Every piece passed the bench

Used gear,
picked one
piece at a time.

We buy what we'd happily gig with ourselves. Every instrument gets cleaned, set up and played through before it ever gets a price — and you get the notes and the photos, and a clip when you ask, so you know exactly what's arriving.

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An archtop guitar on the bench with meter probes on its harness

On the benchReading the harness before it gets a price

Set up and signed off

Written bench notes on every listing.

Photographed as it is

The actual unit, dings included.

Hear it before you buy

Ask for a clip of this exact piece.

Most are one of a kind

When it's gone, it's gone.

Currently on the floor

Fresh off the bench

All 29 pieces

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What hand-picked actually means

We only buy what we'd keep.

We buy one piece at a time, from estate sales, trade-ins and people clearing out a room. Each one has to earn its spot on the wall before it earns a listing.

Found

Estate sales, trade-ins, the occasional lucky message. If the price doesn't leave room to do the work properly, we pass.

On the bench

Cleaned, checked, set up, played hard for a week. Anything we fix is written down; anything we can't fix is written down too.

Listed honestly

Full photo set of the actual piece, a clip of it being played when you ask, and a note on why we bought it. No stock images, ever.

The side shelf