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Hey everyone, it's that time of year again! Our 4th free community swap meet. Free to vendors, buyers and browsers. Not sure what a swap meet is? Well it's a great way to swap, trade or sell or buy unwanted musical items of any description. Just turn up with stuff to sell or trade or just come along and browse. It's a lot of fun and a great way to meet like minded people or to grab a bargain or spare part. It'll be happening on Saturday August the 13th at 1pm till 4 at the amazing Wheatsheaf international Hotel and brewery right across the road from Salvi's fine guitars. It's free for all! Gra ..read more

Hey! Here's something you may not know! Does your guitar go out of tune? Should you get better machine heads? Probably not!! Read on...... At least once a week, someone calls me up and says: " I need some new machine heads, what've you got?" "Well, I've got heaps! What's the problem" Inevitably, the problem is that the guitar won't hold tune. Of course, it's the machine heads fault right!? Well, maybe not, did you know that machines have a ratio of 14 to 1 or thereabouts? That means that to get the string post to spin once, you need to spin the key about 14 times sometimes more on good sets. T ..read more

Well it's on again! Our Musical Swapmeet in the illustrious Wheatsheaf Hotel 'Back Shed' A great venue with lovely people, lots of musical gear, like pedals, amps, guitars and basses, keyboards, you name it, and of course their delicious beers on tap right there at the bar! Get amongst it on Saturday the 8th of February at 1pm till 4 pm, short and sweet! Just bring anything you want to sell or trade, or just rock up with an eye for a bargain. Everyone is welcome to enjoy, buy, sell, trade or just talk music! It's all good. Forget Gumtree and the risks involved, come along to this and be in a ..read more

For those of you in the know, the PLEK system is a CNC ( computer numeric control) machine that will level your frets to a high tolerance and it's pretty great how it works. Gibson have one installed in their factory and all their guitars get the PLEK treatment before shipping. A few guitar shops are getting them as well and the future look ok for PLEK.  So, it's a good rig, but will Salvi's be buying a PLEK machine anytime soon? Well, no! Why you ask? Let's do a rundown on the pro's and cons of the PLEK system.  So what's so good about it?  It's accurate! How accurate? Wel ..read more

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Brand new Salvi Custom guitar heading up to the NT. Check it out ..read more

23rd March at 1pm. Well it's that time of year again! Salvi's Musical Swapmeet is the place to go to safely buy, sell or trade any musical objects you may have for sale or to buy something you may be looking for! Do away with the randoms on Gumtree and mingle with a like minded bunch of people at the Glorious Wheatsheaf Hotel here on George st Thebarton, directly opposite SalvI's fine guitars. There'll be staff on hand to help you buy and sell if you need it, and there'll be delicious Wheatie beer on tap! What's not to love?! AND ITS ALL FREE! (Not the beer:P) So pile up all those things you h ..read more

Swap meets are great way to get rid of stuff you don't need and buy stuff you like at the same time. It's a giant trash and treasure for musicians right here in Adelaide. Our next meet is on Saturday the 11th of April 2015, and we have them every 6 months so stay tuned! #acoustic #customguitars #spareparts #guitarparts #swapmeet ..read more

CNC (computer numeric control) machining is super accurate and a lot of fun. This is a Les Paul style fingerboard I'm making for a custom guitar I'm making here at the workshop.  ..read more