{"id":1982182,"date":"2025-08-27T10:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1982182"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:02:09","slug":"a-lot-of-the-music-stores-didnt-want-to-touch-used-instruments-back-then-they-would-laugh-at-me-and-say-youre-paying-more-for-this-old-guitar-than-i-am-for-this-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-lot-of-the-music-stores-didnt-want-to-touch-used-instruments-back-then-they-would-laugh-at-me-and-say-youre-paying-more-for-this-old-guitar-than-i-am-for-this-n\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA lot of the music stores didn\u2019t want to touch used instruments back then. They would laugh at me and say, \u2018You\u2019re paying more for this old guitar than I am for this new guitar\u2019\u201d: Norman Harris on the nascent days of the vintage guitar market"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Norman Harris is today revered as one of the world’s foremost vintage guitar dealers in an ultra-competitive market. But it wasn’t always like this. He says that his store, Norman’s Rare Guitars, rose to prominence during a time when other stores steered clear of second-hand gear.<\/p>\n

It’s quite the success story. Nowadays, his shop is frequented by some of the biggest names in music and Hollywood<\/a>. Joe Bonamassa<\/a> seemingly has him on speed dial and is even possibly in line to take over the store when Harris retires<\/a>. His list of regulars reads like a who’s who of guitar gods.<\/p>\n

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