Blues City Music

Blues City Music, LLC., is now an authorized dealer for ThroBak guitar pickups.

Hello from Memphis.  Thanks for stopping by our shop.

We are thrilled to announce that we are now an authorized stocking dealer for Jon Gundry's ThroBak pickups hand made in the great state of Michigan.  Jon owns four of the original pickup winders from the Gibson Guitars Kalamazoo, Michigan, factory.  He bought these iconic winders from the Les Paul estate sale. 

You will see various models of his venerable PAF pickups in stock, but he also builds humbucker sized P90's, soap bar P90's, and Strat style sing coil pickups.  We can get you anything you want including a custom set to match your needs.  He recently built me a custom set of his ESG-102B pickups to match the original PAF's I have in my 1961 Gibson Les Paul.  I can say they are extremely close in all regards to the original PAF's, and I am beyond pleased with them.  I installed them into my main player, a 2006 Tom Anderson Cobra S solid body guitar.

Check out our web store soon as I will post all of the in stock available pickups there.  Call, email, text, or message me with any questions.

ThroBak is the real deal.  Stop searching, start playing.  Turn It Up.

Lynn Burke / Blues City Music LLC owner

Blues City Music, LLC., is now a Rattlesnake Cable Company dealer

Blues City Music, LLC., is NOW a dealer for Calton Cases (flight cases)

Great news for those of you looking for a truly transportable, hand built flight case for your guitar, bass, or other fine instrument. 

After months of research, we have found that there are no comparisons with Calton Cases of Austin, Texas, when it comes to build quality and true transportability. They use CNC equipment to design the interior space based upon your own personal measurements of your instrument.  This way there won't be any mistakes.  They also triple, that's right TRIPLE hand laminate the exterior with fiberglass for a very secure, durable, yet transportable case. Add the almost 100 rivets WITH backing plates used to secure all components inside the case, and you have a special case as special as your own instrument that will last a lifetime.

How many times have you lugged that rectangular hard shell road case from gig to gig knowing that it is WAY too heavy, WAY too big, and belongs in an 18 wheeler versus your Honda Civic or other standard sized automobile? 

Lynn Burke, Blues City Music's owner has his own Calton Case for his original 1961 Gibson Les Paul / SG.  Crimson exterior of course for his Alabama Crimson Tide, and black velvet on the inside. 

All cases are hand made one at a time so count on a 4 week build time or 2 weeks if you expedite via an additional $200 fee. 

Let us know if you need any more information, we can gladly help you.

Lynn Burke

Blues City Music / Owner

Blues City Music, LLC., is NOW a stocking Tube Amp Doctor vacuum tube dealer.

Hello from Memphis.

Blues City Music, LLC., is proud to announce that we are now an AUTHORIZED STOCKING DEALER for Tube Amp Doctor.  They are based in Germany, and have set the gold standard for quality control when it comes to vacuum tubes for guitar and bass amplification. 

We will be stocking many different types of preamp, output, and rectifier tubes.  For your specific needs, give us a call and we can answer any questions you may have including ordering tubes which we may not carry or have in stock.

Turn It Up and have a great day.

James Burke / BCM Owner

New Product Lines for Blues City Music, LLC.

Hello from Memphis,

We just wanted to announce that as of this month, early April, 2019, we have decided to pick up TAD - Tube Amp Doctors as a new dealer as well as Lakland Bass Guitars.  Both of these manufacturers have a very good presence in the vacuum tube market as well as USA made electric bass guitars. 

We plan on stocking a very large array of TAD tubes for your consideration from preamp, rectifier both vacuum and solid state, and output tubes. 

As for the Lakland Bass Guitar line, our initial order will be a killer looking USA custom shop, classic, and 4 gorgeous basses from the Skyline series.  This way we will have everyone covered.

Call, email, or message us anytime if you have questions.

Turn It Up.

Lynn Burke / BCM Owner

Blues City Music, LLC., NOW ACCEPTS AMAZON PAY.

Hello from Memphis,

Great news !!!  We have now set up our web store here to take Amazon Pay. This means you can checkout and use your own Amazon Pay just like you do when you buy off of Amazon.com. 

Besides this portal, we have about 13 other ways to accept payment, so chances are high that regardless of which account you choose to use, we probably accept it.

Give us a call if you have any questions, or just click the MESSAGE button here on this site and ask away.

Lynn Burke / Blues City Music, LLC. Owner

MacMillan custom acoustic guitars in stock soon.

Great news !!!

My good friend and former luthier for Dean B. Zelinsky (founder of Dean Guitars), Marty MacMillan of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee makes some of the finest boutique hand built acoustic guitars you will ever find.  We will have 2 dreadnaughts and 2 OM (orchestra model) guitars arriving 6 April. 

Cocobolo, Koa, Engleman Spruce, Curly Maple, Indian Rosewood, African Ebony, and Sitka Spruce are the wood choices for these 4 that are coming. 

It takes from 6-8 months to build a custom ordered MacMillan.  Marty does everything from buying the wood to shipping the final product, so get a truly customized acoustic guitar that will last you a lifetime.

Limited Lifetime Warranty.  Can't get better than that.

Prices are $3850 to $4300. 

Turn It Up.

Lynn Burke / BCM Owner