Guitars for Sale & Stringed Instruments for Sale
San Antonio Guitar Store & San Antonio Guitar Repair
Acoustic musicians take note: If you are looking for a quality acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo or ukulele & you haven't been to Guitar Tex you are missing out on the best acoustic shop in the area. We're small & we don't have everything for everyone but we do have an excellent selection of quality instruments that you won't find anywhere else. What you'll also find is knowledgeable, helpful sales & service who can partake in an informed discussion on wood selections, body size, scale length, nut width & the nuances of a great guitar (try THAT at a big box store). Electric guitarists: Reverend guitars are among the best buy out there on a professional quality instrument with style, features, fit & finish that will rival guitars at 2-3 times the price. Visit their website & Harmony Central for reviews of the Reverend Guitars. Excellent pickups & hardware, flawless fret work & comfortable necks, plus styling that's not just derivative of everything else. The Pete Anderson model hollow body with twin P-90 pickups & Bigsby tremolo has a chime & feel of high-end boutique guitars with the look of a 1960s department store guitar (Sears' Silvertone model S-1446 was decidedly the stylistic inspiration). Comes in satin black or natural finish & right now we have one of each. Service & repairs: That's really where it all started for us & it still remains a big part of what we're all about. John Thurston has been working on guitars & stringed instruments for nearly 40 years, until recently in the Baltimore/DC area, & brings a wealth of experience in building guitars as well as restoration of vintage & fine instruments. A truly gifted & inspired luthier who has a devoted following after only a year in the area. Here's a letter we just received: John, You did a great job on the restoration of my Martin D-28. It plays & looks better than ever. When I saw the guitar had fallen off the wall in my house it was like seeing a member of my family after a major injury. It was very emotionally upsetting. You have restored my joy! I love my Martin. Thank you for your craftsmanship & professionalism. Rick Cavender
Pickups rewound right here! Custom rewound by hand by John Thurston. As far as I know we're the only store in town that offers rewinding services. Keep your vintage guitar vintage. Rewinding starts at $50.00 per coil. Quotes available.
Let's Go To Luckenbach, Texas! Sunday August 23rd the folks at Luckenbach have teamed up with the Kerrville Folk Festival & Cheatham Street Warehouse to sponsor THE GIGGEST GUITAR PICKIN' SESSION IN HISTORY. They're attempting to break the Guinness World Record as well as show support for our homecoming troops & their families. Proceeds will go to the Welcom Home Project VeteransEndowment for traumatic Brain Injuries. Registration is $10 through: www.voicesofagratefulnation.org Registration includes an event T-shirt & dog tags at the gate. We're planning on a caravan from Guitar Tex that morning & may even consider renting a van & taking a gang on out if enough people show interest. Come join us in a worthy cause & what will surely be a good time.
Elvis Presley is in the house! The Martin LXM Elvis Presley model guitar, that is. What a cool little guitar with faux leather back & tooled top just like the one Elvis played in the early years. Limited to 1000 guitars. This has got to be the coolest looking travel guitar ever. MSRP: $699.00 MAP: $529.00
Guitar Tex is getting greener. We're doing so by carrying products made by environmentally aware companies that are really doing something good for the planet. Like Cole Clark Guitars from Australia, using indigenous, sustainable yield woods for their guitars & ukuleles. Wheatware music products makes guitar picks & drumsticks from .........That's right; WHEAT! Drummers love the sticks for their snap & responsive & I love the picks for their tone. Blueridge Guitars. Champagne taste on a beer budget? This is the guitar for you. Everyone who plays one these comments on what great sounding, looking & playing guitars they are, even those with high end acoustics. If you're concerned about taking your Taylor Presentation Series guitar on your next camping trip but just can't be satisfied with a crummy instrument, try one of these beauties.
Souldier Guitar straps are the absolute coolest straps ever made from N.O.S. material including the stuff that the classic 60s & 70s straps were made from. The banjo & mandolin straps are especially nice, but really they are all extremely nice.
1960 Fender Vibrasonic serial #14. Original 15" JBL speaker recently reconed & the amp has completely & properly serviced; filter caps, new tubes, grounded cable added (all orginal replaced parts included with the sale) etc. Sounds incredible with best vibrato in the world. Cosmetically.....well some #@!+^! recovered the amp poorly in black Tolex & replaced the grill cloth, too, so it looks kinda blackface. 25 watts of beautiful, crystaline vintage tube tone that stays clean all the way to 10. JBL speaker cuts through in a band situation & is not tubby sounding at all. Somebody come & buy this amp before I decide I have to keep it for myself. $1,750.00
Just arrived: Martin JC16RGTE Aura. Jumbo rosewood cutaway model with gloss top & state-of-the-art Fishman Aura pickup system. This guitar is a total knockout acoustically & will stand up to the most mighty of dreadnoughts. Pair that with the stage capabilities of the Aura system & you've got one killer guitar. MSRP: $2,499.00
Martin OMC 1E. Martin's new One Series guitars offers all solid woods & classic Martin looks & tone at an affordable price. Sitka spruce & sapele with cutaway in an orchestra model. MSRP: $1,599.00 Martin LXM "Elvis". This is the little Martin with the Elvis motif with faux tooled leather front. too cool.
Martin OM28V
D is for Dreadnought & we've got some wonderful examples for you to try; Martin D-18 75th Anniversary model new Collings D-2H German spruce top. used Martin HD-28 new Martin D-28 1974 excellent condition. You won't find a better, cleaner, better sounding one anywhere.
When they're as good as each of these it's hard to decide. No one else in San Antonio has a selection of prestigious acoustic guitars like ours. Martin MC-DSM. Custom guitar #13 of 100 being made. 0000 size cutaway with Italian Alpine spruce top & figured koa back & sides. Stunning! MSRP: $7,999.00 call Martin OM 28V. Many consider this vintage series Orchestra model Martins to be the perfect guitar. Could be. MSRP: $4,099.00 call
Martin OMC 16OGTE. Cutaway Orchestra model solid spruce & ovangkol w/Roland pickup system. MSRP: $2,199.00 call
If you're in & around the San Antonio area & you love great guitars, you should pay us a visit. You'll find wonderful instruments that you won't likely find elsewhere, like the new Martin 75th Anniversary model D-18 celebrating the birth of the dreadnought guitar in Nazareth, Pennsylyania in 1934. Or the Larrivee L-10 Custom with outrageous bear claw spruce top, burled mahogany back & sides & stunning inlay work. Many Weber mandolins as well as other select new & used mandolins always in stock, ukuleles by Loprinzi, Ohana & others. Pro quality & well reviewed electric guitars by Reverend including the new Pete Anderson model with a old Silvertone vibe & the quality of an expensive guitar.
A recent email to our luthier John Thurston; "I just wanted to tell you how very pleased I am with the work you did on my Gretsch. I am now able to get tones & sounds from the instrument that previously were impossible. This adjustment has led to some innovative things that were before out of reach for me. I appreciate your efforts in making the guitar 'better than new'". Best Regards, Perry Bullard Here's another: Guys, I want to thank you for the kindness & service you gave to me the past couple of days. It is refreshing to walk into an establishment & be provided with a genuine smile & politeness. In this day of grudging service & phony smiles I sincerely appreciate your family style of service. I most definitely will tell my friends & family about you & your store. Otha D. Shannon Thank YOU Perry & Otha. It's because of good folks like yourselves that make our work here a pleasure.
Martin D-18 75th Anniversary model. So you read the recent Fretboard Journal article on the Martin D-18 Authentic & it's got you salivating. But the price tag is beyond what you could ever possible get approved by your spouse, so what can you do? Save a few grand & get this beauty that has many of the same features including; fossilized ivory nut & saddle, Adirondack spruce top, forward scalloped bracing & much more. This is likely to be a very rare & sought after guitar as the years pass. Regardless, it is a spectacular guitar today & will only improve with time. MSRP: $5,149.00
Reverend Guitars' Pete Anderson Model now in stock. After a long wait we've finally got our 1st one in stock & it absolutely rocks. On chat sites folks will compare this to a Gretsch, Gibson, or vintage Harmony/Silvertone, but it's really its' own guitar wit nods to all of the above for a lot less $$$. Dual P-90 pickups, Bigsby vibrato, bound segmented f-holes, satin finish. MSRP: $1,595.00
Blueridge Guitars! We are pleased to be San Antonio & South Texas only dealer for these great guitars. Patterned after classic American designs with extremely high quality, great playabilty, excellent tone & looks. Made in China, the Blueridge guitars represent excellent value for those with discriminating taste on a limited budget.
10 years in Olmos Park & business is good! As a result we've always got new stuff coming & going. We have lots of new inventory both new & used with more stuff on the way. Coming soon: National Tricone resonator guitar, Cole Clark Fat lady guitars models FL1A & FL1AC, Reverend Roundhouse & lots more
Loprinzi tenor ukulele. Solid cherry Style A. Made in Florida by one of the great names in American luthery. Back in the 1960s when guitar making had reached its' lowest point in quality, guys like Augie LoPrinzi, John Greven, Pimentel & a few others were making some of the best stuff available. This LoPrinzi tenor maintains that tradition with flawless workmanship & attention to detail.
SUZUKI HARMONICAS IN SAN ANTONIO! We are pleased to announce that we are now a dealer for the fabulous Suzuki line of harmonicas. They offer a full line of harmonicas from budget diatonics to professional & boutique quality chromatic, tremolo & many more. Great & famous players like James Cotton, Mickey Raphael of Willie Nelson's Band, Ian Gillian of Deep Purple & many others play & endorse Suzuki Harmonicas.
Mandolin Madness. We have the best selection of mandolins in South Texas. If you're looking for a real mandolin that will get you beyond the starter stage we can show a selection of new & used mandolins by Weber, Collings, Eastman, Kentucky & others. We also have cases, strings, accessories & instructional material.
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Martin OMCE Seafoam Martin 00-18 Tim O'brien Martin D-18. circa 1959. $2,700.00 In really poor shape cosmetically, but excellent condition structurally. To play it is to understand why there's nothing quite like a good old Martin........except maybe: new Martin HD-28. Solid sitka spruce & rosewood, the HD-28 is still the benchmark against which all other dreadnoughts are judged. I've seen it over & over again that a client will try all the others, including the boutique guitars, & come back to the Martin sometimes perhaps a bit surprised. Not me. I know that Martin delivers the goods every time. Come see for yourself. Martin DC-16GTE. Solid spruce & mahogany cutaway model with Fishman blender pickup system with tuner. A stage-ready guitar with all the sparkle of a fine Martin guitar at an affordable price.
Cole Clark FL1. Solid spruce & queensland maple. SOLD Cole Clark FL1A. Solid bunya & queensland maple SOLD!
Cole Clark FL1AC. Solid spruce & blackwood Cole Clark FL2AC. Solid bunya & blackwood. SOLD Cole Clark AN2AC. Solid bunya & blackwood
COLE CLARK GUITARS!!!!! A recent Acoustic Guitar Magazine shows Jack Johnson playing one of his (he owns 8 and he paid for every one) Cole Clark Guitars. Read about these Melbourne made guitars there. See them in person here. This is the 1st new design in acoustic guitars that I've seen that positively impressed me since Composite Acoustics. Made in Australia of all solid woods at surprisingly affordable prices. Their proprietary pickup system is also a thing of beauty, totally unlike any other you've heard. Completely unique bracing pattern, & they are carved internally rather like an archtop guitar or violin. Traditional looking on the outside, but unlike any other guitar on the inside
Just arrived & they don't fail to impress. You really should come try one if you're shopping for a nice, affordable solid wood guitar. A lot of guitar for the money & I think the U.S. guitar market will take to the Cole Clark Guitars once they see & play them. Cool & distinctive looking, great sounding & playing guitars acoustically, but perhaps the most stunning feature is the Face Brace Sensor pickup system. Simple & user-friendly, producing incredibly natural & balanced response.This is simply one of the best, most organic sounding pickup systems I've ever heard & I've heard just about all of them. So what you've got is a very cool looking, solid wood guitar with a killer pickup system. One of the special features about Cole Clark guitars is the fact that they are using sustainable yield woods. Blackwood & Queensland maple for the back & sides; native Bunya & spruce for the tops. So far, we're the only dealer in Texas but the buzz is out on these fine guitars & they're already selling well for us. It shouldn't be long before others catch on, but until then I'm glad to be the 1st one to pick up on what is certain to be a successful product line. Come in & try one & see why.
PETE ANDERSON FANS TAKE NOTE: I saw it on their books; Guitar Tex is the absolute 1st on the list for delivery of the Pete Anderson model guitar from Joe Naylor, Ken Haas & the wonderful folks at Reverend Guitars. It's a rockabilly dream guitar with a pair of P-90 pickups & Bigsby tailpiece in a slim hollow body, single cutaway. We've only got one coming in natural finish, so if you want it you better reserve it now. This guitar will completely blow away other guitars with similar features from makers with names more well known than Reverend. Please click on "instruments" to browse our current inventory. Fingerstyle Guitarists take note: We have several guitars in stock right now that are ideal for fingerstyle players: Martin OM 28C Artinger. Visit the Martin site for specifics & particulars on this amazing guitar. Martin 0-17. 1945 excellent condition, 100% original, recent neck reset. Plays, sounds wonderful. $2,350.00 Martin OMCE Seafoam. Looks like a 1957 Thunderbird but sounds like a by golly Martin & a really good one at that. Englemann spruce & flamed maple back & sides, with a gorgeous seafoam green finish, elegantly herringbone trimmed & accented with an ivoroid pickhuard. Fishman Matrix Infinity Pickup puts you on stage with a guitar that will undoubtedly turn heads. Someone please buy this guitar before I decide to make it my own. MSRP: $4,199.00. Call for details & pricing
Virgin of Guadalupe Guitar Straps. These are handmade straps by Couch Guitar Straps of Los Angeles, California from recycled automobile seatbelt material with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe sewn onto the strap. We are the only store in San Antonio to carry these wonderful, inspirational & distinctive guitar straps.
VIBRAMATE IN STOCK NOW! Combined with the Bigsby B-5 vibrato the Vibramate will easily convert any stop tailpiece guitar to adapt the Bigsby with no modifications & no damage to your guitar. This ingenious device attaches itself to the vibrato unit & mounts in the original stop tailpiece mountings. Works only with the B-5 & not the other products. Easy enough to install yourself. We have both the VIBRAMATE & the BIGSBY B-5 in stock now.
LAYAWAY. Layaway. layaway. Remember living within your means & buying only what you can afford? Probably not but anyway it can be done! Make your best deal on any guitar, mandolin, banjo, etc., in the store & provide a 25% deposit to layaway that item with up to 6 months to complete the payments with NO INTEREST
Custom strings from Curt Mangan. We had our favorite string maker package up some of our gauge preferences for acoustic guitar strings in phosphor bronze. Our house strings consist of 3 choices; Marfa Lights (.012-.054), Olmos Lights (hybrid "bluegrass" gauge .012-.056), & Texas Mediums (.013-.056). Our customers love these strings for great tone & feel as well as long life. We invite you to try these terrific strings made in Cortez, Colorado along with the entire line of Curt Mangan products.
Just in from Martin BC-16GTE. Acoustic Bass Guitar. J body shape with cutaway, gloss spruce top, satin mahogany back & sides (all solid woods), Fishman Prefix Plus T pickup system. No kidding folks, this is truly the best acoustic bass guitar I've ever had the pleasure of playing. I was skeptical at first because most others were so completely disappointing, but Martin once again delivers the goods with this bass. Not too many stores have these in stock so you'd best snag this one quickly. MSRP: $2.499.00. MAP: $1,849.00. Call for details
WE LOVE TRADES*WE ACCEPT CONSIGNMENTS Martin BC-16GTE MARTIN HD16R Adirondack MARTIN DC AURA
CUSTOM MADE GUITARS! We have in stock some limited edition & custom guitars. We can also help you own your own custom guitar built with just the woods & features you've always dreamed of. email us at: info@guitartex.com
Gibson RB-250 Banjo 1954 w/ohsc. VG. Appears to be all original with added 5th string capo. Binding is discolored with some cracking but intact & stable. Waverly fibreskyn head. $3,150.00
GOLD TONE BG 250F 5 string banjo. Absolutely your best value in a professional quality banjo. Based on the specs of the classic. MSRP; $979.00
Classical guitars for serious students by Cordoba & Orpheus Valley from $459.00-$900.00. Not budget guitars like those sold in package stores, but high quality solid wood construction worthy of the serious student/player who needs a good guitar but can't afford the $3-5K price tag of a concert guitar. I know for certain there are no better guitars in this range available in San Antonio. We invite you to come in & compare.
RUBY TUBES are now in stock. We are pleased to offer a good assortment of the most commonly used tubes for guitar & bass amps. We have matched sets & single tubes. Call for availability & price.
VISITORS TO SAN ANTONIO We're just 3 miles north of downtown & 4 miles south of the airport, so if you're in San Antonio for business or pleasure we're easy to find. The Olmos Park business district, where we're located, is a wonderful & unique shopping area. You can park your car & safely walk to many interesting & unusual shops as well as numerous restaurants, galleries, coffee shops & cafes. So you can bring your mate along & if he or she is not interested in things musical, there is much in the neigborhood to engage their interests. If you find something you like here we can ship all over the world or you can just take home your souvenir from Texas. Thanks to this website, we get visitors from everywhere & it's always a pleasure to meet visitors from other parts of the country as well as other nations. Our abilities to communicate in other languages is extremely limited, but we do speak fluent guitarese. Overseas visitors may wish to take advantage of the current dollar rate. Buy you guitar here, play it while you're here & take it home with you. You may find a substantial savings over buying at home. TEXAS VISITORS: Some folks that come in from smaller towns & rural areas may want to visit the big mega-music stores because it feels much like the mega stores. There are others who prefer a more Mom n' Pop approach to things & appreciate the fact that most of the goods being sold are actually made in the USA; the sales help is knowledgeable about the products being sold & can speak intelligently about things like wood selection, body size, pickups & such without talking down to you.To those people we look forward to meeting you & serving you. Google Map Link With a new guitar boutique that has opened across the street from us, this area is becoming a destination point for seekers of quality fretted instruments. We each have very different product lines. Our focus remains mostly, but not exclusively, acoustic fretted instruments & theirs is largely electric guitars. We're still the only place in South Texas to shop for stuff like; quality mandolins by Weber & Eastman; Reverend electric guitars; Santa Cruz & National Resophonic guitars, not to mention always plenty of cool ukuleles in stock.
Looking for an acoustic-electric guitar? While we do offer many choices in fine acoustic-electric guitars, many of our nicer guitars do not come with factory pickup systems. We believe that it's often wiser to use an after market pickup rather than have a permanent hole in the side of your fine guitar that may or may not remain "state-of-the-art" while your guitar will be a great acoustic guitar for as long as you take proper care of it. An after market pickup such as the Fishman Matrix Infinity, L.R. Baggs Element Active or I-Beam, or the K&K Pure Western are excellent choices for after market pickups that will not compromise the integrity of your fine acoustic guitar. Some of these provide the player with easily accessed discrete controls inside the sound hole or you can use an external preamp. If you wish to buy a guitar from us we can usually have a pickup installed within 24 hours. Call us for details.
UKULELE NOTES We have been selling quality ukuleles since we opened our doors in 1999. At that time we were the only ones in Texas doing so. You can still come into the store & find someone who actually can & does play the instrument. We are continuing to deepen our commitment to offering serious quality ukuleles by expanding our line to include the very affordable Fortune uke; at $65.00, this will be our "starter" instrument & is vastly superior to any others in this price range. For those wanting a professional quality instrument, consider the fine ukuleles from Bushman or Kiwaya, as well as the fun Flukes & Fleas from Magic Fluke. And for those desiring a true heirloom piece, the new Santa Cruz ukulele will be unsurpassed in tone, beauty & collectibility. As a former student of the greatest "mainland" ukulele player ever, Roy Smeck, I developed an early appreciation for the diminutive "flea" & treat them with the same respect as a fine guitar or mandolin. We just got in a wealth of new books & learning material for ukulele including the whole list of Jumpin' Jim's books & Fretboard Roadmaps for ukulele which is an excellent book/cd package for the player who wants to take his/her playing to the next level.
Mandolins Are In! *Reverend Guitars are back! We were dealers for the original Reverend Guitars back "in the day". Well they went through some changes but Joe Naylor & his crew from Michigan have redesigned the entire line of guitars & they are better & cooler than ever. Beautifully made, attractive & distinctive designs & at a price that will appeal to everyone. We're thrilled to be carrying the Reverend line again. The pickups are wonderful, beautiful factory set-up with the most comfortable neck around & the most sensible, user-friendly controls on the planet. Once you use the "bass contour" control knob you'll wish all electrics had them. We're 1st on their list to receive the new Pete Anderson signature model, which is so completely cool I can hardly stand it! If you're wanting that vintage Duane Eddy vibe without the price tag, this one is for you. For about what you'd pay for that major brand Mexican made guitar, you can own a better guitar with a vibe of its' own that's not a clone of everyone else's guitar. The 1st ones have arrived & the response has been extremely positive. We're the only dealer in South Texas so you won't be seeing these at the big mega stores & if you don't try these.......you'll be missing out on some great guitars!
Progression software from Notion Music. Guitarists & songwriters you need this! In store demonstration Saturday Dec. 8th at 10 am. David Stone will be in the store to demonstrate this amazing software that allows you to jam with your computer as well as transpose in both tablature & notation your own original compositions. We'll be offering special discounts. This will be an exciting gift for the guitarist/songwiter in your life.
FISHMAN AURA STOMP BOXES ARE IN! Could be the greatest advance in acoustic technology ever. I confess to being a non-believer at first but I went to the Fishman website & checked out what the Aura was all about. Then I tried out a Martin DC Aura we had here at the shop & I'm a complete believer. The stomp box allows you to use your existing guitar pickup combined with Fishman's "Acoustic Imaging" to create the natural, warm, organic tones from a mic'ed guitar without the problems. Come in & try one out.
Reverend Double Agent FM. Honey finish flamed maple top with Humbucker bridge pickup & P-90 neck position. Makes for a great looking rocker that won't break the bank. $649.00 Reverend Daredevil 290 wine red. Set neck with block inlays, This is a blues-rock machine that will hang with the best stuff out there. $649.00 Reverend Volcano. Korina "V" body with honey colored finish. A set neck korina V with killer pickups, electronics, hardware & set-up for 500 bucks? You better believe it! Guitar Player Magazine's editor's pick, this baby will rock with guitars costing 3 times as much. $499.00 Buckshot. Cream finish w/single coil bridge & humbucker neck position. Maple neck & board, bolt-on. $499.00 Let's see now... who else in south Texas carries Reverend Guitars? NO ONE!
CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED
We have the lowest rates on consignments of any store in the area & we're pleased to sell your quality instruments for you. We're happy to take your great uncle Ned's old mandolin or banjo & bring it up to snuff & find it a new home, as well as guitars, ukuleles, fiddles, etc. If you like we can sell your items for you on ebay, which can be an excellent means of selling vintage pieces.
APPRAISALS: We offer written appraisals for insurance or other purposes.
NEW Stuff in Stock: CA Vintage Performer. Used, mint condition. High Gloss black finish w/Baggs pickup. A dreadnought that sounds like a vintage guitar but will take the ravages of the road, parking lot picking sessions & whatever else you might dish out. $1,850.00 Composite Acoustics GXi HG carbon burst blue. LR Baggs pickup system. A killer acoustic that loves altered & drop D tunings. $2,250.00
Gold Tone LS-8 Lap Steel. Designed after the Oahu Tonemaster steels from the 30s, the Gold is, simply put, one of the finest lap steels currently offered & better than most of the vintage stuff out there. Looks as good as it sounds this 8-string version offers more tonal colors & depth than the 6-string. For blues, gospel, country, rock or whatever, add some new textures to your sound. MSRP: $679.00 SALE: $499.00
C.F. Martin: JUST IN: OMC-16E Koa. This is very elegant guitar with gorgeous but understated appointments. Surprisingly figured koa for the back & sides - the nicest of these we've seen. Fishman Ellipse blender pickup system is a minimally invasive pickup/mic unit with onboard controls mounted discretely in the sound hole, allowing the player to easily dial in natural, usable tone. Many players feel that the Orchestra Model is the perfect all around acoustic to cover all styles of music. MSRP: 2,999.00. Call for pricing. FREE SHIPPING IN THE LOWER 48 See my new video clip. (Next time, we will quiet things down before we shoot) XC1T Ellipse. Solid sitka spruce top, 000-size guitar with cutaway & Fishman Ellipse pickup system. The looks, tone, feel & prestige of a great Martin guitar at a very affordable price. MSRP: $1.199.00 DX1RGT. Martin's 1st gloss top in the X series of guitars. Plain appointments but classic Martin dreadnought sound & feel. $699.00 000-28. The Standard Series Martins are outstanding guitars & this one's as nice as they come. 000 size & scale makes for a rich sounding guitar that's comfortable to play for hours on end. Indian rosewood back sides produces clarity all up & down the fingerboard with plenty of bass response lacking in other guitars this size. 000-16GT Larrivee: Larrivee D-03 Silver Oak. See above description for L-03 Silver Oak in Specials section Larrivee L-03E SP Larrivee PV-09. Parlor guitar with cutaway. Sitka/ Indian rosewood. Santa Cruz: F Series cutaway. Abalone rosette, stika spruce top, Indian rosewood. 16" small jumbo w/ 1&11/16" nut width. An extremely powerful, balanced & versatile guitar that will appeal to players of all styles. FIREFLY. Cedar/Indian rosewood, parlor sized guitar. The most amazing "little" guitar you'll ever play. RS 12 fret slope shoulder dreadnought sunburst. VS sunburst (used). Near mint condition with B-Band Blend pickup system. $2,800.00 OM/PW. Rosewood (used) very little play wear & just an amazing guitar. $2,2250.00
Ohana Ukuleles: We just got in a few to try & I'm extremely pleased at the quality, price & variety of ukes offered. We have in stock while they last a Vita-Uke concert scale with solid spruce top & mahogany back & sides. My original from the 1920s was an amazing instrument & this lttle beauty does a great job of recreating the look, sound & feel of the old Harmony Roy Smeck Vita-Uke. Also we have a solid mahogany tenor ukulele that really sparkles. For a very reasonable price the Ohana provides a professional quality instrument for those not ready for the expense of a Hawaiian or mainland USA made ukulele.
Weber Mandolins Bitterroot F-style. Anique natural finish has a "aged" look to it; very cool. Gorgeous figured maple back & sides. This is a killer mandolin at a real world price. We've had a lot of fine mandolins through the shop & this one is a real standout. Tone bar bracing sounds amazing out of the box & will Yellowstone A-style; antique tobacco burst finish with tortoise binding. Beautiful to look at & an absolute joy to play. I do believe that this is the nicest A-style mandolin we've ever sold here. Lovely figured maple on the back & sides, dark smoky sunburst that just barely lets the toroise binding show through, radiused fingerboard, tone bars. As good as it sounds today, it will only sound better as it gets played for years & years. As usual, we're the only store in San Antonio to carry serious mandolins. Call for price Gallatin F-style. What an outstanding F at a very reasonable price. Come try it on & compare it with our Eastman F. SOLD!!! Free shipping in the US for all Weber mandolins
CA Guitars CARGO guitar is here! The most sensible "travel guitar" REVEREND Volcano. Honey colored finished Korina "V". Dual humbuckers, 3X3 headstock. This guitar absolutely rocks! Great looks & exceptional workmanship. $499.00 Buckshot. Cream. Sort of tele-ish. $499.00 Manta Ray HB FM. Tobacco burst semi-hollow with dual humbuckers. Club King RT. Orange with Les Trem option (no longer available). Cool vintage vibe, plays like a dream. $699.00 Charger 290. Tobacco burst, maple neck, dual p-90s. $499.00 Centaur Acoustic PA-A1225LV. For acoustic guitar, vocals & a 3rd channel for whatever. 125 watts, 12' speaker and tweeter. These guys have been making superlative acoustic amps for a long time yet remain almost a secret. Truly a boutique amp, made one at a time in California & not like any other acoustic amp on the market, but very reasonably priced. MSRP: $799.00 SALE:$629.00
Cocktail drums? You bet! Just what you need for a small jazz combo or acoustic based band. We have no intention of becoming a drum shop, but this is an area that all the local stores neglect. We now have a custom made drum kit by Metropolitan Drum Company of Massachusetts hand finished in a 2-tone sunburst. Small stage? No sweat with this beauty. Check out Metropolitan Drums at; www.metrodrum.com Our kit is "The Hipster"
New used stuff in stock now Ome Tenor resonator banjo. Don't know the age of this one. Simple mahogany, tortoise bound resonator, dot inlays on the ebony bound fingerboard, Brazilian rosewood headstock overlay. 18 frets. $1,250.00 Taylor 710 CE. 1998 model with the older style neck & Fishman Stereo Blender System that many players prefer. Cedar top Indian rosewood. Some pick wear on the top below the pick guard & around the rosette, otherwise excellent. W/case $1.595.00 Taylor 310CE. 1998 model with the older style neck (pre "finger joint") & Fishman Prefix Plus System. $995.00 w/case Martin 00-15. Near new condition. These are sweet little guitars with plenty of punch. $795.00 w/case Taylor 410. 2001. Spruce/ovankol w/case. Excellent condition. $900.00 Langejans Classical Guitar.Made by luthier Del Langejans of Holland, Michigan in April 1987, Brazilian rosewood, spruce top. Really a lovely guitar in wonderful condition. Colorful marquetry around the top & rosette & a delicate yellow rose inlaid in wood on the headstock, sure to appeal to the Texan in everyone. Hard TKL case included. $2,495.00 1930s Marvel Archtop by Slingerland. Overall excellent condition, tight neck joint, good action. Sunburst finish with faux wood figuring that runs vertically (?), genuine mother-of-toilet-seat headstock veneer with deco style painted logo in great shape. Includes original blue ribbon type strap and case also in good condition. Most of these old archtops have too many issues to make them actual playing guitars. Not so with this one. Nice sounding & playing vintage piece cheap. $350.00 SALE: $275.00!! Unicorn A-style mandolin 1981. Carved spruce top, flamed maple flat back & sides. The early days by some modern mandolin pioneers. w/ohsc $795.00 Gretsch Duo-Jet. Black non-Bigsbyw/ohsc. Near mint, newer model serial #JT05129123. Very nice. $1,795.00 Fender Dual 8 Professional Steel guitar. 1949-51? Console model, no pedals. Early black walnut model as described by George Fullerton. Excellent, with beat case. $1,595.00 60a era Trini Lopez/ Barney Kessel style with thin body, double pointed cutaways, DeArmond looking single coils (2) Peavey T-60 early 80s. Excellent w/ohsc. These were excellent guitars that are finally beginning to get some notice among players & collectors. Great necks, excellent pickups with ahead-of-its'-time circuitry & heavy enough to double as a weapon in a bar fight. The late & very great Texas Bluesman Johnny Clyde Copeland used one as his main axe for many years. Still undervalued on the vintage market. $319.00 70s Lab Series L-5 amp UKULELES: See above for desription of a vintage Guild soprano ukulele. 1920s Regal Wendell Hall "Red Head" solid koa soprano ukulele. Excellent condition including original case. These were among the few "mainland" ukuleles made from koa. Unusually nice condition with tight neck fit, no cracks, headstock decal is intact against a red background with cool red wooden friction pegs also in great shape & working well. Lovely figured koa top, back & sides. Vintage Guitar Price Guide lists these in this condition at $500-$600. An excellent buy at only $350.00 1920s Mossman koa soprano. Excellent figured koa. $495.00 IF ANY OF THESE ITEMS ARE OF INTEREST, CALL OR EMAIL FOR PRICES, PICTURES, DESCRIPTIONS, ETC. OUR PRICES ARE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE.
HARMONICA PLAYERS: If you haven't tried the Bushman Harmonicas, I suggest that you do. Replaceable phosphor bronze reeds give a bluesy tone that you can't get from other harps & the reeds last far longer & are more resistant to blow out than others. At $29.00 each, they're not the cheapest harp out there, but everyone I've sold one to has come back to buy another & I've yet to hear a single negative comment. We keep most keys in stock &, if we don't have it, we'll get it for you. They also make the best & most comfortable harmonica neck rack that I've seen. Tex says "Check 'em out"
Guitar Tex, San Antonio Guitar Store
We are authorized dealers for Larrivee, C.F. Martin, Santa Cruz, Reverend, National ResoPhonic, Eastman, Composite Acoustics, Cort, Gold Tone Banjos, Kiwaya ukuleles and more. Custom orders are welcome & we are happy to work with you to get the guitar of your dreams. WE LOVE TRADES* WE ACCEPT CONSIGNMENTS If you've never been in or if it's been a while, we'd like to invite you visit us here in Olmos Park. Bring your spouse along, too, since there are many wonderful shops & restaurants close by. WHAT"S IT WORTH? Figure it out for yourself. We've put our entire research material available to you so you can look it up & do it yourself. This is at considerable expense to us to accumulate some hard to find & rare books, as well as current price guides. You may use these at no charge. If you require assistance with your evaluation, we will give you a verbal appraisal at $10.00 & written ones at $35.00.
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