Norman Harris (businessman)


Norman Harris is a vintage guitar dealer and he operates a store called Norman's Rare Guitars in Tarzana, California. He is one of the guitar industry's foremost experts on vintage guitars. His store has become a destination and he has become a celebrity through his Youtube channel which has more than 300,000 subscribers. He is also the author of two books about vintage guitars.

Career

In the 1960's Harris was a Hammond Organ player who played in bands touring in the Miami, Florida area. In the 1970's Harris was playing in a band with Bobby Caldwell called Katmandu, and the band toured in Los Angeles. While playing with the band Harris purchased a vintage Fender Jazz Bass. Soon other musicians loved the Jazz bass and offered Harris much more money than he paid for the guitar. Harris decided to supplement his income by selling vintage guitars.
Harris saw the value of selling vintage guitars and in 1975 he opened a store in Reseda, California. Harris also rented guitars to the be used in the movie industry, including the films Bound for Glory, The Last Waltz, Back to the Future, and This Is Spinal Tap
Norman's Rare Guitars is frequented by many A-list musicians: Joe Bonamassa, Post Malone, Slash, T-Bone Burnett, Mike Campbell, Richie Sambora, Joe Walsh, Eddie Van Halen and the now deceased Tom Petty.
Norman Harris is also active in a charity called the Midnight Mission.

Social Media

The store has 300,000 subscribers on both Instagram and YouTube, and 80,000 on Facebook.
Harris recently started the All Guitar Network. It is an Application that features guitar lessons, reviews and shows with artists.

Books