The gurus behind the counter of this center of high-strung enlightenment are content to let you wander the walls and pick up any guitar for a strum – from a 1950 Gibson ES-125 that's triple your rent to a Fender Squier Partscaster that fits your hand (and budget) beautifully. AVG has a constantly changing, high-quality selection of hundreds of totally unique, mojo-soaked, used and vintage guitars, basses, mandolins, and banjos that inspire the sort of hushed-tone "wow!"s usually reserved for museums. Safe to say, this place is a time-waster. The back room is brimming with used amps, an island of classic cabinets, and, as with the guitars, you're free to grab a cable and plug into anything and everything. The rows of vintage Les Pauls alone would earn this place museum status, but that's just one row. This open-floor location on North Burnet is temporary as they ready their permanent South Austin home.
