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Revolutionizing Rock on Girard

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DiPinto Guitars was founded in 1995 and has remained a staple on Girard Avenue for many years. Co-owner, Sophy DiPinto with a Pink Galaxie 4 in hand.
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Shortly after opening as a repair shop, co-owner Chris DiPinto began designing and creating handmade guitars. This is a handmade DiPinto Belvedere.
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DiPinto Guitars recently acquired an extremely rare 1932 Weymann guitar made in Philadelphia of Hawaiian Koa wood, second from the right.
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With increased demand, most DiPinto guitars are now manufactured in Korea, but all are designed in Philadelphia.
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Chris DiPinto, co-owner of DiPinto Guitars, holds a Roy Rogers version of a Jefferson toy guitar made in Fishtown in the late 1990's.
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Chris DiPinto's handmade Mach IV was designed to look like classic a muscle car.
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DiPinto Guitars is located at 407-409 E. Girard Avenue in Fishtown.

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