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We are so incredibly stoked to be offering the new Travis Bean instruments here! In stock guitars are listed here.

Travis Beans Designs took the long way around in coming to fruition. In 1997, Travis and Rita Bean began forming Travis Bean Designs and planned to produce a reissue of sorts of the original Travis Bean line, these instruments still featured a metal neck and wooden fretboard, but the rear of the body was a hollow pan and was machined from the same billet as the neck. There were around 18 of these prototyped, but before they could start production in earnest their major financing fell through. Travis never stepped back into the guitar-making world.  Unfortunately, Travis Bean passed away in 2011.

Introduced by their mutual friend Hank Donovan after Travis’s passing, Rita Bean and Kevin Burkett of Electrical Guitar Company hatched the idea that the 1997 run should be revisited because it had never really had a chance to shine. Kevin is a huge fan of the prototypes built in 1997, owning 4 at one point.  Using Electrical Guitar Company to manufacture the parts, Kevin built 5 new prototypes to see if it could be done correctly.  Tweaking the design and hybridizing different elements of all the past Beans, the idea looked promising.  Prototypes were sent to Rita to be reviewed by Travis’s best friend Marc McElwee.  He had been friend and business partner in the original 1970s Travis Bean Guitars.  Marc signed off on them and has been very enthusiastic to see these instruments get their chance to shine.  Kevin and Rita have started the joint venture of Travis Bean Designs so that Travis’s final design can be given the shot it never had.

Easily one of the most anticipated pedal brands in a very long time, kittycasterFX is Howard Gee's new thing.  Howard has unrivalled ears in this industry with respect to classic guitar tones.  His incredible attention to detail makes these pedals so amazingly musical.

Check out the initial 2 pedal releases here.

So stoked to announce that we are now carrying Bowman Audio Endeavors here.

These pedals are the creation of James Bowman (Against Me!) and all pedals are handcrafted in Oradell, New Jersey.

Check them out here.

Accelerating the already immensely swanky looks of these pedals, Beetronics takes it up another notch.

You can check them all out here while quantities last.....

All colorways back in stock!!!

CeriaTone has long been the home of high quality and affordable tributes to the most coveted vintage guitar tube amplifiers of all time.

CeriaTone also makes one of the most accurate replicas of the Klon Centaur^TM circuits right down to the sandcast enclosures that set the original pedal apart.  Offered in numerous colorways including the iconic Silver and Gold (with or without Horsie man), The Centura looks as good as it sounds.  You can check it out here.

Our first shipment of full-sized hand-wired amps have landed here.  We even got some really nice Custom coloway versions this time round.  

There are more to follow but if you are wanting one, grab one ASAP as they will not likely last long here.

Check out everything in stock here.

We are so pleased to announce that we are now offering the entire JGHG lineup of Effectors as well as select Guitar compositions.

The first batch of Effectors just arrived today and you can check them out here.

We have some pretty exciting Guitar Compositions planned as well.  They are in process now.

Super5 stoked to announce we are now carrying Redbeard Effects.

Redbeard Effects is a guitar effects company based in the UK. Offering highly engineered hand made products, Redbeard Effects is the conjoined brain-child of seasoned rock guitarist and self confessed rock & roll gear head, Mikey Demus (of UK based band, Skindred), and internationally renowned pedal designer and manufacturer, Adrian Thorpe (of ThorpyFX).

Check out the entire lineup here. 

After years of dragging our feet, we finally found t-shirts that we dug enough to put our logos on.  Custom Colour out of Brantford, ON did these runs for us and we think they turned out amazing!  The shirts are ATC Eurospun 6.8 Oz 100% combed and Ring Spun cotton with double needle cover stitch at sleeve and bottom hem.

Both style tees utilize original AAYSR logos designed by a legit, full-on Wizard of Graphic design, David Medel (WeirdBeard72).  If you dig Rock and Roll even a little bit, you have likely seen David's incredible work on Gig posters, album covers and T-shirts of an insane number of rad bands like Fu Manchu, The Sword, Melvins, The Raconteurs, Napalm death, tame Impala, Clutch, Mudhoney, Swans, High on Fire and so many more it is Crazy.  He is also an excellent dude, in general.  Do both your eyeballs a favour and Check his instagram here.

We have these posted up here more or less at what they cost us to produce and it would be awesome if you wanted to add one or two to your order.  It is a great way for us to put some money back into our local economy here and it is always a thrill to see our Shop represented out in the real world.  If you do get one, Def. consider posting a photo of yourself and tagging us on the various social medias.

You can check them out here. Thanks!!!