Latest about Norman's Rare Guitars
Norman’s Rare Guitars is home to some of the finest Strats in the world – but you’ll never guess which one sounds the best
The store has waxed lyrical about a mid-priced, made-in-Mexico Strat that’s given its vintage counterparts a run for their money
“A lot of the music stores didn’t want to touch used instruments”: 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
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
32 years ago, Jeff Ament rented a ’61 Jazz Bass from Norman's Rare Guitars to record Pearl Jam’s Vs. – and now he’s been reunited with it
Ament recently reconnected with the vintage four-string more than three decades after using it to track Vs in the early 1990s – and he immediately played it on stage
Frank Stallone on his “magnificent” Epiphone Emperor and its 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
![[from left] George Harrison with his Gretsch Country Gentleman, Norman Harris of Norman's Rare Guitars holds a gold-top Les Paul, John Fogerty with his legendary 1969 Rickenbacker](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TuH3nuhn9etqjdn5sy4ntW-840-80.jpg.webp)
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
Norman Harris on 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
Norman's Rare Guitars has unearthed another future blues great
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
