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Mandolin Brothers was a musical instrument shop in New York City. It was founded in 1971 and was located in Staten Island , New York . It closed the doors of its physical shop in 2017 and was sold to a California buyer who continues the brand online.
Guitar Center was founded in Hollywood in 1959 by Wayne Mitchell as The Organ Center, a retailer of electronic organs for home and church use. In 1964, after a supplier required him to carry Vox guitar amplifiers, to continue receiving organs, Mitchell added the amplifiers to his inventory and renamed the store The Vox Center, leveraging the Beatles association with the Vox brand.
The building was razed in 1968, and Armstrong relocated his shop, renamed 'Dan Armstrong Guitars', to 500 Laguardia Place in Greenwich Village. In 1968 the Ampeg Company of Linden, New Jersey, hired Armstrong as a consultant to improve their Grammer line of guitars. He designed a new line of guitars and basses that were constructed of clear ...
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The Michael Kelly Guitar Company is a US musical instrument company founded in 1999 and based in Clearwater, Florida. Michael Kelly imports high quality instruments manufactured to their specifications (mainly from South Korea). The company has recently gained popularity, particularly due to the release of their new Mod Shop Guitars, where they ...
Elderly is known as a premier repair shop for fretted instruments, as one of the larger vintage instrument dealers in the United States, and as a major dealer of Martin guitars in particular. Industry publications, music retail trade, and bluegrass music journals have featured articles about the Elderly repair staff.
The man walked into the shop and explained, "So, this is a 1941 Gibson SJ-200. It was owned by 'Pawn Stars': Rare guitar owned by Stephen Stills sells for $85,000
He founded Rick Turner Guitars in 1979 and joined Gibson in 1988 where he served as president of Gibson Labs West Coast R&D Division. [citation needed] Turner left Gibson in 1992 and ran a guitar repair shop at Westwood Music in Los Angeles where he developed piezo pickup designs, working with Jackson Browne, David Crosby, and others. He later ...