Buffalo Brothers Guitars’ story started in 1971 when Bob Page started up The Guitar Store in Pasadena,California. Bob used all the knowledge he picked up working at Eagle Music in Los Angeles, selling used guitars before they became extremely valuable vintage artifacts of guitar history. Bob’s younger brother Tim, a junior in high school, worked there during summer vacation and any time he had a few days off from school.

In the late ’80s, Bob changed the name to Traditional Music and moved the store to Leucadia in San Diego’s North County to be near another roots music institution, the Old Time Café, that unfortunately closed down soon thereafter. Bob started off in a tiny corner shop on Highway 101 and grew his business steadily over the years until Traditional Music became a significant force in the acoustic guitar scene, becoming Taylor’s number one independent retailer and James Goodall’s biggest dealer among other notable achievements.