Melbourne's Music Store

We’re running free beginner guitar lessons every Saturday in August at 11am at Colemans Music in South Melbourne. These sessions are designed for complete beginners — no experience, no gear, no pressure.

The Australian guitar industry does not need more builders simply copying the past. It needs innovators who understand the past well enough to develop it.

That is why Aaron Fenech matters—not only to Fenech Guitars, but to the ongoing story of Australian guitar making.

Designed in collaboration with legendary guitarist Chet Atkins, the Country Gentleman was Gretsch’s sophisticated answer to the professional electric guitar. It was elegant without being excessive, warm without becoming muddy and articulate enough to reproduce every detail of Atkins’ famously precise fingerstyle playing.

At Colemans Music we've spent a lot of time with both brands. We've watched customers compare them side by side, we've gigged them, we've recorded them and, perhaps most importantly, we've listened to what players keep coming back to tell us.

This isn't about deciding which builder is "better."

It's about helping you discover which one is likely to inspire you every time you pick it up.