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Buyer Guide Martin Spotlight Vintage Guitars

A Guide to Buying Your First Vintage Martin

You want to hear the angels singing, even if you’re just sitting in the kitchen strumming open chords in the first position. You ...

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Powers Electric

Spend a little bit of time with Andy Powers - the master designer, CEO, and President of Taylor Guitars - and the phrase that comes to mind to best describe this soft-spoken-but...

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Boutique Guitar Spotlight

The term boutique gets tossed around a lot in the guitar industry so we thought it'd help to mention how we define it here at TME.

Electric Guitars Featured New Release

Travis Bean TB500JG Generation 1

2022 marks another exciting year for the Electric division of TME. One of the newest lines we've welcomed here at the end of year is the legendary Travis Bean Designs.

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b3 Phoenix Set Neck Models

The new b3 Phoenix Set Neck, released today, finds Gene Baker seeking harmony between two somewhat disparate designs

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NIK HUBER x BERNIE MARSDEN SIGNATURE MODELS

Nik Huber & Bernie Marsden collaborate on a pair of signature orcas, drawing inspiration from an unlikely place: surfboards.

Builder Feature Featured Retrograde

RETROGRADE GUITARS | JOHN LENNON-INSPIRED CAMBRIDGE TRIO

“I’m doing a trio of Cambridge models based on John Lennon’s Casino. The first one is going to be sunburst, like it would’ve been when he first bought it. Not aged much, but...

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Electric Guitars Retrograde TME Vlogs Videos

TME Vlogs: Retrograde Guitars

If you're into student model guitars, catalog-style guitars, but also want something that's light-years beyond it quality-wise, look no further.

b3 Guitars Electric Guitars TME Exclusives TME Vlogs Videos

TME Vlogs: The New TME Exclusive b3 'Telstar'

Imagine someone at Fender unearthing a long-lost prototype that Leo Fender was working on in the years after the launch of the Telecaster on his way to...

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TME Vlogs: Change Your Strings This Way!

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We've promised untold hundreds of customers that we'd get around to doing this over the years. And at long last, here's a reference video for those late night at-home string ...

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TME Vlogs, Episode 10: Martin VS. Collings!

In our latest shop vlog, TME staffers Andy and Adam run down the differences between the Martin "Custom Authentic" D-28 and the Collings D2HA "Traditional." When we pos...

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TME Vlogs, Episode 9: Brondel "New Vintage" Guitars

We're big fans of luthier, Laurent Brondel, here at TME. His instruments are always innovative and surprising, without compromising tone or playability in favor of design. He...

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Hidden Gems

Hidden Gems is a series we started based on a simple idea: we each take a turn at sharing our current favorite instrument in the shop. A bit of a show-and-tell, if you will.