In an effort to provide post-flood networking opportunities for local musicians and to offer free appraisals for their instruments, the latest Reunion Blues Vintage Guitars Road show successfully rolled through Nashville on June 20 as part of the Summer NAMM “Wanna Play Sunday” public event at the Nashville Convention Center.
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L to R: Nashville fiddler Casey Driessen, John Maher from Reunion Blues, appraiser Allen Chiles and session drummer Brian Pruitt inspect and document a killer D35 at the Nashville Reunion Blues Vintage Guitars Road Show.
Allen Chiles, the top-rated guitar appraiser on the internet from VintageGuitarPro.com was on hand to help assess market values of all sorts of great old guitar, mandolin, dobro and even doghouse bass instruments throughout the day. Grammy-winning Reunion Blues endorser Ricky Skaggs lent his name to the event in an effort to help spread the word in the Nashville area that this Road Show would be coming to town.
Now approaching its third year of production, the Reunion Blues Vintage Guitars Road show is normally offered as an in-store promotion for authorized Reunion Blues dealers to help accelerate store traffic in their local markets, and to provide a valuable service at no charge to their customers. In the past, participating dealers have seen “holy grail” instruments come out of the woodwork like a Mary Kay Strat, ‘59 Les Paul, original “no name” Tele and even a Rickenbacker frying pan.
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The proud owner of a vintage J50 grins from ear to ear after learning the current appraised value of his prized possession.
“This is a turn-key program that our dealers can use to create excitement in their store and to meet new customers.” said Alan Poster, president of Reunion Blues. “With the success of this latest Road Show at Summer NAMM,” he continued, “we are ready to compile our fall tour schedule and are currently accepting dealer bookings leading up to the holiday selling season.”
The Reunion Blues Vintage Guitar Road Show is co-sponsored by Premier Guitar Magazine. Videos of past Road Show events can be viewed on the Premier Guitar web site, on the Reunion Blues blog at www.reunionblues.com, or on the Reunion Blues Facebook page.