ST. PETERSBURG — Redwoods Vintage Guitars in the Pasadena neighborhood of St. Petersburg has expanded its collection, attracting clients including musicians from Vertical Horizon, Alanis Morissette, Bob Dylan’s band, Keith Richards and Neil Young.
“There are individual guitars in the shop that are the only ones available anywhere in the world quite often,” store owner Shawn Kyle said.
In fact, the store is collaborating with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on potentially selling or displaying a 1917 Brazilian rosewood guitar. The instrument’s fingerboard is covered in solid mother-of-pearl etched with Baroque patterns by early 1900s artisans…