Austin TX. Any must see guitar shops? Put it here and not travel board..

I bet Austin has an unusually high % of left handed guitars.

I don't know about guitar shops but the first thing I'd be finding out is if Collings Guitars has an on-site store, if they offer factory tours, and/or if you can pick planks for a truly custom build.

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Collings Guitars has an on-site store, if they offer factory tours, and/or if you can pick planks for a truly custom build.

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All over this. The Taylor tour was awesome.

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Or, unusually high might mean they have 5 vs a regular store having 1-2.

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That's why I learned to play right handed, plus lefty guitars just look weird to me.

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Well. Here’s the 3 spots I checked out.

An Austin Guitar Center. Not bad. If u want to check out a ton of fenders they had them. And all amps were wired ready for u to plug in.

South Austin Music. Very cool shop. The guys are all over you but they are really just there for questions and to make sure you’re not an idiot or a thief. They have a vintage acoustic room with a cool assortment of everything. They can see you through a big window so they actually let you in and leave you alone. Gibsons were the majority of old stuff they had at this time.

Austin Vintage Guitar. Same cool vintage room. Martin 18 tier guitars were all over. 50’s and 60’s era. The only things that are out of reach needing a salesman, are what you’d expect. D42 or a D45. DIDNT check the back. Collings and high end Martin’s. Also Les Pauls. They had a ton but the vintage or customs were out of reach.

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