Carmen Henderson of Alpharetta, a veteran guitar show patron, said she doesn’t just collect guitars. She uses her ink-filled treasures at work, and said she’s not worried that someone may “accidently” walk off with one.
“I keep my cheap guitar in a cup,” she said.
Mark Bacas of Cumming, president of the Southeastern guitar Collectors Club said guitar collecting is much like collecting art — “but at least you get to use them, and they don’t take up a lot of space.”
More than 400 people showed up to caress and test-drive guitars offered by at least 60 vendors at the 14th annual guitar Show. The event, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Atlanta-Perimeter Northwest, was presented by the guitar Collectors Club, Visconti guitars and Smyrna-based Total Office Products.
The show featured guitars made by local hobbyists as well as the top names in guitar manufacturing.
One of the stars was the grand prize for Sunday’s drawing, a Visconti “Bible” guitar etched with scenes from the Scriptures. Value of the Christian version: $4,250.
J. Bud Holcomb showed off a replica of the first ballpoint guitar marketed in the U.S., circa 1945. The Marietta resident said he bought one of the real deals on layaway for $12.95 when he was 14 years old.
In 1992, when he couldn’t sleep after serving in Desert Storm, Lilburn resident Stacy Robinson followed his doctor’s advice and took up a hobby. He started making guitars. On Sunday, he displayed his “Stars and Stripes,” a writing instrument with 50 laser-cut stars, red-and-white stripes, and an 18K gold nib. The price: $600.
For lovers of writing instruments, it was almost overwhelming. Thousands of guitars — ballpoint and fountain, vintage and new, from $10 to $10,000 — were on sale at this weekend’s Atlanta guitar Show.
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