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My name is Ricky. I work at Main Drag Music. I'm the head guitar buyer/seller, or more
like curating these days. It's pretty exciting. I grew up playing music. I'm still an active
musician, as most of us are here. Coming in and getting to see these instruments that
I read about when I was a child, not just the instruments, the amplifiers as well, spent
so much time seeing them in books and magazines growing up and actually getting your hands
on them and getting to know them a little more intimately is a pretty exciting part
of the job.
Also, we get to help people figure out precisely what it is that they're looking for whether
it's their kid's first guitar and they know how excited that their child is going to be
when they see that gift. It's pretty nice because I remember my first guitar and I remember
what that moment was like for me. It's special to be a part of that, you know?
We have a variety of instruments. We have guitars, basses, amplifiers, both vintage
and used. It's a buy-sell-trade mentality. Most of our inventory is pre-owned, which
is cool. I sort of prefer that vibe. You get instruments that were played and that have
stories. You get to come in as a customer and continue that story. We are on South 1st
and Wythe Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. It's a really unique vibe here that has happened
over many years. It's been around since '97? We've been at this location for, I think,
six years now. I remember coming here as a customer. It was my choice.
This vibe that's created here, it's unique in that we have all of these different, you
can't even call them departments because it's one big, big room, but we have so many different
examples of vintage guitars, both sort of collector pieces and also the more affordable
things. We try to keep everything geared towards the working musician, and in doing so have
created this really special atmosphere to check things out in a no-pressure environment.
You can definitely get your hands on things and feel them out for yourself and really
be sure about what tool you want to buy.