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Empire Guitars

vintage gear for the player

About Me


Hi, I'm a strange little guitar shop located on 1271 North Main St. in Providence, RI. I'm filled, for the most part, with vintage stuff.. you know 60's and 70's (once in a while some 50's items). Lots of Fenders and Gibsons and a few Guilds, but a lot of the strange old stuff too: Harmony, Kay, Hagstrom, Hofner, Framus, Silvertone, Klira and more. I have a huge range of Kustom amplifiers from the late 60's and early 70's and a bunch of small tube amps that are just great for recording. There is an in-house guitar tech to handle basic repair needs and the folks that work here are all active musicians who know a good deal about guitars of yore. Stop in sometime and play something from a collection unlike anything in Providence.
If you add me as a friend, I'll be sure to post occasional bulletins of cool gear as it comes in so you can be the first to know!
oh.. I also sponsor The Empire Review the first Sunday of every month at AS220. Its an off the wall variety show and sure to entertain. See you there!
Empire Guitars
1271 North Main St.
Providence RI, 02904
(401)-437-8421
[email protected]

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Musicians and soon to be musicians Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9-5:30

My Blog

Instore Inventory

So here it is, a list of the vintage and selected non-vintage guitars on the floor here at Empire Guitars.  This is the bulk of our inventory excluding less expensive guitars and amplifiers (whic...
Posted by Empire Guitars on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:02:00 PST

Samamp boutique amplifers now in stock!!!

In our continuing quest to provide the best gear available in Rhode Island, we are proud to be caring two boutique combo amplifiers from our good friends south of the Mason-Dixon.  Samamp amplife...
Posted by Empire Guitars on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:07:00 PST

Now in stock: Heavy Electronics boutique pedals!!!

Its been ages since I’ve posted but we’ve just been too busy around here to spend to much time on the web lately.  However, today I have a special announcement.  We are now very ...
Posted by Empire Guitars on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:46:00 PST

Directions from Boston and New Haven/NY

So these are just the mapquest direction.  There might be better ways of getting here but these *should* work:  click here if coming from Bostonclick here if coming from New Haven/NYOf couse...
Posted by Empire Guitars on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:14:00 PST