Gary's Guitars The Seacoast's Guitar Specialists

Welcome to Gary's Guitars

800 Islington St.

Portsmouth, NH 03801

(603) 427-6133

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Monday 10 to 7, Tuesday to Thursday 10 to 6, Friday and Saturday 10 to 5:30, Sunday 12-4

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Fender Twin Reverb 1965 Reissue in mint condition anyone? Has cover, footswitch and mucho tone. For $999 it could be the last amp you'll ever buy!!!

On the outside an everyday 1999 Fender Standard Strat, although a very clean one. Inside, look out!!! This one has been upgraded with DiMarzio SDS-1, FS-1 and Red Velvet Pick-ups and sounds amazing. At $379 it's less than you'd pay for a new Mexican Strat never mind the DiMarzios and hard shell case!!!

This Eastman AR910CE was made for the 2008 NAMM show.....that means it was an extra special one! A friend scored it shortly afterwards and has now decided to pass it along. If you don't know about Eastman Guitars you should check them out online.....carved top, all solid woods, ebony everywhere, floating Armstrong humbucker, road case and much more. The price of $1999 is a better price for one in this condition than I could find anywhere else!!!

A made in USA, solid spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard guitar with a hard shell case for $499????? You betcha. OK, so this Tacoma DR38 has some finish flaws, it has good action and sounds VG++++. It is from 1999 by the way and I think you'll like it a lot.

YUP, that is the real deal.....a 1970 Ampeg SVT. The best bass amp ever? So say many! This one is in amazingly clean and original condition (1 pot, 1 knob and the original rubber feet were replaced). It still has it's 6146B power tubes and everything is working ands sounding great.....and LOUD. We're gonna see if we can get any takers at $1999.

Top-o-the-line Westerly, RI Guild D-55 anyone? Here's one from 1984 in VG++++ condition. Great action, huge tone and lots of cool mother of pearl and abalone inlays. With the hard shell case it is $1499.

I've never seen a Washburn J8 Memphis before and had no idea how nice a hollow body it is.....kinda rare too, judging by my research! Gave it a good going over and it looks great, plays great and sounds sweet with the P-90s. Up for grabs at $499 with the HSC.

1940 Recording King by Regal. Made for Montgomery Wards back in the day, it has great old solid spruce and mahogany to go along with the serious mojo. The neck has been reset so it is playing good as well as sounding huge. $1899, with hard shell case, for the best looking guitar in town! Oh and, do not delay cause it's only here until Feb 10 or so before it goes to a high-end vintagey dealer.

As promised....the first of the Lindy Fralin Pick-ups arrived today. On top is the new Unbucker. It has one hot coil and one weaker coil so in humbucker mode it has a sweet medium output and when coil-cut the hotter coil gives a normal single coil output. Solves the age old strat problem of having a nice humbucker in the bridge position that sounds crappy when the coil is cut. The Unbucker is $130. Below that is the great Fralin Stock Tele Set which cost $180. Time to experience some real hand-made, well thought out pick-ups in your guitar? Got 'em.

I've been looking awhile now for a real nice guitar line that fills the $200 to $400 price range.....well, I think the search is over. Walden Guitars are designed in the USA by a former Charles Fox Luthier and feature everything you'd find in a much more expensive guitar line.....like, nitrocellulose lacquer finishs, two-way truss rods, solid spruce tops, B Band electronics with a built-in chromatic tuner, Graphtech Fossilite nuts and saddles, D'Addario Strings, inlaid rosettes and a nice branded gig bag. Pictured (left to right) is the D550CE Aou/Elec ($399), an 0550CE Orchestra Size Acou/Elec ($429) and the D550 ($299). As an added incentive to give a Walden a try, in stock guitars come with a FREE Guitar Stand and Planet Waves Humidifier.

Mid 60s Gibson Skylark anyone? Totally tubes, 10" speaker, Tremolo and a new leather handle as soon as I order it! Paul went thru it and all is well. We agree that $259 is a good price.

Paul just finished up this Fender Hot rod Deville and she is ready to go. In good working order, pretty much un-dinged and with a cover for $399.

For those of you not familiar with what we do here at Gary's, "service" is the word to remember. Next day guitar repairs, amp and electronic repairs by the end of the week. A selection of guitars, amps and accessories that we have found to be tried and true, always a friendly ear and words of advice as well as some of the coolest, hard-to find-gear anywhere. We strive to cover ALL the guitar basses 'cause we are the Seacoasts Guitar Specialists.

That's the Gordon Carlisle mural. I asked Gordon for something bright and, ya know, with a guitar in it.

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