They had some other event booked on Sun so the show was on Fri and I hear it had good turn out. I went on Sat and found it to be a nice but small show. I saw some new vendors there and that’s always a good thing. Nice show..its by BEE 3 Vintage as well, and I hope it continues. Turn out was good, and I almost bought an amp there..more on that larer.

So…here is the walk in…




As you walk in, there were a few vendors before the main hall.

This guy had some Django style guitars. I played these, but didn’t really fall in love. I want one of these, but this maker did not feel like the real deal.

They felt like some of the cheaper stuff coming out of Korea. They are about a grand or more. BTW..i LOVE some of the Korean stuff and play mostly Korean guitars these days.




This was an amazingly clean 175 from 1961.

I swear it looked about 1 year old. No checking at all, and the gloss was still there. The person never played it.

I think the price is high at $8,750, but it’s nice. I had one of these from /63 and sold it for $500. Ill never get over that.

I will admit, I’m biased toward Jazz, but I love looking at just about everything there. These shows are great and feature a wide variety of Guitar related items from books, CDs, straps etc to the adoption of Greyhounds! I mostly look at the custom high end guitars and I am not a fan or collector of vintage. I think the whole idea is a kind of sham but some people love that stuff. No offense and I will try to include some interesting vintage if I see any.

So..here is the place. Its the Great American Guitar Show put on by BEE 3 vintage.

It used to be the ‘Fall Philly’ Show, but is in Somerset NJ now. Its much better in NJ, as the show seems to be bigger, especially the summer show in May.

This fall show was much smaller but still worth goin for me. The biggest and best show used to be in Long Island, but has scaled WAY down in the last few years, although the jazz bar still has the greatest players in the world for 10 bucks all day. I no longer make the drive to LI.