Hello and welcome. This is the website dedicated to Valley Arts Guitars built before the company was sold to Samick.This site is dedicated to Valley Arts Guitars built prior to 1993, when the company was sold.
So on this site, the guitars we are referring to were built during that era. We feel there is/was a special magic to the original Valley Arts guitars, as they have turned into collectors items. We are not claiming guitars built later are inferior, but simply have a preference for vintage Valley Arts built prior to the company being sold completely to Samick in 1993 and the trademark being sold to Gibson most recently. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. You can email [email protected] (link on contact us page) for more information or questions.
In late 2002 Valley Arts reopened as a music store, repair facility and small manufacturer specializing in custom guitars in downtown Nashville. Al Carness managed the store; Mike McGuire is operations manager of the Gibson Custom division, which oversees the Valley Arts line of guitars. The Nashville store closed in 2005.