I first got interested in buying and selling vintage guitars in 1971 when I was studying at URI. I learned I could buy 1950's Les Paul Juniors and 60's Strats from students for $175 to $250, and sell them to Mike Allison at Providence Guitar & Banjo for $325. At that time you could rent a house near the ocean for $125 a month, and LP Gas to heat with was only 25 cents a gallon. So I saw there was a way to play with guitars all day every day, and make a living too, and have been at it ever since.

I finally got a tiny 325 square foot storefront in 1984 on Broadway Rt. 1 in Pawtucket, RI. right off Route 95 near the Massachusetts Border.

In 1994 I bought and moved into the former Columbia Furniture Building, an Elegant 1930's building with tin ceilings and pine floors and right in the center of the Birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution in Historic Downtown Pawtucket RI. Arts District

My store occupies 4,000 sq ft on the ground floor, and we have a guitar school next door, and a service center next to that, all in our building. Upstairs we rent 4 artist lofts.

I starting attending guitar shows in the early 90's as a buyer, and I'm still at it today.

I am a continuous advertiser in Vintage Guitar Magazine since 1997, and we put up our first website at pmblues.com in 1999.

I love to buy, sell, and trade vintage Marshall and Fender Amps, Gibson Guitars and Mandolins, Martin Guitars, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, PBass, JBass, TeleBass, and anything fun!!