The Central Coast Guitar Show will take place at the Santa Maria Fairpark, 937 S. Thornburg, Santa Maria, California, on Saturday and Sunday, April 6 & 7, 2013, from 10am to 4pm Saturday and 11am-4pm Sunday. 

The show is for the purchase, sale, or trade of new, used, and vintage guitars, amps, effects, and accessories.

Admission was $10 per person for each day of the show, with a $1 discount for anyone bringing a musical instrument or amp into the show for sale or trade. Parking is free and there will be  a food and beverage concession on the premises during show hours.

A special feature of the show will be a drawing for a guitar, no purchase required.

Lodging

The Historic Santa Maria Inn is the host hotel for the CCGS. The hotel is located within walking distance of the CCGS venue and has a restaurant and bar on the premises. The Historic Santa Maria Inn will also host the CCGS Exhibitor & VIP Jam from 8-11pm after the show on Saturday, April 6. The special room rate for the CCGS is $109 per night (single or double occupancy, plus 10% room tax). Just mention Central Coast Guitar Show for the special rate for rooms in the historic section or in the newer tower. 
Call (800)462-4276 or (805)928-7777 to make your reservations as soon as you can to ensure you get your choice of a room in the host hotel.

RVs
The Santa Maria Fairpark has on-site RV spaces available with hook-ups, $25 per night. Call Angela in advance @ (805)925-8824. 

       CCGS central to all of California and then some!           

• 65 miles ( 75 minutes) from Santa Barbara

• 91 miles ( 100 minutes) from Ventura

• 130 miles ( 2.5 hours) from Bakersfield

• 160 miles ( 3 hours) from Los Angeles

• 171 miles ( 3 hours) from Fresno

• 175 miles ( 3 hours) from Monterey

• 195 miles (3.5 hours) from Anaheim

• 264 miles ( 4.5 hours) from San Francisco

• 283 miles ( 5 hours) from San Diego

• 326 miles ( 5.25 hours) from Sacramento

• 400 miles ( 6.7 hours) from Las Vegas, Nevada

• 532 miles ( 8.5 hours) from Phoenix, Arizona     
  

                                                               

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                                 2013 Sponsors

   
    The New Times, San Luis Obispo                      The Santa Maria Sun

              
                                                The Historic Santa Maria Inn

                                                      
                                                              SoundCheck

                 Friendly Links:

                                                 Vintage Guitar Magazine

                                                    Guitar Show Calendar

                                                       Collectors Weekly

                                          San Luis Obispo Blues Society

                                                    Central Coast Rocks

                                           Santa Barbara Blues Society

                         Bluegrass Music Society Of The Central Coast 

                                     
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2012 Show

- 2012 show had approximately 700 attendees and 30 exhibitors
- approximately 230 2012 show attendees brought in instruments to sell or trade

Partial 2012 Exhibitor list:

Winner of the 2012 CCGS Guitar Giveaway!

Zhanna Stinson of Oceano, California, is the winner of the 2012 CCGS Guitar Giveaway. Zhanna and her
husband, James, took their son, Justin, to the show. Justin, 10, has been taking guitar lessons from Glen Rathbone at 
Lightning Joe's Guitar Heaven for more than 3 years. Justin heard about the show while listening to 99.1 The Fox radio station
and talked his parents into taking him. Justin liked the show alot, especially "the amp in the trailer" (the Quilter Amplification booth, 
with the amp demo room in the 1967 Airstream trailer). Justin said will come to the show again next year. 
And, of course, Zhanna has given the new Fender Squire Stratocaster she won to her son, Justin. 
Congratulations to Zhanna and Justin!

• The Santa Maria Sun did a feature story on the Central Coast Guitar Show the week of the show
  

• KSBY TV Channel 6, the local NBC affiliate, did a feature story on the Central Coast Guitar Show the week of the show
  

• CCGS guest passes were given away on all of the following El Dorado Broadcasters Central Coast radio stations during the two weeks before the show. 
  
   99.1 The Fox (classic rock)
  107.3 New Rock
  102.5 Sunny Country
  106.7 El Compa (Spanish speaking)
  

• 2012 CCGS Guitar Giveaway!
  
  A drawing was held at the end of the 2012 Central Coast Guitar Show for a free Fender Squire Vintage Modified Surf Stratocaster, candy apple red with lipstick pickups.
  Very cool! See story on winner above. 
  

• Rotary Club of Nipomo operated a concession for the CCGS, including coffee, soda, water, donuts, and BBQ
  tri -tip sandwiches
  

• Costa de Oro Winery had their "Friday Wine Down" with live music after load-in on Friday, March 23rd, from 5-8pm. And after the show closed on Saturday, March 24th, Costa de Oro will presented a special live music performance by Lawless & Dean from 4-6pm. Costa de Oro is located across the freeway from Costco and In and Out Burger at 1331 South Nicholson, Santa Maria, phone 805.922.1468.
  

• The Santa Maria Inn, our CCGS host hotel, hosted an Exhibitor Jam after the show on Saturday, March 24th, from 7-10pm. The "house band" was Unfinished Business. The public was welcome and there was no cover. The Santa Maria Inn is located at 801 South Broadway, Santa Maria, phone (805) 928-7777.  
    

• CCGS was advertised in the March & April 2012 issues of Vintage Guitar Magazine (see pages 126 and 84, respectively). The March issue was distributed at the recent World Guitar Show in Costa Mesa and the NAMM Show.

2012 CCGS Media Coverage

                                                                          See CCGS photo in July 2012 issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine, Page 98

Click here for article in the Santa Maria Sun

Click here for article in the Santa Maria Times

Click here for more Santa Maria Times photos

Click here for the feature story on KSBY TV 

Click here for the article in the Adobe Press

CCGS 2012 Photos
(photos by Karen Witt and Ed Miller)

   
   

 
Ryan Cook, right, and Esoterik Guitars staff                          Gary Hernandez, Guitars West                            Caroline Brass (right) & Dustin Jack (left) of 
                                                                                                                                                                                  Fretted Americana, Inc., with the Evil Robot
                                                                                                                                                                              guitar amps in their vintage guitar display.

             
Rob Szpuk (right), The Slide Zone, demos a lap                 Jim Witt (left) and Dan Duehren              Jim Robinson, Robinsong Guitars   Mike Marino (left), Tone Candy pedals, and
steel for Los Angeles producer and artist Gio Loria                      of California Vintage                                                                                      Kevin Coombs, Seymour Duncan Company      

           
  Zach Wagner (left) of R.Zach Guitars     Dana Thorin, Music Caravan, Ed Miller, CCGS,            Central Coast artist Ron Miller of                                        Ed Miller, CCGS, with                    
          and Ed Miller, CCGS                     and Bob Page, Buffalo Brothers Guitars (L-R)                               Full Gallop Music                                   Dewey Bowen (right), Freedom Guitar

         
Quilter Guitar Amplifiers Staff with Ed Miller (right), CCGS               Quilter Guitar Amplifiers "woodie" van                   

   
James Demeter, Demeter Amplification                                         Mark Oberg and Gail Anderson                                       Terry Veal, Community Volkswagen (CCGS
                                                                                                                                                                                                              sponsor), three Santa Maria Police Explorers,     
                                                                                                                                                                                                          and Johnny Winter autographed National guitar

    
Guitars Not Guns booth (local non-profit)                                        Keith Copas (left) of Musical Rarities 

   
         CCGS Staff: DJ, Mike, Art, and Ben (L-R)            CCGS Staff Karen, Barb, and Kathy (L-R)                 Nipomo Rotary Club Concession                     

            
    CCGS Staff member and U2 keyboardist,                          CCGS Staff member Brian Herrmann        
Terry Lawless (right), checking in an instrument                                   with vintage Epiphone                     

2012 CCGS Exhibitor Jam Photos
(Hosted by The Historic Santa Maria Inn, with house band Unfinished Business : Jim Witt on bass and vocals. David Hollister on drums, 
Ben Davis on rhythm guitar and vocals, "Toes" Cuffe on keys, and Ed Miller on lead guitar and vocals)

Unfinished Business

    
Ed                                              Toes                                                Jim   

 
Ben                                                                                     Dave                        

           
Dudley Gimpel, Ernie Ball Company,                        Mark Oberg                   
      with Musicman prototype                                                                     

         
     Rich Severson, Guitar College (third from right)     Zach Wagner, R. Zach Guitars    Alexander (right) sings Beatles' "Drive My Car"