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Name: Larry Crane Credits: Owner of Jackpot! Studios and Tape Op magazine Picks: SuperDigital, Trade Up Music Reason: "SuperDigital (915 NW 19th Ave., 228-2222) is Portland's premier pro audio/recording supply store. Rick McMillen (owner) and Donnie Wright (manager) have everything from reel-to-reel tape to Pro Tools to tube-powered audio gear. Plus there's a fancy new mastering room for putting the final touches on your album. Trade Up Music is definitely the 'hip' music store (and a great alternative to the chain store) with lots of used odd/cool/junky/great gear cycling through the place on a daily basis. New gear is also available, and many things can be ordered. The drum room is excellent, with a knowledgeable staff." |
DOWNTOWNAPPLE MUSIC ROW225 SW 1st Ave., 226-0028 Buyback/Trade/Sell Website: www.applemusicrow.com Description: Apple Music Row specializes in just about every musical instrument except for band gear--as in high-school-band gear--apologies to all those drumliners out there. OLD TOWN MUSIC40 SW 3rd Ave., 295-6808 Buyback/Sell/Trade Description: For all of you shoegazers out there, Old Town Music is where you want to go for your effects pedals. Also, it carries a wide variety of new, used and vintage guitars. PLATINUM RECORDS104 SW 2nd Ave., 222-9166 Website: www.platinum-records.com Description: The one-stop DJ shop--with everything from turntables, headphones and lights to amps, mixers and cases. And for lazy, agoraphobic types, there's online shopping, so you don't even have to get up from your swivel chair. NORTHEASTTHE MASTER'S TOUCH MUSIC STORE (FORMERLY THEE MUSIC STORE)4160 NE Sandy Blvd., 284-6513 Buyback/Sell/Trade/Repair/Rental Description: This Northeast shop specializes in rentals, repairs and service of instruments and equipment. THE MUSIC HOUSE5932 NE Glisan St., 233-0733 Repair/Lessons/Sell Description: Attention, mariachis--if you're looking for an authentic Mexican guitar, the Music House is your spot. Other specialties include accordions and band instruments (i.e., lots of brass). PORTLAND MUSIC COMPANY2502 NE Broadway, 228-8437 Buyback/Sell/Trade Website: www.portlandmusiccompany.com Description: This Portland Music Company store has the stuff that the others don't (i.e., acoustic and school band and orchestra stuff). SOUTHEASTALL SERVICE MUSICAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR617 SE Morrison St., 231-6552 Repair Website: www.all-service-musical.com Description: All Service Musical Electronics Repair--or ASMER, if you're cool--is where you go when your gear goes limp. The shop features electronic repair for musicians and sells parts. ARTICHOKE MUSIC3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 232-8845 Buyback/Sell/Trade Website: www.artichokemusic.com Description: Artichoke specializes in nicely built string instruments (guitars, mandolins, violins, etc.) and is known around town as the store with the most unusual stuff--the kind of gear that you can't find anywhere else. It also hosts the occasional show and has a cool logo--bonus points. DAY MUSIC5516 SE Foster Road, 775-4351 Buyback/Sell/Trade Website: www.daymusic.com Description: Day Music serves mainly as a piano store (75 percent), but Dave the manager also specializes in used and vintage amps, guitars and stomp boxes. MORRISON BRIDGE MUSIC522 SE Belmont St., 231-9133 Buyback/Trade/Sell/Consign/Lessons Website: www.morrisonbridgemusic.com Description: Mainly does the lesson thing, but it also carries acoustic and electric guitars and basses--and some percussion. PORTLAND MUSIC COMPANY531 SE Martin Luther King Blvd., 226-3719 Buyback/Sell/Trade Website: www.portlandmusiccompany.com Description: The mother of Portland gear shops, Portland Music Co. is the biggest locally owned gear shop in the greater Portland area, with four stores. The only things it doesn't carry are non-digital/electric pianos, sheet music, and band and orchestra equipment. SHOWCASE MUSIC & SOUND INC.3401 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 231-7027 Buyback/Sell/Trade/Repair/Rental/Lessons Website: www.showcasemusicandsound.com Description: The whole nine yards for a gear shop: lessons, rental, repair, etc. Some of its specialties include custom-built guitars and a huge back-line rental service (for concerts such as the Waterfront shows or Mount Hood Jazz Festival). TRADE UP MUSIC4701 SE Division St., 236-8800 Buyback/Sell/Trade/Repair/Lessons Website: www.tradeupmusic.com Description: For those of you who weren't paying attention to your piano teacher in fifth grade, Trade Up has lessons in music theory (not to mention a multitude of other lessons as well). Additionally, they provide service and repair for most instruments. THE 'BURBSGUITAR CENTERBeaverton: 9575 SW Cascade Ave., 644-9500 Clackamas: 13029 SE 84th Ave., 654-0100 Buyback/Sell/Trade Website: www.guitarcenter.com Description: Don't let the name throw you--in addition to guitars, these shops have almost all of the DJ gear you could ever want (or afford). These outposts of the national chain, though, aren't as personable as some other local shops. PORTLAND MUSIC COMPANY19151 E Burnside St., 667-4663 Buyback/Sell/Trade Website: www.portlandmusiccompany.com Description: This Portland Music Company is a full shop, just like the one on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., except this one's pushing Gresham. THE 'COUVBRIZ LOAN & GUITAR506 Washington St., Vancouver, Wash., Buyback/Sell/Trade Website: www.briz.us Description: Don't be dissuaded by the shady-sounding phone number--this place buys, sells, trades, pawns and offers 90-day loans on everything from plain old instruments to studio gear to DJ equipment. Perfect for any starving artist who's willing to make the trek up to the 'Couv. |
