Hi Folks! Hope the winter months and this holiday season is treating everyone well. And in the spirit of this holiday season and the start of a new, fresh year – I’m proud to annouce Boogie Street FIRST EVER ‘Pricing Promotion’. It’s titled ‘Give and Get’.

Here is my video annoucement and there will be additional text below.

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So, what do you think?

EVERY GUITAR in the Boogie Street Guitars inventory is included!

Important point to reiterate.

1. This Pricing Promotion is for direct sales only. Not ebay or gbase.

2. Contact me at eric@boogiestreet.com or call at 412-716-3150

3. The first step is a $50 donation to St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital. To make this donation you can go to PayPal and ‘Send Money’ to this email: bsgcharities@gmail.com OR just email me or call me and I’ll email you a PayPal invoice for the donation.

4. After you have made this donation – it’s time to shop! And we are putting more and more guitars up at the Boogie Street Website – daily! Once you locate the guitar you want – here again are the pricing tiers.

$0- 1000 USD priced BSG guitar – $150 USD DISCOUNT

$1000-2000 USD priced BSG guitar – $250 USD DISCOUNT

$2000-3000 USD priced BSG guitar – $350 USD DISCOUNT

$3000-4000 USD priced BSG guitar – $450 USD DISCOUNT

$4000-5000 USD priced BSG guitar – $550 USD DISCOUNT

$5000 plus USD priced BSG guitar – $650 USD DISCOUNT

That is it! Simply and an opportunity to acquire an amazing custom BSG guitar at a healthy, healthy discount as well as give to St. Judes.

Again – all guitars included. Custom Ricos, Paul Stanley, Nick Catanese, Scott Ian, Nuno Bettencourt – you name it! It we have it in stock – it’s included!!

Naturally, prior sales are not eligible. And for those customers who have exisiting payment arrangements on prior sold guitars – those guitar deals are not eligible.

Let’s get to it! You can reach me again at eric@boogiestreet.com or by phone at 412-716-3150

And check us out at Boogie Street Guitars!

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So, my good friend and fellow Boogie Street keeper of the ‘madness’ – Sir Fred Kowalo, has penned his ‘State of the B’Street Address’… or… ‘Things as Fred sees them!’ Take your pick.

Below is the direct text – straight from Sir Freddy K himself!

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The State Of Things At Boogie Street…by Freddy Kowalo.

Hello My Friends!!!! Here we are at the end of another great year at Boogie Street Guitars. Over the past year, Eric has done his best to bring us all the superior guitars that you can only find here at Boogie Street. Well, it is my pleasure to give a review of some of the guitars we still have in stock, and a few that Eric may have forgotten we have.

Let me start with the Washburn Import Paul Stanley Preacher guitars in White. These guitars are great sounding and great playing guitars. They are exclusive BOOGIE STREET imports that play and sound like an American made guitar. These guitars have the Blessing of Paul Stanley, Himself. That should speak volumes about these fine guitars. We have a few, About 10 or so, maybe a little less out of the original 50 we ordered. The black ones have completely sold out. Or maybe just One or Two left… email eric to see. Again: There may be a few private stock ones left in black, but I would have to check on that. I think Eric may have kept one for himself that is still on the shelf…lol.

I have just completed setting up every BSG “The Cross” guitar. This guitar is Boogie Streets tribute to Dimebag Darrell Abbott’s Southern Cross guitars. The USA Southern Cross Guitars are completely sold out. As you may know, the entire Run of 100 guitars was never completed. These USA guitars are highly collectable. I have seen them go as high as $5,000 dollars on E-Bay. Due to the high demand for this unfinished Series, Boogie Street commissioned 100 Import “The Cross” guitars, an import model of the Southern Cross that rivals its USA made counter part at a much lower price. These guitars boast USA Seymoure Duncan pickups, a DIMEBUCKER in the bridge and a ‘59 in the neck. Each has Black Grover tuning machines and Washburn’s licensed Floyd Rose tremolo systems. Each guitar is numbered, so call Eric if you are interested to see if your favorite number is available. This is definitely a quality import guitar at a fraction of the price of the original USA model.

We also have a few ET’s left. Eric will be happy to hear that in my search for more guitars to set up, I uncovered a few import ET’s, a USA in red and a few of the original USA NO LOGO ET’s with ET only on the fret board. The No logo ET’s have Exceptional flame tops on them. They are fast and fantastic players. These guitars were hidden away…lol… more like misplaced by me while I was stocking the boxes on the new shelves that were installed by Joey M last year.

We have several USA Nuno Designs. Some of these guitars are exclusive to Boogie Street. Again these guitars are top of the line. We have a few of the all white and a few of the all black. They are great. We also have A few and extremely RARE, surely to become a collectors piece PADUKE NUNOs. We have both the oil finish and the Gloss finished body. These guitars are RIPPING!!! Sustain and tone for days. I am not just saying that… trust me… I am forever on the quest for great tone… These guitars are a complement to any amp.

We still have a few BSG designed Washburn INSTIGATORS and Hollow Bodies on the shelf. These guitars sold well, but for some reason, we kept a few back.

There may also be some miscellaneous Idols lurking around along with a Fallen Idol or 2. I was breezing over the boxes and thought I saw the number codes. I will have to take a closer inspection when I get back there next week. We also have a number of acoustics on the shelf.

This brings me to the guitars that Boogie Street is famous for: Custom runs of the highest quality USA model Guitars. I have already spoken of the PADUKE NUNOS and the Limited Run of No LOGO ETs in stock. Now I would like to tell you of the USA WASHBURN PAUL STANLEY models we have in stock. Washburn and Paul and Eric have made great strides in producing a guitar that would rival any guitar out there, including the Crown Jewel of flame top guitars, the Gibson Les Paul Standard.

We have several BEAUTIFUL USA Paul Stanley Preachers with exceptional flamed tops. We also have a few of our gloss and oil coated Paduk preachers left. These guitars are exclusive only to Boogie Street. The wood grain on these guitars is unique, also. The tone is beyond incredible. These guitars are sure to become collector’s items and will increase in value.

As of this writing, I have begun setups on the New BSG designed PS5 Preacher. This guitar features an oil finish, Tone Pros, Grover hardware and Seymoure Duncan JB (bridge) and Pearly Gates (neck) pickups. The Tone on this guitar is MASSIVE! Through my little Johnson Combo amp it sounded killer, through Eric’s Marshall, It sounds killer!!! These guitars are limited to a run of 8. They will go fast. I have set up the first 2 and I am impressed at the quality of this USA made guitar for under $2000.

In the ongoing attempt to bring our customers the best quality guitars available, Eric has expanded the horizons of Boogie Street Guitars. At the end of 2007 Eric started selling guitars from world famous luthier, BERNIE RICO, JR.

Bernie has an incredible vision when it comes to the quality and design of guitar making. His attention to detail is second to none. I am a stickler for detail… Bernie meets MY standards every time. His finishes are virtually flawless. The small details are addresses on every guitar. We are proud to offer a variety of USA RICOs. Each guitar is handmade to perfection. We have a few Divas, Jeckylls, Alais guitars and a bass.

Bernie’s answer to imports is the Hybrid. The bodies may be assembled overseas to Bernie’s strict guidelines, but each one is finished in Bernie’s shop and sent out. We have both the black and the white V’s. These are the ultimate shred guitars. They feel and play like their USA counterparts, but at a fraction of the price. I am planning on buying a set of these for myself. You gotta have one in Black and White…

There is no such thing as ever owning too many guitars. Each one is a little different than another. Boogie Street offers the finest variety of guitars anywhere. That is what Eric set out to do and he has accomplished that goal and then some. We have a guitar for every kind of player, for every style of music, to fit any budget. Keep an eye on the new E-Store, and remember, we have more than what you see listed on there. Give Eric a call or better yet shoot him off an e-mail to see if there is something that may suit you before we list it. Great guitars do not last too long around here. I expect the new ones that I have just found to fly out of the shop being the holiday season.

Thank You everyone for a great year. It has been a pleasure working on these fine guitars for everyone and meeting and conversing with some of the Boogie board members at the shop. I know Eric appreciates each and every one of you. We really do have a “Family” atmosphere on this board. I look forward to a successful 2009 for everyone here and hopefully we will welcome many new members to our family… Be safe everyone… Happy Holidays!!!!

ROCK ON!!!!

FRED KOWALO

Guitar Tech to the Stars, Boogie Street Guitars and You!!! LOL!!!=

Well! #1 of 8 and #3 of 8 of our first run of USA Custom Shop Paul Stanley PS5 Preachers have arrived!

Holy Hell! AMAZING!!

I expected a tremendous guitar – but this is a real stunner. Oil finish – maple neck – seymour duncans … these guitar just SCREAM! I could not be happier!

And we are able to get these out to the customers for 1979 USD! For a Washburn USA Custom Paul Stanley! That price is a triumph for ALL involved!

I recorded this video yesterday to ‘announce’ the arrival of the first two. Below the video will be some pictures that BSG’s Dan Speicher shot for me.

So – ya dig them?

1979, shipped in the USA, with hard case, certfificate signed by Paul and the BSG swag, etc.

Let me know! 412-716-3150 or eric@boogiestreet.com

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nice, eh?

even better…eh?

dig the maple neck!

Well Howdy-Ho!

Yup! Indeed – a new Boogie Street Video Update is complete.

Our great friend Roon was in to help on a very, very nasty, snowy Saturday in Pittsburgh.

Had fun recording it!

And it’s in HD and it came out – great! I think I’m getting the hang of this new Casio EX-F1! It’s quite impressive!

The vocal audio is pretty good. We will be sprucing up the audio on future updates as we acquire a shotgun mic, etc. However – it’s quite acceptable.

In the center is music! Of course!

Featured this week is my good friend Abby Abbondanza! The tune is “Miracle Man” off his Promised Land CD. This is a duet with Scott Blasey of THE CLARKS and it’s a really, really impressive tune. As a matter of fact, Abby’s CD has been in my FJ and I can’t stop listening to it!

I’ve been with my good friend Jon Ness and his company BrainBanana for years. Jon does custom metal plate work and engraving. He does custom guitar parts and other unique projects.

What I”ve done with Jon is custom truss rod covers for guitars I’ve built with Washburn. Our latest work together is a custom truss rod covers for the Washburn Paul Stanley Preacher guitars I’m commissioning.

Pictured below is Jon’s work. Both have the Boogie Street ‘Lion in the Moon’ logo’ etched on a high gloss black metal truss rod. The covers for the PS5 series Preachers we are doing have “PS5″ in a ‘Broadway’ script on the bottom.

Hats off to Jon who continues to do amazing – amazing work.

You can reach Jon at www.brainbanana.com

What a pain in the ass. But we are getting close to getting this damn thing launched.

Since I started BSG in 1999, eBay has been our major marketing instrument. Then in late 2004 our Forum – The BoogieBoard – became another outlet to get our message out. And soon the BoogieBoard community was providing BSG another wonderful source of marketing and sales.

I’ve hated eStores from day one. It’s not because I think they are not needed. They are.

It’s just that in 10 years I’ve been introduced to too many. And since I’m not an html ‘expert’ – all of them have been nothing but a huge pain in my ass. Open source – forget it. Joomla, Zen Cart…you name it. I’ve seen and dabbled with just about all of them.

What a HUGE pain in the ass.

Well, with the internet continuing to change and with the current erosion of eBay’s users, it’s become clear that we need a great BSG Store.

So after dumping Zen Cart – I’ve decided to go with Volusion, Inc. And I must tell you that their program is indeed very good and priced very fairly. Service has been good. But…it’s still a huge pain in the ass getting it set up. Huge pain in the ass.

And being the control freak I am… yes, I’m doing it myself.

But- for those of you wonderful people in the BSG family who have been waiting and waiting… above is the look and feel.

The good news is that I have the framework done and tonight I started entering in guitars and next up is clothing. yaaaaa.

The Boogie Street Guitars eStore will be linked from the Boogie Street website, however the estore will be ’stand alone’ and not incorporated into our website.

So… by March 9th I hope to have the store ‘Open’ for business. Wish me luck.

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What is Boogie Street Guitars?

BSG is the brainchild of longtime guitarist and music enthusiast, Eric McKenna. Formed Jan of 1999, BSG has grown into a major force in the custom guitar marketplace while still remaining small, specialized and totally customer focused.

What brands does Boogie Street market?

BSG markets very special, custom and unique guitars from Washburn and Bernie Rico Jr. These custom guitars are hand built both in the USA as well Japan and Korea.

Does Boogie Street market and ship internationally?

BSG is truly ‘worldwide’. Eric has marketed guitars all over the world for 10 years. BSG uses UPS to ship to every point in the world.

What payment options does Boogie Street accept?

PayPal is our primary payment method. PayPal handles all of BSG’s credit card transactions. Whether you have a PayPal account or not – PayPal will handle the transaction easy and fast. And you don’t have to ‘join’ PayPal unless you want to. BSG also accepts bank wire transfer, US Postal money orders, Western Union and Bank Certified (Cashier’s) Checks drawn on USA banks only. Personal checks are not accepted.

Does Boogie Street charge sales tax?

If you reside in Pennsylvania – yes. We charge 7% state/county sales tax. If you do not reside in Pennsylvania there are no sales tax charges.

Does Boogie Street sell clothing?

Yes indeed. For 10 years, the BSG logos have been worn by artists at every level of music and movie fame. And more importantly, the BSG logos have been worn by thousands of BSG customers and friends all over the world! The designs are fresh and original and the ‘Mark of Distinction’ for the Boogie Street Family. Check out our eStore for our various clothing and caps.

What is Boogie Street’s return policy?

BSG customers are part of the ‘BSG Family’. And BSG takes care of our family. Our eBay feedback record and our stellar internet reputation is sturdy proof of our efforts. Buying online is different from buying in a traditional ‘retail’ format but BSG’s return policy is simple. If you receive a guitar from Boogie Street that is not in the condition we advertised the or if we made an error in the listing regarding colors or specs, certainly we will accept a return if we are notified of our error within 24 hours of the guitar’s delivery- by phone. Just call Eric at 412-716-3150. Providing the guitar is immediately returned, there will not be a restocking fee. Returns for any other reason must also be requested within 24 hours of the guitar’s delivery. Upon the return of the guitar to Boogie Street and our inspection to ensure the guitar was not gig’d or played or damaged, we will promptly issue a refund, minus all shipping and a 15% restocking fee.

A Suggestion: If you want to buy a guitar to play, practice, record and gig with for 14 to 30 days before you can make up your mind whether you want to keep the guitar- we strongly suggest you pursue your guitar at one of the large retail guitar chains such as Musicians Friend or Music123. We can not accommodate you. We are sorry.

What is the BoogieBoard forum?

The BoogieBoard is our member forum. The BoogieBoard is a great place for all of the BSG family members from all over the world to get together and discuss guitars, music and life. It’s a safe, moderated and exceptionally well run discussion forum. You are encouraged to visit and join! You will find some great people, discussing all kinds of things in a very positive, civil and fun manners! And if you just happen like cameras and photography, you may really find some wonderful people to share your pictures, ideas and thoughts with! Remember: guitar playing not required! The BSG BoogieBoard forum is just looking for great people!

Can I visit Boogie Street Guitars?

Absolutely. BSG is a very unique operation. Eric works out of 2000 square feet of office space in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA. BSG is not a retail ‘walk-in’ store. However, Eric does work by appointment. If you are in the area or are going to be in the area, give Eric a call or send him an email and set an appointment.

So, who is Eric McKenna

While there is quite a bit of information regarding Eric on the web, you can check out Eric’s Blog here at our website as well as view Eric’s bi-weekly video messages to the BSG family. Also, there is a detailed interview with Eric from 2007 where he discusses the history of BSG. You can view this video HERE.

by Eric McKenna

Well – my friends – where to begin.

This is the very condensed version of the story of Boogie Street Guitars.

Boogie Street or BSG was started as a part time, online, guitar selling ‘project’ or ‘hobby’ by yours truly in March 1999.

In 1999, through a lot of curious and hard work and with the timing of massive growth both at ebay and the internet in general – my hobby just took off.

So much so that around Christmas of 1999 I had this ‘crazy’ idea of taking it full-time come January of 2000.

With just about everyone in my life telling me I was nuts or irresponsible or selfish, I left my rather comfortable corporate job and started – Boogie Street Guitars.

And the rest is history.

Well, it was not quite that easy.

Boogie Street Guitars marketed other dealers new stock and used guitars from 1999 up until about 2003 when I finally convinced a major manufacturer to work with me to build ‘custom’ versions of their already established designs. That manufacturer was Washburn Guitars.

The Boogie Street and Washburn relationship continues to be fruitful and amazing – and I believe has helped both companies expand not only in the marketplace but expand in customers opinions of ‘custom’ and quality.

In early 2007 Boogie Street Guitars teamed with Bernie Rico Jr. Bernie is the son of Bernie Rico Sr, legendary guitar builder and founder of B.C. Rich guitars. Since our partnership, Boogie Street has brought to market some of the most downright amazing and beautiful electric guitars to market and the realtionship continues to grow – rapidly.

In 2007, I also approached Bernie Rico about helping me bring a guitar shape to the market. At the time of this writing, the guitar is tentatively called ‘Brutus’ and the small guitar company I’ve created is titled “Major”.

So there you have it – for now.

Below is Boogie Street Guitars’ latest promotional video – DECENNIAL.

If you have about 20 minutes – it’s sure worth a look. Enjoy!

Pretty cool, huh?

Since early 2004, Boogie Street Guitars has been located in a 2000 square foot private office in the Pittsburgh suburb of Rosslyn Farms. I’ve set up Boogie Street as a purely private experience. Boogie Street is not a walk-in store. And we don’t market strings or picks. And we don’t give lessons. We do indeed accept in visitors who are interested in a particular guitar we have. However, please note that visits are purely by appointment. We do not have ’standard’ business hours.

One of the industries finest guitar techs, Freddy Kowalo, has his operation within the Boogie Street offices. Freddy inspects and sets up ALL guitars that Boogie Street sells. Fred is usually at Boogie Street 1 or 2 days a week and does custom set-up and repair work strictly on an appointment basis.

Thanks for reading – and watching!