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Boulder Creek Music – Instrument Spotlight
Boulder Creek Music has an impressive roster of vintage and sought after guitars, amps, mandolins, drums and more. Here’s a sample:
This is a like new early 2000′s PRS with dual Humbuckers. Also is a 1964, 85 watt Fender Showman.
The Twinkies are priced at $400.
Boulder Creek Music Lives
Below is a note from Boulder Creek Music owners Ray Newkirk & Barry Tanner. If you have any instruments or music gear you’d like to sell, please bring them by the store. They’ve hit a big bump in the road, but are doing thier best to keep the shop open.
BOULDER CREEK MUSIC LIVES! 2-15-13 - By Ray Newkirk & Barry Tanner
Before too many rumors are spread lets quickly shed a little light on the life and death of Michael Aron (<not a typo) Smith and the status of Boulder Creek Music.
Yes, there was a Uhaul truck taking instruments from Boulder Creek Music on Tuesday & Wednesday, 2/12 & 2/13/13. First, we are not closing our doors.
As most of you know, BC Music opened it’s doors 11/17/12. It was the dream of Michael Smith and Barry Tanner. Ray Newkirk jumped in as one of Santa’s elves because it seemed like a good idea.
Mike ran the Musician’s Trading Post on Ocean St about 25 years ago then got married , moved to Seattle, opened the Trading Musician, got divorced, opened Georgetown Music, ran that for 6 years then decided to move back to Boulder Creek, where his son, Marshall, had been born in 1989.

Since then, Mike took his own life at the end of a rope in Seattle (some call it suicide capital of the U.S.), presumably due to heavy financial woes, right after selling Georgetown Music to his ex-wife. As most of the equipment in BC Music came from Georgetown Music, much of it went back there because Marshall is rightful heir to Mike’s estate.
Boulder Creek February Events Calendar
Boulder Creek Music – Open for Business
The long awaited Boulder Creek Music is now open. . . it was worth the wait. They have an amazing stock of instruments and gear, offer repair and instrument setup and have top notch staff.




















