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McCabe's Guitar Shop

About Me

McCabe's is a musical instrument store and weekend concert venue in Santa Monica, California, opened in 1958. We specialize in acoustic and folk instruments: guitars, banjos, mandolins, dulcimers (both hammered and plucked), fiddles, psaltries, bouzoukis, sitars, ouds, ethnic percussion ... you get the idea. Also electrics and amps- all significant brands usually in stock.

We sell, fix and teach, and have all the stuff that anyone would need to go with, including thousands of books and recordings. It's a nice, comfortable place to visit and try things out. Come by if you're in the area -- browsers and itinerant musicians welcome.

McCabe & Camp's Guitar Shop: The largest selection of stringed things to make music with in California. We have rentals for the cautious, lessons for the eager, truth-telling for the fearful, repairs for the clumsy, concerts for the devoted, and free coffee for all.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/06/2007
Band Website: http://www.mccabes.com
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Sounds Like: With doors open for business since 1958 and our famous concert series starting only a few years after that, there are entirely too many artists that have come through to list them all (actually, we tried, and this page used to scroll down forever!)

That being said, here's a quick 'comes to mind' list of now-legends that we're associated with (whether full shows or them hopping up on stage to play some tunes with an act they came to see, which certainly still happens): Doc & Merle Watson, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, Linda Ronstandt, Joni Mitchell, Van Dyke Parks, Ry Cooder, Roseanne Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Ledward Ka'apana, John Lithgow, Mort Sahl, Taj Mahal, Ray Manzarek, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tom Rush, John Sebastian, Mike Seeger, Merle Travis, Dave Van Ronk, Loudon Wainright III, J.J. Cale, Bruce Springsteen, J.D. Souther, the list goes ON AND ON AND ON!

...the younger minds would surely recognize the following: Frank Black, Cat Power, Jeff Tweedy, Beck, The Ditty Bops, Vagabond Opera, Ron Sexsmith, Kelly Joe Phelps, Liz Phair, Henry Rollins, Vic Chesnutt, Peter Case, Jeff Buckley, John Wesley Harding...

FINE, you want the list?
GO HERE
Record Label: N/A
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Group and Private Lessons!

LOTS OF GROUP CLASSES TO CHOOSE FROM! GO HERE TO SEE: http://www.mccabes.com/classes.html TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! DON'T FORGET, WE ALSO OFFER PRIVATE LESSONS!Call (310) 828-4497 for information,or see our...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 00:22:00 GMT

Ticket Policies & How to Get 'Em

     Tickets can be purchased EITHER in person at McCabe's, OR through our NEW ONLINE STORE, OR by phone with your credit card at (310) 828-4497. There is a $4.00 per order charge ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:06:00 GMT

Location, directions, hours, etc.

Business Hours:      Monday to Thursday 10 AM-10 PM      Friday and Saturday 10 AM-6 PM      And we're open Sunday NOON-5 PM ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:45:00 GMT