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Nils – Featured Artist and Valley Arts Ambassador of Smooth Jazz

April 13, 2021April 18, 2021 AdministratorLeave a Comment on Nils – Featured Artist and Valley Arts Ambassador of Smooth Jazz

Nils has been topping the Smooth Jazz Charts for some time now, and deserves recognition for his contributions to keeping […]

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About Donations to help the site

March 6, 2019August 31, 2024 Administrator1 Comment on About Donations to help the site

Learn how you can help the Valley Arts site

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Valley Arts Guitars for Sale

May 30, 2018October 27, 2023 Administrator12 Comments on Valley Arts Guitars for Sale

I was thinking (scary huh?) and decided it could perhaps be a good idea to create a section in the […]

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Curious about Serial Numbers?

February 18, 2018December 2, 2021 Administrator55 Comments on Curious about Serial Numbers?

I surely am.  All those guitars that were made during the 80’s.  My Standard Pro is fairly low numbered – […]

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Searching registry for colors

December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 Administrator13 Comments on Searching registry for colors

Someone asked if I could make the color obvious in the listings in the registry.  I said sorry I could […]

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This may help with dating your guitar…if it has EMG’s

August 4, 2017February 8, 2020 Administrator12 Comments on This may help with dating your guitar…if it has EMG’s

IF you have EMG pickups, they had a dating scheme in the 80’s and 90’s that was very easy to […]

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More input sought on Transitional VA’s…Updated

August 2, 2017August 16, 2018 Administrator5 Comments on More input sought on Transitional VA’s…Updated

EDIT:  We’ve decided to keep the site pure Pre-Samick Pre-Gibson to maintain the purity of the original brand.  Cuz that […]

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Counterfeits?

June 1, 2017June 1, 2017 AdministratorLeave a Comment on Counterfeits?

Interesting tidbit from Martin on an inquiry someone sent in from Asia. Here’s his quote “One other thing we have […]

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More news about additions

May 5, 2017May 24, 2017 AdministratorLeave a Comment on More news about additions

We’ve had a good response to updates, and additions.  Many new guitars have been added and many have been updated. […]

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Great helpful article on Samick Period Valley Arts Guitars

April 26, 2017September 12, 2017 Administrator13 Comments on Great helpful article on Samick Period Valley Arts Guitars

This was a very helpful, super well researched article on Samick Valley Arts, especially their version of a “California Pro”, […]

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Some serial number advice – “Transitional Guitars”

April 13, 2017February 6, 2021 Administrator17 Comments on Some serial number advice – “Transitional Guitars”

This is quoted from a very useful reply to an email I sent Martin about a Custom Pro that I […]

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Big news April 2017 – the new site!

March 21, 2017May 2, 2017 Administrator4 Comments on Big news April 2017 – the new site!

Da Big news: The Vintage Valley Arts “Golden Era” site has been completely redesigned and brought back to life in a […]

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Please – don’t buy a vintage Valley Arts Guitar without checking its authenticity!

March 16, 2017November 23, 2019 Administrator20 Comments on Please – don’t buy a vintage Valley Arts Guitar without checking its authenticity!

There are plenty of Valley Arts guitars listed on various sites like ebay and reverb. etc.  Some are up front […]

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Check us out on FaceBook

March 16, 2017October 27, 2023 Administrator2 Comments on Check us out on FaceBook

Check us out on FaceBook … ‘Valley Arts Guitars (pre-Gibson, pre-Samick)’ and for previous employees ‘Valley Arts Family’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/370603505025

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You can access the new site from either domain

March 16, 2017April 16, 2017 Administrator2 Comments on You can access the new site from either domain

You can access the site from either url valleyartsguitars.com or valleyarts.guitars

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  • Nils – Featured Artist and Valley Arts Ambassador of Smooth Jazz
  • Michael Casswell – Honorable Mention
  • About Donations to help the site
  • Valley Arts Guitars for Sale
  • Curious about Serial Numbers?

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  • Nils – Featured Artist and Valley Arts Ambassador of Smooth Jazz
  • Michael Casswell – Honorable Mention
  • About Donations to help the site
  • Valley Arts Guitars for Sale
  • Curious about Serial Numbers?

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