Legacy Guitars...Boston

Joe M · February 22nd, 2006, 01:57 PM

Anybody ever do any business with Legacy??
Comments??
Thanks....

JamesVRoy · February 22nd, 2006, 03:19 PM

I never heard of them. Where are they?

Joe M · February 22nd, 2006, 03:39 PM

Their web site says Newburyport; I'm beginning to think it's just some guy who has a dozen or so guitars and threw up a website. Says it's the oldest Boston area vintage dealer or something like that.....

JamesVRoy · February 22nd, 2006, 04:22 PM

What's the website? I don't know of any guitar stores in Newburyport, which is about 25 miles north of Boston. You might be right, though, he might be a collector working mail order out of his house.

Joe M · February 22nd, 2006, 05:05 PM

It's www.legacygtrs.com check it out...there's a relic esquire there for a great price, that's why I was interested. (Now the whole east coast knows about the guitar

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wilkat1 · February 22nd, 2006, 05:18 PM

Corrected link

bcbeak · February 22nd, 2006, 06:05 PM

A guitar store in my town and me not know about it?

NOT.

Joe M · February 22nd, 2006, 06:15 PM

bcbeak,
It's gotta be a one-man operation from his house....maybe that's why his price on the esquire is so good....

ravindave_3600 · February 22nd, 2006, 07:06 PM

Website says he's "North of Bostons oldest vintage guitar dealer"; that could just mean he's 83, selling off his personal collection. Also, several of the pics were taken around the house or office, def. not in a shop.

BB · February 22nd, 2006, 08:10 PM

How cool is Johnny Rivers old 335? Man, I remember thinking that guitar was the coolest thing ever when I was laying o nthe floor watching Hootenanny, Shindig and Where the Action Is.

sk8g0at · February 22nd, 2006, 10:27 PM

i've never done any business with them, but that is a great price. i'd really like to get an esquire, but i wish they'd made that one with a normal bridge rather than the top loader.

neocaster · February 22nd, 2006, 10:58 PM

This may be blashphemy, but I love the look of that custom shop Strat. Lotsa shiny metal.

Falstaff · February 22nd, 2006, 11:01 PM

I used to see interesting ads in WantAd from a guy on Plum Island...I wonder if it's him?

Brass Saddles · February 24th, 2006, 09:55 AM

Folks: I've been playing guitar in the Boston clubs off and on for over 30 years and have never come across him.
Oldest Vintage shop in Boston? I think of Craig at Bay State Guitars for being around for a long time. I don't know everyone, but I don't know this person.

Brass Saddles/Paul Gleason
Boston, MA.

jerry68 · February 24th, 2006, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk8g0at

i've never done any business with them, but that is a great price. i'd really like to get an esquire, but i wish they'd made that one with a normal bridge rather than the top loader.

Don't knock the toploaders, you may be suprised... Doesn't Jim Campilongo play a toploader?

Kaaskop · December 7th, 2006, 02:20 PM

Joe M,

did you buy something from Legacy Guitars? Did it work well? What's your experience?

Le Jab · December 8th, 2006, 09:55 AM

....I boght a CIJ Zebrawood strat from him and it was all fine. Packaged well and mailed to London. Strings were a little tired, but apart from that a good price and good guy to deal with.

February 22nd, 2006, 01:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Joe M Moderator Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,218	Legacy Guitars...Boston Anybody ever do any business with Legacy?? Comments?? Thanks....

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JamesVRoy Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100	What's the website? I don't know of any guitar stores in Newburyport, which is about 25 miles north of Boston. You might be right, though, he might be a collector working mail order out of his house. __________________

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wilkat1 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: So. Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 1,554 20 Photos	Corrected link __________________ MySpace "That number don't mean nothing to me if the guitar don't sound right." - Buddy Guy on the year a guitar was manufactured.

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bcbeak Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Newburyport, MA Posts: 208 8 Photos	Not in my town A guitar store in my town and me not know about it? NOT.

February 22nd, 2006, 03:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
Joe M Moderator Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,218	Their web site says Newburyport; I'm beginning to think it's just some guy who has a dozen or so guitars and threw up a website. Says it's the oldest Boston area vintage dealer or something like that.....

February 22nd, 2006, 05:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
Joe M Moderator Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,218	It's www.legacygtrs.com check it out...there's a relic esquire there for a great price, that's why I was interested. (Now the whole east coast knows about the guitar )

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Joe M Moderator Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,218	bcbeak, It's gotta be a one-man operation from his house....maybe that's why his price on the esquire is so good....

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ravindave_3600 Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boise, USA Posts: 935	Website says he's "North of Bostons oldest vintage guitar dealer"; that could just mean he's 83, selling off his personal collection. Also, several of the pics were taken around the house or office, def. not in a shop. __________________ Want my guitar to sound like BBQ tastes! check out the band at http://www.brightredtie.com

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BB Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pacific NW Age: 53 Posts: 3,145	How cool is Johnny Rivers old 335? Man, I remember thinking that guitar was the coolest thing ever when I was laying o nthe floor watching Hootenanny, Shindig and Where the Action Is.

February 22nd, 2006, 10:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
sk8g0at TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 40 1 Photos	i've never done any business with them, but that is a great price. i'd really like to get an esquire, but i wish they'd made that one with a normal bridge rather than the top loader.

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neocaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chester County, PA Age: 35 Posts: 3,532 11 Photos	This may be blashphemy, but I love the look of that custom shop Strat. Lotsa shiny metal. __________________ "...You don't need faith if you know it's gonna work!" "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed."

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Falstaff Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 41 Posts: 299	I used to see interesting ads in WantAd from a guy on Plum Island...I wonder if it's him?

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Brass Saddles Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 432	I never heard of him? Folks: I've been playing guitar in the Boston clubs off and on for over 30 years and have never come across him. Oldest Vintage shop in Boston? I think of Craig at Bay State Guitars for being around for a long time. I don't know everyone, but I don't know this person. Brass Saddles/Paul Gleason Boston, MA.

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Kaaskop NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Hague, Netherlands Posts: 1	Joe M, did you buy something from Legacy Guitars? Did it work well? What's your experience?

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Le Jab TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: London England Posts: 71	Legacy Guitars ....I boght a CIJ Zebrawood strat from him and it was all fine. Packaged well and mailed to London. Strings were a little tired, but apart from that a good price and good guy to deal with.