Our Story

Matt Baker has been involved with guitars in one way or another for more than 35 years—as a player, member of several bands on both coasts, student (of music and of the histories of guitars), repairman, appraiser, instrument and music journalist, and finally, in his current capacity as the owner of Action Music. Prior to opening Action Music, Matt received a repair certification in 1991 from Bryan Galloup’s Guitar Hospital in Big Rapids, Michigan, and subsequently worked as touring guitar tech for national acts. Matt spent most of his early and teenage years in Southern California, then crossed the country to New York, Massachusetts, and finally
Virginia. Matt played hair metal in the early 80’s on the L.A. scene and has been inexplicably drawn to guitars from that era ever since.