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TME sells lower end instruments, but their general business model is based on finely crafted high end instruments. If you know anything about Lexington and the general area it is a very wealthy community which suits their business model.
Someone mentioned they wanted to trade a Guild, which I am sure was a nice guitar, for a Collings guitar. Dealers have to be able to sell your trade for at least the amount they gave in trade. I haven’t met a dealer that will refuse a Collings in trade, but I know plenty who won’t take certain brands because these just won’t sell out of their storefronts. I do a lot of business at TME, and have been fortunate to have purchased instruments that never even hit their website or the store floor. There’s lots more than what you see on their website. Everyone who works there is knowledgeable, and they are good people. |
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I wrote an article about the shop a couple of years ago for Fretboard Journal. TME is an extraordinary place, and I really like the people there.
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That place is so evil, I innocently went in there to inquire about Consigning a vintage D-18 and a Modern D-18 I have and ended up walking out with Lowden S-50 Bog oak.
Those evil evil men |
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Humph! Good to know. I can't stand evil places like that!
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Great presentation/performance/discussion last night at TME by guests Richard Hoover of Santa Cruz Guitars and celtic guitar virtuoso Tony McManus with Julia Toaspern. What a treat!
Richard Hoover seems like a real sweetheart of a guy... he astutely commented that he is in the rare position of having a career where customers come into his workshop happy, and go out even happier!
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Anyway I did eventually find what I was looking for at the Minor Chord out in Littleton. That’s where I bought my Taylor 114, which admittedly is far less exciting than most anything at TME, but is more than enough for my crappy playing😉 My last visit I honestly didn’t even check out guitars. I walked in and asked the person who greeted me if they had much for lefties and was surprised they didn’t have anything🙁 Was bummed as I was hoping to try something a step up from the 114, but it was not to be. I bough a couple packs of strings anyway and headed out. Oh and lastly.... their collection of hollow body guitars is as impressive, (to me anyway), as their acoustics. Not in terms of quantity, but just amazing gear. Serious drool bait there!!! Jeff |
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Tony McManus with Julia Toaspern: Richard Hoover with Tony McManus looking on:
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I may go there just for that. I am a serious lover of hollow body guitars.
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I live about 10 miles from TME, and have been in several times. Got a nice Access One gig bag there, and the occasional set of strings. I have never bothered to try out any of the expensive instruments: given my skill level, I cannot justify spending that kind of money. They used to have a nice book selection, which I purchased from, but that went away a few years ago.
When the Taylor Academy line came out, there were posters in the windows about it, but they haven't had them in stock for a long time. I inquired about the Martin Dread Junior a few months after it came out, but I was told they got too many that needed neck resets, and stopped stocking it. Except for Waterloos at around $2k, the real depth is $4k and up. They are a premier Collings shop, and have Lowdens, etc. There are some representative Taylors (x14ce) and Martins that are less, but they're not heavily stocked with those. Most everything is new; the used ones are generally very high end. I have $75 gift card for them I got as a birthday present a couple of years ago. Now that the books are gone, I'm stymied as to what to do with it. The next time I need a gig bag, perhaps I'll use it, he said a little sadly. |
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One day I was in the store, and there was a very well-dressed late-middle-aged man trying out a very nice Martin. It was obvious that he was a beginner, he could barely manage a basic strumming pattern, but there he was, awkwardly playing a guitar that I will probably never be able to afford. I don't resent him for his success, but something about it just seemed, uh, disproportionate.
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1955 Gibson ES-125 1956 Fender Champ lap steel 1964 Guild Starfire III 1984 Rickenbacker 330 1990s Mosrite (Kurokumo) Ventures 2002/2005 Fender Japan '60s Tele [TL-62-66US] 2008 Hallmark 60 Custom 2018 Martin Custom Shop 00-18 slot-head 1963 Fender Bandmaster (blonde blackface) 1965 Ampeg Gemini I 2020 Mojotone tweed Champ kit build |