Guitar Tex

I opened Guitar Tex in 1999 as primarily a repair shop and a place to sell some of my used instruments. As we are now in our 14th year much has changed but my focus has always been to get great playing instruments in the hands of players who will use them and enjoy them for years to come. We offer some of the finest instruments in the world but my... concern has been for the player and his or her needs rather than for collectors. As I look around the shop today I'm proud and pleased at the way Guitar Tex has evolved. Back in the winter of 2000 Larrivee Guitars were the first maker that would even consider taking on a modest little fledgling start-up and I've been more than pleased with that decision. The next year we took on Weber mandolins, which was also an excellent decision. Since then our product line has expanded but our focus has never varied. Nearly every day we meet someone new who comments on what a cool shop we have. That makes me feel really good. Simply put, GUITAR TEX has the best selection of quality acoustic instruments in South Texas and a pretty fair selection of quality electrics. No one else comes close to the variety and overall quality that we offer at GUITAR TEX. MARTIN, LARRIVEE, HERITAGE, SANTA CRUZ, NATIONAL RESOPHONIC, and now HUSS & DALTON GUITARS, as well as WEBER MANDOLINS and LOPRINZI UKULELES are all products carried by GUITAR TEX that can be enjoyed today and for generations to come. Please don't call us a "boutique". No need to use fancy French names to describe an old fashioned, locally owned guitar shop. With small staff of only 4, we have about 150 years of collective experience with musical instruments: John Michael Ramirez was playing in the hip local bands back when I was a kid in the mid 1960s and began working in music retail at Caldwell Music back in 1971. It's safe to say that John nearly everyone who has played music in greater San Antonio knows John Michael. He was gone from the scene for a few years but we at Guitar Tex and the rest of San Antonio are glad he's back.Read More