I want to tell you about a music store that I think is a hidden gem. The store is located in Rochester NY and is owned by John Bernunzio. When I moved to MT in 2008, I was in sales and I’d call John to talk about mandolins. He and I would often shift our conversations from mandolins to conversations about all sorts of gear and guitars.
John is a wealth of information, his specialty is old-time banjos. If you look on their website they have an entire page of banjos. They not only have banjos, but they also have an incredible array of vintage instruments. If you visit their YouTube channel you’ll find reviews of instruments that you may quite possibly never see anywhere else. I encourage you to check out their shop, it needs to be in your list of stores to check out frequently.
The Bernunzio Uptown Music Store was featured in Acoustic Tuesday Episode #72 along with many more guitar geek discoveries. Click here to watch the full episode.
Bernunzio Uptown Music Store Links
Nice feature on Bernunzio’s shop. Imagine my surprise to see the Charlie Paddock archtop I just bought in the video start frame. Truly they are great people with some really fine instruments.