Fairyland

Walk through the doors of Brooklyn’s Retrofret and you’ll swear you’ve entered a parallel universe. Set amidst one of the more desolate blocks in the five boroughs is a guitar store that specializes not only in vintage instruments, but unusual vintage instruments. Electric tenor guitars, oddball lap steels, Burns electrics, rare Gibsons and, of course, pipe organs abound. Brian Fisher takes a peek inside the store and interviews Steve Uhrick and Peter Kohman, Retrofret’s founders who have somehow carved out a living carrying guitars that you either can’t easily find anywhere else or don’t even know exist.