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“With that said, you all can stop asking me if I am buying it now. Muchas gracias”: Joe Bonamassa has his say on the future of Norman’s Rare Guitars

Once described as a "good fit" for the store, Bonamassa says he is more than happy to see Norman Harris's vintage guitar institution join the Carter Vintage Guitars family

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“I am extremely excited to see my Uncle Norm enter into this new chapter in his life and career”: Joe Bonamassa gives his blessing as Norman Harris sells Norman’s Rare Guitars and says the future of his iconic LA store has been secured

TNAG Global, which owns Carter Vintage Guitars, is the buyer, and under CEO Ben Montague, it promises to preserve the soul and grow the business of one of the world's most-loved guitar stores

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“It's the most iconic guitar shop in the world, and we are honored to help extend its story into the future”: Norman’s Rare Guitars acquired

The acquisition includes the 1,000+ guitars currently housed at the store, along with proprietor Norman Harris’ personal and private collection

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“We’ve had some progression in the case, thanks to all the tips you guys have been sending in”: Gibson has found an ES-345 that Michael J. Fox played in Back to the Future – but it’s not the one they’re really looking for

Gibson's Mark Agnesi says they have found the ES-345 from the Back to the Future Part Two, but that is helping them eliminate false leads in the hunt for the O.G. McFly guitar

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“A lot of the music stores didn’t want to touch used instruments back then. They would laugh at me and say, ‘You’re paying more for this old guitar than I am for this new guitar’”: Norman Harris on the nascent days of the vintage guitar market

Harris turned the used guitar market on its head, despite the skepticism of many industry peers

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Guitar dealer to the stars Norman Harris on George Harrison, Marty McFly and his secret stash

A new documentary reveals the man behind the unassuming shopfront, who sells instruments to the likes of Slash, Dave Grohl – and Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow

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“My friend calls and says, ‘I’ve got this customer. I need you to come down here right away. It's George Harrison'”: How Norman Harris helped reunite a Beatle with his long-lost Les Paul

The Lucy Les Paul was gifted to Harrison by Eric Clapton and used on a score of iconic recordings. When it was stolen, Harris came to his rescue

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“That’s how we’re gonna know we’ve found the right one”: Gibson steps up the search for the lost Back to the Future guitar – and its discovery hinges on one key spec

The guitar played by Michael J. Fox for the film’s famous school dance scene has been missing for 40 years – and Gibson is determined to track it down

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“I said, ‘I want to riff through all of my favorite guitarists –doing Jimi Hendrix behind the head, Pete Townshend’s windmill, the Eddie Van Halen hammer thing”: Michael J. Fox and others discuss the Back to the Future guitar – and a clue to its identity

The Cherry Red ES-345 has become a cultural icon since the film was released in 1985, but it hasn’t been since since

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“No one has seen this guitar since 1985, and we need to find it”: Gibson teams up with Back To The Future cast to launch global hunt for Marty McFly’s lost ES-345

Gibson asks anyone who has information as to the whereabouts of the Cherry Red ES-345 that Marty McFly played in the 1985 blockbuster to get in touch

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“My brother's trying to knock Norm down in price. He's worth $800 million. He goes, ‘I'll give you a bottle of whiskey on top’”: Frank Stallone on the prized vintage Epiphone that Sylvester bought him – and the guitar's mysterious origins

Frank's brother, Sylvester Stallone, bought the prized instrument for him from Norman’s Rare Guitars, but who owned the guitar for the first 20 years of its life remains undiscovered

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“I didn’t think anybody would believe I got it from George Harrison. I figured they’d call me a liar”: Vintage guitar guru Norman Harris names the 5 most memorable guitars that have come through Norman's Rare Guitars

As owner/operator of Norman's Rare Guitars, Harris has seen some guitars in his time. This five, featuring a John Fogerty Ricky and a Gretsch owned by a Beatle, are the ones that stick in his mind

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“I met Joe when he was 12. He picked up a vintage guitar in one store and they told him to leave. But someone said, ‘This guy called Norm will let you play his stuff’”: The unlikely rise of Norman’s Rare Guitars and the birth of the vintage guitar market

Just in time for a new Netflix doc, GW sits down with Norman Harris – owner of Tarzana, California’s iconic Norman’s Rare Guitars – to discuss 50 years of sales, his kinship with Joe Bonamassa, and what the future holds for the guitar institution

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“The future is pretty bright”: Norman's Rare Guitars has unearthed another future blues great – and the 15-year-old guitar star has already jammed with Michael Lemmo

The vintage guitar dealer has once again put the spotlight on young Charlotte Milstein, who paid homage to a number of blues greats during the jam

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“She walked in and said, ‘My wife is Melissa Etheridge. She has cancer. I want to get her something special’”: Melissa Etheridge on how she came to own a “museum quality” Fender from Norman's Rare Guitars – which she played at the 2005 Grammys

Since then, Etheridge has become a true disciple of the iconic guitar store – adding even more vintage guitars to her collection

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“He was interested but said, ‘I gave the guitar away. I feel stupid buying it’”: Norman Harris almost sold John Fogerty back his iconic ACME Rickenbacker – years before he was eventually reunited with it

Fogerty played the Rickenbacker 325 at Woodstock and on nearly every Creedence Clearwater Revival classic, but didn't want to pay for it

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“The instruments he’s sold have been used to make music that’s changed the landscape of rock ‘n’ roll”: The highly anticipated Norman’s Rare Guitars documentary gets its first trailer – and an official Netflix release date

The feature-length film about the legendary vintage gear shop is due to land before the end of the year – and it will star some huge names

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“It’s time”: A Norman’s Rare Guitars documentary telling the story of the world's most famous guitar store is launching on Netflix – and some huge names are set to feature

The film will tell the tale of the legendary vintage and rare guitar store, with the help of some big-name guitar players

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“He reminds me of Joe when Joe was a young man”: This 12-year-old guitar prodigy is destined to be a blues great – and he just jammed with Joe Bonamassa (and Lowell George’s Dumble)

Saxon Weiss' latest appearance on the Norman's Rare Guitars YouTube channel sees the aspiring player go toe-to-toe with JoBo for a four-minute funk blues jam

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“Whenever people visited my house and saw the guitar, their faces would light up”: Guitar gifted to Jason Becker by Eddie Van Halen sells for $110,000 at auction

Becker was happy to part ways with the instrument to pay for his ongoing ALS care and hopes it goes to someone who will “love and appreciate it as much as I do”

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“The last person to really play it like that was Ed”: Eddie Van Halen personally gifted this guitar to Jason Becker in 1996. Now Norm’s demo whiz Michael Lemmo puts the #69 Peavey Wolfgang through its paces in a killer EVH-style demo

The guitar is headed to auction later this month and was brought down to Norman’s Rare Guitars for a preview

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“That is a ’54 reissue. This is the real ’54. It’s number 588”: Måneskin’s Thomas Raggi drops by Norman’s Rare Guitars – and ends up playing one of the first Fender Strats ever produced

The Italian guitarist headed to the store following his LA Forum performance – and found time for a killer jam of Jimi Hendrix’s version of All Along the Watchtower with Michael Lemmo

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He's played the Super Bowl and is a go-to guitarist for music's biggest names – see why Rob Gueringer has the hottest session chops around in this jaw-dropping demo at Norman's Rare Guitars

Having made his name as the six-string sideman for a who's who of hip-hop giants, Gueringer showcases his jazzier side on a vintage Gibson

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Back to the Future’s iconic Johnny B. Goode scene almost featured a Fender Stratocaster instead of the Gibson ES-345

Norman’s Rare Guitars supplied the (famously inaccurate) 1958 ES-345 guitar – and Norm says he pointed out the historical error at the time

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