Buy, sell, trade, & repairs for guitars. Also guitar appraisal and amp repair. Oakland Guitars, a guitar repair shop on 40th Street. Formerly known as Broken Guitars, the small storefront was founded in 2015 by Pinhead Gunpowder’s Bill Schnieder and Green Day’s Billie Jo Armstrong and catered to the East Bay’s rock aficionados. The shop almost closed in 2022 as a result of the pandemic. “They were looking to close and [Bill] sent me a text and said ‘Hey do you want a guitar shop,’” said Johnny Morales, the current co-owner. Morales and co-owner Theresa Gurrey weren’t full-time musicians like their counterparts. See more at the Oaklandside article.