#showmeyourstore

Week 2 of @twonotesaudio's Tone Vault giveaway wants me to show you my favorite store. Well, I have a few, so I'm going to make a few posts. Next on my list is @30thstreetguitars in Chelsea, Manhattan. Of course, Manhattan being Manhattan, it's on 27th street now because nyc landlords. Anyway...30th Street Guitars is a killer shop! NYC used to have a lot of cool guitar shops. That's hasn't been the case for years now. Hell, it's been almost a decade since there were any left on 48th Street. Music row is desolate now. Matt Umanov closed a few years ago. Rudy still has his soho showroom...but most of NYC's cool music shops disappeared. But 30th Street Guitars is still there! Jimmy can get you pretty much anything and Matt can fix or build anything else. And they're both hysterical. And again, they know everyone and have a wealth of gear knowledge. When I mentioned the Brian Moore MC/1 I bought back in 1994, he was surprised to hear about it. Then he informed me that he was a builder there back then. Small world for sure. Not to mention, I helped Susan Tedeschi of @derekandsusan pick out a guitar strap there once and it was cool af. 😂 Anyway, when you're in Manhattan, make it a stop if you dog cool music stores that do it old school. And if you dig used and vintage gear and boutique pedals you won't find at Walma...I mean, GC, you'll love it here! #showmeyourstore #twonotestonevault https://www.instagram.com/p/CUrDaAcs2bJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Week 2 of @twonotesaudio's Tone Vault giveaway wants me to show you my favorite store. Well, I have a few, so I'm going to make a few posts. Next on my list is @andertonsmusicco in Sunny Guilford, Surrey, UK. I have the pleasure of knowing @captain_anderton and a few of the folks and even visited the store in person some years back. Much like my beloved Music Zoo, Anderton's also carries a plethora of amazing gear you'd actually find interesting and desirable. And the staff are also actually knowledgeable people who work there because it's a great gig, not simply because they get a discount on strings. But string discounts are nice. I very much look forward to going back. Last time I was there, Lee let me play his @prsguitars 594SC, personally gifted to him by Paul Reed Smith himself. #showmeyourstore #twonotestonevault (at Andertons Music Co.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUrAqP1su5L/?utm_medium=tumblr

Week 2 of @twonotesaudio's Tone Vault giveaway wants me to show you my favorite store. Well, I have a few, so I'm going to make a few posts. I'm starting with @tommythemusiczoo's @themusiczoo! I love this place! Imagine if a big box store only stocked great stuff and all the employees knew what they were talking about. I got my @charvelusa @guthrie.govan sigs there, a while slew of @victoryampsuk and both of my @andersonguitarworks Angels there. The first pic is the original location, when I first went there. Then my first Guthrie and then a whole lot of Victory! That was taken in my apartment in Queens! 😳They've since moved to Farmingdale in a much larger space for even more incredible goodness! #showmeyourstore #twonotestonevault https://www.instagram.com/p/CUq_moKMq2S/?utm_medium=tumblr