The Fretted Buffalo features handmade guitars

When it comes to acoustic guitars Bill Covington knows that it's all about the wood. Bill deals in hand crafted high end guitars. One of his most expensive pieces sells for eight thousand dollars. Bill deals with four main builders who put out a limited number of guitars like Dana Bourgeois. According to Bill "I don't think anyone does it quite like Dana Bourgeois, he does tap tuning-he'll tap on a piece of wood and know that he can turn it into something great in a guitar." He tarted selling on line and then opened The Fretted Buffalo. The brick & mortar guitar boutique is at 466 Amherst Street in Black Rock. Thank to the store potential buyers can handle the instruments because buying a guitar is in Bills words "a personal thing". Bill says about The Fretted Buffalo "we're filling a niche, within three hundred miles you won't find guitars like this." The Fretted Buffalo, 466 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 14207 phone (716) 913-6487 Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 12pm-7pm, Saturday 12pm-6pm.