Valley Arts Guitars
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Valley Arts Guitars was an American
History
Mike McGuire and Al Carness founded the company in the mid-1970s in
In late 1990 the store was destroyed by fire. Underinsured, McGuire and Carness found it necessary to sell the store and concentrate on the manufacturing side of the business. In an attempt to expand their business, in 1992 they sold half of Valley Arts to the
Through the 1990s Gibson was moving to expand and diversify its brands, and by the late 1990s they had decided to acquire the "Valley Arts" name as an outgrowth of the Gibson Custom Shop. In late 2002 Valley Arts reopened as a music store, repair facility and small manufacturer specializing in custom guitars in downtown Nashville.[2] Al Carness managed the store; Mike McGuire became operations manager of the Gibson Custom division, which oversees the Valley Arts line of guitars. The Nashville store closed in 2005. Mike McGuire officially retired August 3, 2012.[3]
References
- ^ a b thepickwickian (2016-08-17). "Valley Arts Guitars – The Lost Years". The Pickwickian. Retrieved 2023-03-10.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Walter Carter. "History - The Valley arts Story". Valley Arts Guitars. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ The Valley Arts story by Walter Carter (archived 8 June 2003)