Yamaha Storia Guitar

Yamaha wants newbies and dabblers alike to look good while playing their 'lifestyle' line of Storia guitars. With looks that blend nicely against fine furnishings and soft interior treatments you're sure to be inspired.

We have the Storia III model in stock with a solid mahogany top and 

passive electronics. A friendly 25" scale length and 1-11/16" 

nut width will convince anyone to try their hand at playing.

*SOLD*

EXTENDED: Canned Food Drive Underway - C'mon, we can do better!

As we embrace this holiday season and the good intentions we wish for each other it seems only appropriate to consider those of us in need. 

Once again we have our donations bag ready and waiting for your canned and dry goods to be dropped off during our business hours including this Sunday. 

The donations bag will be available until 
January 31st so please stop by!

Checking off your list? Here are a few 'last minute' guitars to think about.

Maybe you list isn't as exotic as some of these choices but they are last minute additions we now have in stock for the season from top to bottom:

Taylor 714ce & closeup of it's wooden rosette. / Alvarez AD60-12 string, Bottom: 412ce.

We couldn't have said it better ourselves

Guild D-25 NT

An impeccable 1996 Guild D-25 NT just in today. 
It's as if this guitar was simply stored away right after purchase,
it's that clean!

Matchy-Matchy

A matching pair of Ovangkol 200 series guitars in 6 & 12-string now in the shop.

If you could wash your guitar with your favorite pair of jeans....

it would look like this:

Art & Lutherie 'Roadhouse Denim Blue'. 

So next time you're waiting for your favorite pair

to come out of the dryer you can pass the time 

with one of these great little Canadian made

guitars.

Mmmm...nice to have this one back in the shop! (and others)

814ce

These two as well!

Left: 214ce FO Deluxe LTD with gorgeous layered Ovangkol back and sides
Right: GS Mini in Koa

Octave Mandolin & Student Violin

It's not every day we have a luthier-made octave mandolin in stock but today's the day:

Solid spruce top and solid maple back and sides, mahogany neck, hard case included.
Peterson 'Level 1' model, made in 2008
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Next up an Eastman 100 model student violin in clean, almost 'demo' condition at a very attractive price.

New Taylors

We've got a couple of one series, GS mini, two series deluxe and a couple more surprises just in yesterday. Hint: some one series guitars have Walnut and Koa back and sides. For now, wet your appetite with this lovely guitar:

Small Taylor Guitars and a Funky 1960's Electric Guitar

If ever there was a time to come shop for a small sized Tayler guitar, it's now:


If funky vintage electric guitars from 1960's Japan is your thing, look no further:

Taylor'ed to your needs

Not the first time you've heard that pun, sorry!

Some great new Taylors in stock. At the top,

A gorgeous 224ce Deluxe Koa

A baby Taylor mahogany

A GS Mini in mahogany

and a 114e in sunburst finish.*SOLD*

Although electrics aren't normally our thing, we do have a pair of excellent beginner level guitars available in the shop. Left: A Fender Squier Affinity Strat *SOLD* and an Ibanez Gio H/S/S, both with bags and under $150!

So many unique 'folk' instruments just in!

This is about as eclectic as we get here in the shop!
Above left to right: A Russian made balalaika, a Martin A1 vintage mandolin from about 1917, a K'Aloha solid Koa concert uke made in Hawaii, a Wixom C-2 custom made concert uke in solid mango, and a Martin vintage friction pegged mahogany soprano uke, ca.1925.

On the right, our third dulcimer to arrive in the shop: 
1988 W.F.Tornton solid Black Walnut dulcimer in 28" scale length.

Grand Pacific 717e

Just in today: a gorgeous Builder's Edition 'Grand Pacific' 717e.

Special Order Kala Tenor Uke

A long scale tenor (Tenor with a baritone neck basically) we ordered for a customer just recently. These are still available and can order one for you or keep an eye on our wall for one in the future.

Specifications from Kala:
Our Super Tenor models come with a longer neck and have a longer body and a wider lower bout than our traditional Tenor ukulele. The longer neck has a 19” scale length and better fits the wider lower bout and longer body of the Super Tenor. The Super Tenor has a deeper and warmer sound and resonance due to its increased lower bout size.

ALSO:

A Blue Lion dulcimer made from Black Walnut with a Redwood top. Geared tuners and some innovative features like a fret where the strings pass over the endblock make this a true 'luthier' instrument. We don't see these often so take a look the next time you're in town! *SOLD*

Sleepers

It's time to fess up...we have some 'sleepers' in the shop that we've been holding out on. 

From the top LEFT row:

Taylor 322E acoustic electric. Deep, rich, full sound more like guitars

larger and deeper than this guitar's size. It handles strumming

and fingerpicking better than most 'OM' sized guitars. 

All solid Blackwood back and sides, solid Mahogany top.

Yamaha 820S with WMC installed K&K pickup. 

We've still got four of these kicking around from a

mistaken 'over stock' last year. One day we went through 

all five and picked this one as the best in volume, tone and

overall balance, so we used it as a K&K pickup demo guitar.

Solid Spruce top, laminate Mahogany back and sides

*SOLD*

Art & Lutherie 'Roadhouse Tennessee' is not just another 

parlor guitar with nice looks, it's got a Canadian made pedigree

and the projection to back it up. Many people are surprised by

this guitar when they first pluck it. Not just a blues/folk machine.

Solid Spruce top, laminated Canadian 'Wild Cherry' back and sides.

Yamaha 820S might be easily overlooked if not for it's striking

black looks and sweet mahogany (laminate) balanced tone,

solid Spruce top. Something about this Yamaha's Martinesque feel 

keeps us coming back to it, especially our 

Yamaha fan guitar tech!

Taylor 114E came in first but it was a tight race between 

this guitar and its cutaway sibling right next to it. Walnut

'layered' (laminate) back and sides with a solid Spruce top 

makes for a guitar that speaks with almost the same presence 

as a rosewood guitar with less  muddiness coupled with 

a touch of mahogany's presence-

hard to sum up in words. 

*SOLD*

It's best to let these guitars

speak for themselves.

Yes, we do get custom ordered Taylors from time to time like this beautiful 224ce-K DLX Koa in a left hand build.

The lucky new owner was gifted this instrument!

We don't mind it hanging around until he stops by very soon.

The Yamaha's Are Back!

CPX-600
         
                                                                        APX-600's
APX-TII
 

C40 'Gigmaker' Classical packs

Alvarez Guitars back in stock!

Notice to Guitar Repair Customers

The guitar technician is away next week...

You may leave guitar repairs while he's 

away or try back after Tuesday, Aug.20th..

Jason Mraz Taylor Guitar

Wish this Jason Mraz Taylor JMSM

was staying with us but the lucky 

owner special ordered it and away

it goes!

One of the best Taylor nylon strings

we've heard and played in a while!

Yamaha's new P-515 just in TODAY!

This is the slickest P-Series keyboard we've seen ever! 

If you're as excited as us, you'll want to see the complete

specs and info at Yamaha USA's site, here:

https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/pianos/p_series/p-515/features.html#product-tabs

A quick summary of features: 

88-wooden keys.

40 Voices + 18 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices

Internal memory total maximum size approx. 1.4 MB

External USB optional flash memory

Weight: 48 lb, 8 oz

*SOLD*

The Sound of Music but NOT the PHONE!

We've been having technical issues with our phone service via no audible incoming 'ring'! If you try the shop and it rings for a very long time it's due to us having to see the cordless phone screen light up during incoming calls. We apologize for any inconvenience and are seeking help at the time of this post!

Eastman AR372CE

Nice Eastman AR372CE hollowbody

archtop guitar in used this week.
*SOLD*