Archives for 2012

Layaways / Deferred Payments

A 20% deposit may be accepted to reserve any instrument for up to 120 days. 50% of the deposit is refundable if a layaway item is cancelled. Layaway orders are shipped on receipt of balance due. Please contact us for more information. [TOP]

Placing An Instrument On Hold

The best way to place an instrument on hold immediately is by phoning, faxing or emailing a valid VISA or MC number. Your card will be charged when the parcel is ready to ship. If paying by check or money order, we’ll extend a courtesy hold while your payment is in transit. Hold time is […]

Viewing an Instrument In Person

If you are within driving distance of New York City, please call for an appointment to preview an instrument in person. We are located in NJ thirty minutes from NYC. [TOP]

How to Purchase an instrument

To order an instrument, first CALL or FAX to confirm that the instrument is still available. In order to minimize returns (see below), we prefer not to ship any instrument until we have discussed the instrument with you directly. It is important to discern exactly what you expect from each instrument. We will actually tell […]

What are the store hours?

Showroom hours (based upon availability): BY APPOINTMENT Monday: Call or email for availability Tuesday: Call or email for availability Wednesday: Call or email for availability Thursday: Call or email for availability Friday: Call or email for availability Saturday: Call or email for availability Sunday: Call or email for availability Please call 908-403-3426 to reserve an individual […]

What does Guitars and Jazz specialize in?

Nelson Palen carved Archtops exclusive distributors, Eastman Standard and Custom Guitars-Peerless Standard and Custom Guitars- over 500 archtops in stock at all times! Rivera Jazz Suprema, Hendriksen, JazzKat, Acoustic Image, and AER jazz amplifiers -always in stock. [TOP]

Who is Guitars ‘n Jazz?

Guitars ‘n Jazz specializes in high quality jazz archtop guitars. We have the largest selection of carved Archtops in the world! Our large selection of over 300 Carved archtop guitars, over 500 New and Vintage archtops, allows you to find the best guitar for you. We offer the largest in stock selection of Eastman carved […]

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The largest selection of carved Archtops in the world! Our large selection of over 300 Carved archtop guitars, over 500 New and Vintage archtops, allows you to find the best guitar for you. Guitars ‘n Jazz offers the full line of Eastman Guitars, Peerless Guitars, D’Angelico Guitars, Heritage Guitars, and Palen and Benedetto Archtops. We […]

Owning a new Palen

Happiness is owning a new Palen!

Rodney Jones

RODNEY JONES with his close friend NJ Jazz guitarist Vic Juris.

LI CLASSIC ARCHTOP SHOW 2002

Rodney Jones embracing the New Palen blonde archtop that he just purchased from Lou Del Rosso

Palen Archtop

GUITARIST SCOTTI ANDERSON playing some great licks on a cherryburst Palen

Nelson Palen

UK JAZZ GUITARIST CURTIS SHAW AND NELSON PALEN with the cherry sunburst that Curtis purchased at the LI show 2001

Lou & George Benson

MAY 2001 LONG ISLAND CLASSIC ARCHTOP SHOW – George Benson playing the Palen Blonde that George purchased at the show from Lou Del Rosso, Guitars ‘n Jazz

Paul Brown “White Sand”

Paul Brown playing his Palen Performer guitar on the cover of his new CD, “White Sand”.

Paul Brown

Paul Brown playing his Palen Performer guitar.