No need to fret, the SeaTac Guitar Show is back

By Bailey Jo Josie bailey.jo.josie@rentonreporter.com • March 15, 2023 3:20 pm
Guitar and music shops from all over Western Washington sold their instruments, amplifiers and guitar accessories at the Saturday show. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

The 32nd Annual Seattle Tacoma Guitar Show brought guitar players and musicians from all over the region to the Renton Community Center on Saturday, March 11. It was an opportunity to buy, sell and trade vintage, used and new guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers, effects pedals, banjos, mandolins, lap steel guitars, ukeleles and more. The next Guitar Show will be from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at Kent Commons.

Guitar players had their pick of some unique guitars and mandolins made from unusual and intriguing items, like a shovel and a smoked salmon box. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
The 32nd Annual Seattle Tacoma Guitar Show featured everything from Fender to Rickenbacker to Martin guitars, acoustic and electric. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
One vendor takes a break to play some music. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
Guests at the guitar show were encouraged to pick up and play with the instruments. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
Effects pedals were also on sale at the guitar show, which help give guitarists rich tones and genre-specific sounds when playing music. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing