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Guitar Garage is mostly vintage and pre-owned instruments, but we also carry a standing range of new gear. Here's what's in that range. Mammoth-Gear is our primary supplier of cases and bags. Hard cases, Woody range: acoustic, classical, jumbo, electric, Les Paul, 335-style archtop, bass, acoustic bass, 12-string. Heavy-duty gig bags: WoolyG electric, WoolyW acoustic, WoolyC classical and a Wooly G2 double electric. Leather straps: Colonial Leather, handmade in Bendigo, Victo

A few pieces on the floor right now come from Japan's golden era of guitar making — the 1970s and early 80s, when factories like Yairi, Teradaira and Fujigen were turning out instruments that rival anything built in the US at the time. Here's five worth knowing about. K. Yairi DY-41 (1977) — $2,600 Hand-built in the Yairi workshop in Kani, Gifu, under Kazuo Yairi himself. This DY-41 is a dreadnought from the upper tier of the Yairi lineup — solid Sitka spruce top, solid India

The pedal cabinet in our hive has had a shuffle heading into spring. The Garage Sale is on too, with great prices on Line 6, Warm Audio Phaser, and the EHX White Finger. Here's eight recent arrivals worth knowing about. Boss OD-1 OverDrive (Early 1980s) — $650 One of the first three Boss pedals ever made. Early Black Label unit with the second-generation 8-pin dual op-amp circuit and the legendary 4558 chip — asymmetrical clipping gives it a thick, mid-focused edge that's pun