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03/06/2026

Guitar Community Friends - we are back with our Spring issue just in time before the big auction...

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12/20/2024

Guitar Community Friends!

Mark your calendars... Saturday April 5th, 2025.

Renton, WA... Buy, Sell, Trade, Vintage, New, Used...

06/04/2024

Our new ad is out for Aragorn Guitars. I like it!

11/16/2023

Portland, OR area musicians!

VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM HOSTS THE ROSE QUARTER GUITAR SHOW ON DECEMBER 10
Buy / Sell / Trade… Vintage, New & Used Guitars

WHEN:
Sunday, December 10, 2023
Event Times – 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Portland, Ore.

WHAT:
The Rose Quarter Guitar Show heads to Veterans Memorial Coliseum on December 10 with vintage, new, and used guitars from iconic brands to see, buy, sell, trade, and play.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early as 100 sets of C.F. Martin acoustic strings and 100 sets of Darco Electric strings will be given out at the door – first come, first serve!

Brands include Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, PRS, Marshall, Vox and more. The show is not limited to guitars as basses, amps, effect pedals, lap steels, banjos, ukes and more will be on display and available for sale.

This year’s Sponsors include Five Star Guitars, Sunday Guitars, Diablo Guitars, Anthology Gear Wear, Guitar Castle, Capital Pawn, and Northwest Vintage Guitar… plus a good mix of Vendors will be on hand (vintage guitar dealers, music stores, private collectors, and luthiers).

TICKETS: $15 (plus applicable fees) at the door

Learn more:

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09/07/2023

We have brought back Collectible Guitar magazine... this is the C.F. Martin Custom Shop Special Edition. Check it out.

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09/01/2023

HUNDREDS OF GUITARS!

Northwest Guitarists!

Two weeks to go until the guitar show.

Sunday, Sept. 17th Doors open 9:30am - 3:30pm

The 32nd Seattle-Tacoma Guitar Show at the Kent Commons (across the street from the ShoWare Center in Kent).

Over 110 Vendor tables full of guitars! Plus basses, amps, pedals, vinyl records and more.

BUY / SELL / TRADE / VINTAGE / NEW / USED

$15.00 Admission at the Door. Free Parking!

The first 200 folks get either a free set of Martin Acoustic Light or Darco Electric 10's guitar strings.

Plus free Vintage Guitar magazines while they last.

Bring a guitar or two that you would like to try and sell or trade (the older the better).

Don't miss it! Grab your guitar buddies. See you there!

07/25/2023

This is going to be cool... https://www.facebook.com/reel/832009718498955

07/15/2023

Come to the first annual ocV!BE Guitar Festival Saturday July 29th at the Honda Center in Anaheim. This gathering of the guitar community will include over 50 vendor booths for a Buy - Sell - Trade experience with vintage, new and used guitars, basses, amps and effect pedals.

Plus live performances on the Allen & Heath / BASSBOSS Main Stage. Renowned musicians including Bruce Kulick (KISS), Dave Amato of REO Speedwagon, Gregg Bissonette (Ringo Starr), Matt Bissonnette (Elton John), Griff Hamlin & The Single Barrel Blues Band and the Philip Sayce Band will take the stage.

10am - 5:00pm $20 Admission at the Door. Free parking!

Bring a guitar you would like to try and sell or trade with you - the older the better!

Sponsors for the event include PRS Guitars, B.C. Rich, G&L Musical Instruments, Eastman Guitars, Tagima Guitars USA, Allen & Heath, Ovation Guitars, Takamine Guitars, ESP Guitars, Guitarras Manuel Rodríguez, James Tyler Guitars, SoloDallas, TKL Cases, and Veritas Guitars.

Don't miss this large gathering of the Los Angeles / Orange County guitar community.

07/03/2023

Guitar Friends in the Los Angeles / Orange County area - Saturday July 29th is the new ocV!BE Guitar Festival at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

Buy - Sell - Trade - Vintage - New - Used guitars, amps, pedals and more plus some very talented musicians on the mainstage.

Over 50 vendors - brand names / music stores / vintage dealers / boutique builders and folks with too many guitars...

Don't miss it 10am-5pm See you there!

03/10/2023

Guitar Buddies,

I have a favor to ask, please help us get the word out by posting this poster on your social media, forward it to your friends, and of course come and join this guitar community gathering yourself!

Who: You and your guitar buddies

What: The West Coast Guitar Show - Northwest (this replaces the Tacoma Guitar Festival that was at the Tacoma Dome for 7 years. We are now back to a guitar show format)

When: Saturday March 11th, 2023

Where: Cedar River Park Renton Community Center 1715 SE Maple Valley Freeway Renton, WA 90857 (you can see the building from the 405 Freeway in Renton)

Why: BUY / SELL / TRADE / VINTAGE / NEW / USED Guitars, Amps Basses, Effect Pedals, Mandolins, Banjos, Ukelele and more…

Admission: $15 at the Door / Children 12 & under free with parent or guardian.

Parking: Free

Got a guitar or two you want to try to sell or trade? Bring it with you! Several guitar buyers on hand.

The first 200 folks at the Door get either a free set of Martin Acoustic or Darco Electric guitar strings! Free Vintage Guitar Magazines while they last…

80 Vendor tables full of guitars and guitar gear. Literally hundreds of guitars!

One of the largest guitar events in the Northwest. The West Coast Guitar Show in Renton, WA.

Come and be a part of it! Thank you for telling your friends too!

See you there...

02/08/2023

Got gear to sell? Guitars, amps, effect pedals, guitar parts and accessories, vinyl records, ukuleles, mandolins, banjos and more? Be a Vendor at the West Coast Guitar Show Saturday March 11th at the Cedar River Park Renton Community Center.

As a Vendor you get an 8-foot exhibit table for $100. You can share it with a guitar friend too if you like.

Being a Vendor is fun and you get a chance to see everything early too!

Email [email protected] if you would like to be a Vendor.

Time to "thin the herd"? Sell some gear so you can buy that next guitar you have in mind...

Join the Northwest guitar community in Renton, WA.

Be a Vendor!