Specialties
Andy Babiuk's Fab Gear is a boutique guitar shop located in Rochester, NY. The shop specializes in guitars, amps and associated musical equipment. Fab Gear sells new and vintage equipment from the top manufacturers in the industry, from iconic brands like Fender, Gretsch, Martin, Rickenbacker, Gibson, Epiphone, Vox, Marshall, and Ampeg... to name a few. Fab Gear offers professional instrument setup, restrings, guitar repair and guitar setup. Our Fab Gear Rock & Roll Academy has an exciting guitar lesson program offering lessons for guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals. We also offer an ensemble program for younger students of a similar age as well as an adult ensemble program for our adult students looking for that real band experience. Our ensemble program is held at our Fab Gear Studios on a professional sound stage with pro equipment and is designed to give students the invaluable experience of being in a real, live band! Fab Gear is owned and operated by musician, producer and author Andy Babiuk. With over thirty years in the music industry, Andy is able to use his expertise to assist his clients in finding the perfect gear to meet their specific needs. And these clients range from a list of Who's Who in the music industry to the kid down the street who just got their first guitar. Andy is a world renown expert in the music industry, authoring the acclaimed books Beatles Gear and The Story of Paul Bigsby and his new book Rolling Stones Gear.