as Keith Urban's Gibson needed some emergency TLC in order to do a performance that night in NYC.

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Rudy's Music Stop-Amp Room, Mesa Boogie Manhattan

Adam Moore is On Location in New York City, New York, where he visits Rudy's Music Stop. In this segment, we get a tour of Rudy's famous Amp Room where Mesa Boogie Manhattan is located. During this video we get to see Rudy's current collection of amps, including models from Marshall, Orange, Mesa Boogie, 65Amps, Blankenship, Tone King, Louis Electric and many more.

Big Apple Guitar Shops: Then and Now
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Big Apple Guitar Shops: Then and Now

A New Jersey native remembers Music Row’s early years and checks in on NYC’s current indie guitar-shop

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2010 Summer Gear Road Trip Guide

Over the past few years, Premier Guitar has traveled across America documenting some of the coolest places gear is made, played, and displayed in our On Location series of videos—we’ve even made a stop in Germany. Now that the summer travel season is upon us, we’ve compiled your guide to these gear destinations to help you plan a guitar-ific vacation.

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On Location NYC - Rudy's Music Stop

Next to Sam Ash Guitars and Manny's, Rudy's Music Stop rounds out the current offering of West 48th St's famous destination location for guitarists. For more information: Rudy's Music Stop

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On Location NY - Sam Ash Personal Collection Pt. 1

Premier Guitar is On Location in New York City. In this vid, Sam Ash gives you a tour of his personal gear collection.

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On Location NY - Sam Ash Personal Collection Pt. 2

Premier Guitar is On Location in New York City. In this vid, Sammy Ash gives you a tour of his personal gear collection.

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Million Dollar Mic Room at Sweetwater

Sweetwater's mic room, which they refer to as the "Million Dollar Mic Vault," consists of the company's collection of a variety of types of microphones. Located in the recording studio on site at Sweetwater HQ, each of the mics is available for use by artists recording in the studio.