Acoustic Guitar Magazine | 9 years ago

Ask Frank Helsley, Jr. to describe the moment his father, Frank Helsley, Sr., conceived of Republic Guitars, and his goal of providing “a quality guitar that’s not going to break the bank for your everyman,” and the sandy-haired Texan doesn’t miss a beat. “My dad saw that there was this gap between a $400 piece of junk and a $2,500 guitar that the working musician might not necessarily be able to afford,” he offers, during my visit to the company’s shop.


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