Gapplegate Music: A Guitar Store You Can Trust for Quality and Value.

We bring the best of the guitar universe to your door. Gapplegate Music sells Parker, Washburn and Wilson Brothers Guitars and Basses at everyday low prices. Why those brands? Because we believe in them. We are a guitar retailer you can trust. . . our parents raised us that way!

Gapplegate Music is once again extending to you a SHIPPING REBATE. This applies to all guitar and bass purchases between now and September 1, 2008, shipping via UPS Ground to any of the 48 Continental US states. We will fully rebate the shipping costs in the form of a refund that will be put through immediately following processing the order.

Gapplegate Music evolved out of an e-bay business. There for several years Grego Applegate Edwards sold musical instruments, especially the many used and vintage guitars in his collection. He became a Power Seller with hundreds of positive reviews.

Gapplegate Music delivers select instruments at a good discount. We match the prices of the largest companies because we can. And you get personal attention all the way through too.

If you are not satisfied with anything you purchase from us, return it in the shape it was originally in on your dime for a full refund. You must notify us within five days of receipt of item about your return and the reason involved.

Shipping is via UPS at the going rate. You pay what we do with no handling or extra charges. All shipping includes insurance. Checkout is 100% secure and uses Yahoo-based 128-bit encryption to block viewing by outside parties.

Gapplegate Music is dedicated to helping musicians realize their sound. We carry instruments that are in some ways a little bit different. They fulfill musical needs through innovations in design, quality, tone and/or value.

Thanks again for looking at our site.

About the Owner: Grego began making music in First Grade with the usual piano lessons. He took up guitar and drums by third grade and attended Berklee College of Music and the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Studios in 1972. He studied privately with Ornette Coleman, Elvin Jones, David Friedman, Barry Altschul, etc. and went to the Contemporary School of Music in 1973-74. He gigged for a number of years, was A&R/Producer/Song Plugger for Dick James Music/DJM Records in 1976-77, received a BA from New York University and an MA from the University of Chicago in 1981 and 1984 in anthropology and ethnomusicology. He entered publishing as a writer, covering music and other topics for many years. He wrote a novel about musicians and artists and the difficulties they face every day. He currently is a music critic for Cadence Magazine and is recording an album with his group Yodler ex Machina and the Garage Orchestra.