The display cases at North Mississippi's Black Book Guitars are chock-full of Northwest rock memorabilia
Guitars from Nirvana's Kurt Cobain (left) and Billy Rancher (right) are displayed at Black Book Guitars
Guitars from The Makers (left) and Mudhoney (right) are displayed at Black Book Guitars
The display cases at North Mississippi's Black Book Guitars are chock-full of Northwest rock memorabilia
Gear from Mudhoney's Steve Turner on display at Black Book Guitars
The Mudhoney display: Steve Turner's guitar, pedals and a sawtooth clear vinyl 45 at Black Book Guitars
The Makers display at Black Book Guitars
The Makers display at Black Book Guitars
Billy Rancher's display at Black Book Guitars
Billy Rancher and the Unreal Gods record at Black Book Guitars
The metallic body of the left-handed Hagstrom blue sparkle guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain at Black Book Guitars
The metallic body of the left-handed Hagstrom blue sparkle guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain at Black Book Guitars
Head detail of the left-handed Hagstrom blue sparkle guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain at Black Book Guitars
Black Book Guitars owner Nate Andrews with Kurt Cobain's ax—a left-handed Hagstrom blue sparkle guitar
A vintage amplifier at Black Book Guitars
Vintage guitar cases at Black Book Guitars
A Ventures signature Mosrite guitar signed by all members of the band at Black Book Guitars
A vintage Fender amp at Black Book Guitars
A Marshall amp at Black Book Guitars
The back of a Vox amplifier at Black Book Guitars
The head of the Mosrite guitar signed by all members of The Ventures at Black Book Guitars
Black Book Guitars owner Nate Andrews inspecting Kurt Cobain's ax—a left-handed Hagstrom blue sparkle guitar. Photo by John Chandler.
Black Book Guitars on North Mississippi Avenue is full of not just vintage guitars and gear but also Northwest rock memorabilia

Northwest Rock and Roll Memorabilia at Black Book Guitars

Photos by David Mosher

May 15, 2014 11:30am

Words by John Chandler

May 15, 2014 12:00pm

When he’s not playing music dressed as his alter ego (hot dog rock star Frank Furter—that’s a story for another day), you can find Nate Andrews perched behind the desk at Black Book Guitars on North Mississippi Avenue, his modest vintage guitar shop that’s been open for just under a year.Besides his bread-and-butter business of buying, selling and fixing guitars, pedals and amps, Andrews has, in a relatively short... read more