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Repair Spotlight: 1938 Martin 000-45 Bridge Plate Repair

Sometimes bad repairs happen to good guitars, and this 1938 Martin 000-45 on Boss Jim‘s bench was a prime candidate for a repair rescue. This stunning 000-45 had an extra block of wood attached to its bridge plate on the underside of the guitar top. Carefully removing this mess took almost 8 hours, slowly planing off the excess wood until Jim could get some leverage and use a … Continue reading Repair Spotlight: 1938 Martin 000-45 Bridge Plate Repair

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Wolfetone Pickups at Mass Street Music

The staff here at Mass Street is always on the look out for the latest gear, repair techniques and technology to help improve everything about your musical experience. We take this same sort of care and research with every product that comes through the door, whether it’s the latest boutique acoustic guitar, or a customers very first instrument. We know first hand how important quality construction is … Continue reading Wolfetone Pickups at Mass Street Music

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Behind the Bench: Demo of Four Collings OM1 Guitars

We’re always working to keep a wide selection of guitars around for you to check out, play and get a feel for what could be your next lifetime guitar! While we’d love for everyone to be able to come by and enjoy Downtown Lawrence, we’re doing our best to make the online experience the next best thing. Enter out our Behind the Bench demo of four Collings OM1 guitars, … Continue reading Behind the Bench: Demo of Four Collings OM1 Guitars

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Band of Gypsys: A trip to Fender, a Conference and a Builder

The Staff here at Mass Street Music is always working hard to keep up with all the gear, techniques and builders you know and love. This past month three of our staff members made trips out to do just that – or swung by on their vacations!  A Trip to Fender While we’ve got to be a little secretive about this one, at least for a few … Continue reading Band of Gypsys: A trip to Fender, a Conference and a Builder

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Tinker Taylor Powers Redesign: The Taylor 800 Series at Mass Street Music

If you’ve been in the store lately you’ve probably noticed the row of stunning Taylor 800 series guitars. We’re fortunate enough to have a relationship with Taylor that allows us to keep the 800 line of body sizes in stock, including a Brazilian Rosewood backed 812! Taylor has always been known for innovations in guitar building, and they’ve taken that one step further with their recent redesigns … Continue reading Tinker Taylor Powers Redesign: The Taylor 800 Series at Mass Street Music

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Bill & Jim’s Excellent European Adventure Tour

It’s tough being the boss sometimes. Especially when one of Mass Street’s favorite guitar builders invites you along for a European tour! Jim is on the road with BIll Collings of Collings Guitars, touring fellow instrument shops and attending the AGM18 festival in Sarzana, Italy. Jim referred to it as the “Winfield of Italy,” but for some reason the weather is probably going to cooperate a bit better in Italy than it … Continue reading Bill & Jim’s Excellent European Adventure Tour

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Top 10 Mass Street Music Moments

Note: We all have our favorite Mass Street Music moments, but these are from Anne Tangeman, who after 10 years at Mass Street Music is moving on. She began in sales, but since 2008 has headed up our website, marketing and social media… In no particular order: The first staff meeting when they asked if I had any questions. I said, “I have a few questions about the … Continue reading Top 10 Mass Street Music Moments

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Collings Full Bodied Acoustic Guitars

We’ve got a spectacular array of Collings D, CJ and CW style guitars in stock right now at Mass Street Music – these are the big bad boys of bluegrass and many other music styles, favored for their presence, volume and ability to show up in the sound mix even if you’re the lone guitarist in a banjo orchestra or playing to accompany Ethel Merman. … Continue reading Collings Full Bodied Acoustic Guitars

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Behind the Scenes at Collings Guitars

Two of our staff, Eric M., sales and Anne T., marketing, went to Austin, Texas in February to visit Collings Guitars. Though Mass Street Music has been a Collings dealer for acoustic guitars, electric guitars, mandolins and ukes for many years (in fact we were the third dealer ever), this was Eric and Anne’s first jaunt to the Collings ‘factory’. We say it with quotation marks … Continue reading Behind the Scenes at Collings Guitars

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