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

Gapplegate Music has its lowest prices of the year in our limited time sale. Check out the listings for more information.

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 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. Read the customer feedback entries. We didn't make them up.

We aren't affiliated with anybody and so come to you without attachments that would get in the way of serving your needs. Support us and you support people like yourself, not some fat cat with a big cigar. If you are one of the fat cats, don't worry, your money spends here just as well as with the multi-million giants and it will make you feel nostalgic about your humble beginnings.

We aren't selling seconds, blems or damaged goods. But if for any reason you are not satisfied with anything you purchase from us, that's no problem. 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 without tacked-on handling 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.

Gapplegate Music began started selling guitars on ebay a number of years ago and expanded from there. Owner Grego Edwards began making music as a young kid, beginning with piano, then guitar and drums by third grade. He attended Berklee College of Music 1971-72 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. Grego 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 the arts 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. Well, that's the owner. What has YOUR life been like so far?