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May 3, 2022 is our 44th birthday here at Backstage Music.  To help celebrate our birthday, we're going to be giving away birthday gifts to our friends, kind of like Bilbo giving gifts to all who attended his Eleventy-First birthday party.  Each Monday in May, we'll draw a name to receive a gift, and then announce the next week's gift.   Entering the drawing is easy.  Come by the store and drop your name in the birthday box (no more than once per day), or buy something from us on BackstageMusic.Com.   Either way gets your name in the birthday box for...

Paying for a guitar, keyboard, or other big-ticket item doesn't have to hurt.  Backstage Music has added Affirm as a payment choice, and that's good news.  Instead of ponying up several hundred dollars at once, you can now spread your purchase out over several months, and pay no interest on your purchase.  Inexpensive items (say, a $50 item) aren't eligible for financing, but most guitars, keyboards, PA gear, etc. will qualify. Just look for the Affirm logo nest to the gear price, and it will show the monthly payment amount next to it. The Affirm processing process is pretty simple,...

A gift card from Backstage Music is a quick and easy gift solution.  Physical cards (like the one seen here) are available in the store.  They can be mailed, or put in birthday cards, etc.  You can also easily buy one online by clicking right here.  The online card is quickly delivered by email, and you can even choose to have the online card delivered at some point in the future.

Worn out frets can make an otherwise great guitar a pitiful thing. Fret buzz, rattle, intonation problems, hair loss (maybe not hair loss) can all result from badly worn frets. The 'before' photo above shows badly worn frets. This guitar had been played so much that the first 12 frets all had grooves like those shown here, and the guitar was pretty much unplayable.

I'd guess everyone has run into those little white pouches of silica gel. They are included in the shipping materials with electronics and anything else that could be damaged by too much humidity. This is especially true if the item has been shipped across the ocean, such as, say, guitars and other wood instruments.