We are delighted to announce that we are now a Sierra Guitars dealer. To show you just how delighted we are, for a limited time, you will get a Sierra Guitars Backpack with every Sierra Guitars order. Due to the limited nature of this offer we can only send one backpack per customer. The custom designed hardshell cases will protect your instrument from road damage and for the guitar player who plays at home in the backyard or at the beach, we also offer the Sierra guitar bag. Login today and get yours along with a cool Sierra Guitars backpack.


From SierraGuitars.net:

An acoustic guitar line was created to reflect the natural points of inspiration that motivate musicians, encourage imagination and move audiences. Inspired by the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sierra Guitars brings an organic approach to acoustic guitar design producing CAPTIVATING SOUND across all ranges.

The Sierra guitar line consists of six series of acoustics, created to celebrate the natural wonder of the great outdoors:

The Sequoia - Acoustic Dreadnought
The Alpine - Acoustic-Electric Dreadnought
The Sunrise - Auditorium Guitars
The Tahoe - Jumbo Acoustic - Electric
The Palisades - Classical Guitars
The Northstar - 12-String Acoustic
Compass - Travel Size Acoustic Guitar

Sierra Guitars are designed with the passionate and discerning musician in mind, utilizing high-quality materials and original, cutting-edge design techniques, resulting in a clean, earthy acoustic tone.

Sierra Guitars present a timeless appeal constructed using premium-cured woods including spruce, rosewood and mahogany as well as all-natural wood bindings and soundhole inlays. The Sierra production technique uses precise, scalloped bracing that strengthens and maximizes tonal flexibility.

Sierra’s patent-pending, ComfortGrip machine heads are designed to comfortably fit a musician’s fingers for effortless tuning, and its dovetail neck joints offer angle stability and increase the overall transfer of vibrations throughout the guitar body. Based upon a rich history of pickups and transducers, Sierra selected Barcus-Berry electronics for acoustic-electric models. Unlike any acoustic guitar, Sierra features exclusive bridge and headstock designs as well as distinctive pickguards shaped to follow the curves of the guitar body.

Sierra is an environmentally conscious manufacturer and supports eco-friendly causes such as the reuse of post-consumer products. Sierra incorporates recycled paper in its packaging, hangtags, soundhole labels, catalogs and manuals.

PRODUCE CAPTIVATING SOUND WITH SIERRA GUITARS!

Attention all kids in the western suburbs of Chicago! Do you want to build your own guitar? Do you want to learn how to set up a guitar? The College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is holding a class called "Build Your Own Guitar". For $199, you can build your very own working electric guitar.

The class is held on Saturday, October 4th, October 11th and October 18th from 1:00 PM till 5:00 PM. This class is for kids in grades 6-9. Classes will be in the Open Campus Center (OCC) and you can get more information by calling Georgia Madden at (630) 942-2063. Class is limited to 12 so sign up today.

For adults, COD is looking into the possibility of having an acoustic guitar building class. If you are interested, contact Georgia Madden at (630) 942-2063 and let her know.

To everyone who visits this website, please take the time to sign the petition to have the Peoria Airport renamed to honor a great American Hero, General Wayne A Downing. Sadly, he passed away last year on July 18th. His family, friends and colleagues are taking this opportunity to petition the Peoria Airport Board of Directors to have the airport renamed in his honor. He served his counrty with pride and honor and you can help thank him by signing the petition. Thank you for your consideration.

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In the late 70’s, the pressure of corporations to show a profit to their shareholders caused the big guitar manufacturers to go overseas to places like Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea to lower their manufacturing costs. Initially, guitar players felt betrayed by the companies they had supported for years. Imagine the high quality guitars they had grown to love now carried little stickers that said things like Made in Japan and Made in China. The stigma of low quality and “cheap junk” was now attached to their favorite musical instruments. Sales slowed and new American guitar companies were opening up to compete with marquis nameplates. Would Jimi Hendrix have played a Stratocaster that was made overseas? Would it have made a difference in the way he sounded? I would imagine that if he played a cigar box he would be an inspiration to guitar players all over the world.

In the 90’s, more corporate pressure and declining quality had all manufacturers, not jus in the music industry, adopting new quality procedures that included buzzwords like “Sigma Six” and “ISO 9000”. People working for large manufacturers knew that not much had changed except that the quality procedures they had been using for years now included more paperwork to prove that they were complying with these “new” quality standards invented by consultants that convinced companies that this would save American manufacturing. Unfortunately, more paperwork also means higher costs that the average musician wasn’t willing to pay. All of these costs were being passed directly onto the consumers.

What most people failed to realize is that these companies that were making instruments overseas were trained by the American manufacturers how to make high quality instruments to the standards that they had been using all along. They taught them how to make high end marquis instruments with foreign efficiency. The downside of this system for the American manufacturers is that these foreign companies took this knowledge and the extra manufacturing capacity and started to create their own lines of high quality instruments. Engineers from these foreign companies are not constrained by the old notions of how things are supposed to be made and are making improvements in the way things used to be done. This proved to be a huge windfall for the foreign manufacturers because they could provide instruments with the same quality standards at lower, more competitive prices.

Musicians benefit the most of all from this. Companies like Arbor and JB Player were partnered with American distributors to bring their high quality products to American musicians at competitive prices. Beginners and pros alike can now walk into a store or go to online music stores like BoutiqueMusic.com and purchase instruments that sound just like instruments costing three to five times as much. These beginners are also accustomed to the fact that most of the products they use are manufactured overseas so the old stigmas of “low quality” and “cheap junk” are relatively unknown to them. All they know is that the guitar they are playing is great. This increased demand of the foreign manufactured products has served to fuel the efficiency engine of the overseas manufacturers and driven them to create even better and more affordable products.

I will start shipping the Cool Cats tomorrow! Hooray. I have just recieved the phone call we have all been waiting for. I will have a large quantity of Danelectro Cool Cats tomorrow morning. I have received a large number of inquiries and they will go fast so order right away to make sure you get the pedal you have been waiting for.

BoutiqueMusic.com now has the complete line of Facelift Guitar Overlays. Now you can customize your guitar without having to refinish it. 18 different designs for Stratocasters and Telecasters from Rick Parfitt of legendary UK rockers Status Quo make changing the look of your guitar a snap.



So if you're tired of your guitar looking like every other guitar out there, grab a Facelift Guitar Sticker and show your true colors. Stand out from the crowd today!

For more information, check out the Facelift website at www.guitarfacelift.com.

Hey, Guitar Players. Are you looking for a Guitar Tab magazine with more than 4 songs? Look no further. Guitar Edge Magazine is here. A staggering 12 songs per issue will keep you busy all month long.



For all the customers of Boutique Music, I will include a copy of Guitar Edge Magazine with every order in the store. I only have a few copies so this offer is limited to quantity on hand.

Also check out their online guitar instruction website Guitarinstructor.com. You can get video guitar lessons, video song lessons, and you can also purchase individual tabs online.

If you are living in this online world then you will dig everything this site has to offer.

We have lots of great deals on products by On-Stage Stands and MBT Lighting. Click here to go to our Specials Page.

Check out the NEW Cool Cat Pedals from Danelectro. You can even build your own custom pedalboard right online in our store and get preferred pricing too!

You can even build your own Danelectro Mini Pedalboard in our store. Great pricing and an easy to use pedal selector make BoutiqueMusic.com the place to go for your guitar accessories.

We got a hold of a great deal for you!

Do you like Elixir Strings for your acoustic guitar? Have you ever wanted to try Elixirs on your favorite electric guitar? Well this is your lucky day.

Buy two sets of Elixir Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings (light .012-.053 or medium .013-.056) and get a set of Anti-Rust Plated Steel Guitar Strings (light .010-.046) for free. Thats right! Three sets of high quality guitar strings for the low price of $28.99. Elixir Strings for under $10 a set. Wow!

Click here to go to our Online Store to take advantage of this limited quantity deal. Don't delay, login today!

Boutique Music now has Wyres Strings available in the store. They offer a wide variety of excellent handmade strings for the guitarist/bassist who wants more performance from their strings. They also make strings for the Hohner Clavinet as well as piano, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, classical guitar, violin and bouzouki. Login to BoutiqueMusic.com today and order your Wyres Strings today.