Musical Instruments Stores in Thebarton, SA

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Salvi's Fine Guitars

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54 GEORGE ST, Thebarton, Thebarton, 5031

(08) 8443 8272

Hi there, I'm Steve Salvi, For over 30 years I've been a passionate advocate of the guitar, it's players and it's music. There is nothing I love more than to be around guitars and guitar players. I feel privileged to be where I am today and am looking forward to meeting you and many more players in the years to come. I started playing music at an early age, and took up the guitar at age 12. I loved the music of Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges as well as many others, and ended up with a plethora of open tunings and finger style techniques that I still use today. At 14 I discovered Hendrix, Zeppelin, Van Halen, John McLaughlin, Howlin Wolf, Mike Stern, and Joe Pass and Al Di Meola amongst many others. Studying all of these guys passionately for years has, I believe, given me a broad horizon by which to see the instruments I now find myself building. I attended my first instrument building class at the age of 17, with the late and great Peter Kempster here in South Australia, and spent years dabbling with building and repairs whilst playing in bands and doing solo performances here in Adelaide. In 1992 I went to London and worked in Denmark Street, London at a premier acoustic dealership, doing sales and repairs and within 4 months was managing the whole shop. While there, I got to play, and work on, literally hundreds of premium brand guitars, like Martin, Lowden, Santa Cruz and Taylor. It wasn't just the guitars I found compelling whilst in London. The players I met, jammed, hung out, with and learned from, whether famous, amateur or introspective, was a life altering experience. All of this experience has helped me understand what I, and others, need out of a guitar. I came back to Adelaide in 1997 and started working in a very large specialist guitar dealership doing sales and repairs. In 2000 I was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship for guitar building and went to the US for a few mo.

Salvi's Fine Guitars is a shop filled with beautiful old musical instruments for sale. The staff, particularly Steve, are praised for their expertise and passion for their craft. They provide excellent services including repairs, setups, and fixes, resulting in significant improvements to the playability and sound of customers' instruments. The shop has a cool vibe and reasonable prices.

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