Community Partnership & Media
Community Partnership & Media
The Olympic Peninsula's largest music store — and one of its most recognized brands.
We've been here since 1974. We're not looking for donations — we're looking for partners who want to build something together. Our reach is real, our audience is engaged, and our goal is mutual growth for our partners and our community.
By the numbers
1974
Who we are
Quimper Sound Records and Guitars is the largest music store on the Olympic Peninsula, operating from our 60-foot corner flagship at 1002 Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend — directly across from the Saturday Farmers Market — and a satellite location at Brocante Mall in Port Angeles. Founded in 1974 as a record shop on Water Street, we have grown into a full-service music destination drawing customers weekly from across Western Washington: Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and throughout Jefferson and Clallam counties.
In 2020, owner James Schultz merged The Guitar Store — his Seattle institution founded in 2011 and named by Guitar World as one of the 10 guitar stores in the US to visit before you die — fully into the Quimper Sound brand, bringing that legacy, reputation, and national recognition to the Olympic Peninsula.
We carry over 50,000 vinyl records in stock and buy tens of thousands of records every year, paying cash for collections and estates of any size. On the instrument side, we stock Gibson Custom Shop, Paul Reed Smith Wood Library, Mesa/Boogie, Soldano, Dunable, LSL Instruments, Nash Guitars, Eastman, and Keeley Electronics — for whom we produce exclusive products. We are a Reverb.com Top 100 dealer and compete directly with national chain prices.
Quimper Sound is the largest independent PRS dealer west of the Rocky Mountains.
Our staff carries over 100 years of combined music retail experience. We are members of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) with board-level involvement — we don't just participate in the industry, we help shape it.
James Schultz — Owner & Curator
YouTube reach & community impact
Our YouTube channel publishes 5–7 videos per week and has built an engaged national audience through collaborations with some of the platform's most recognized guitar personalities. Videos produced in partnership with Fluff (Riffs and Beards) and Jared Dines have accumulated over 60 million combined views.
The day we gave away 80 guitars to kids from Jefferson County
In one of our most memorable moments, Quimper Sound partnered with YouTube guitarist Jared Dines — who raised over 2,500 donations from his audience — to fund 80 shopping sprees worth $750 each for children. We arranged special pricing from Yamaha, Jackson, PRS, Gretsch, and Orange to stretch every dollar further, and covered the sales tax ourselves. Kids came in groups of 20 and picked out whatever they wanted: a guitar, a bass, an amp, pedals, accessories. Every single one left with something in their hands. It was, in James's words, "the most enjoyable day I could have imagined."
Watch the video →Brand recognition
Quimper Sound has built genuine cultural recognition across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Our logo character — Monk Williams — has appeared on over 200,000 printed t-shirts and hundreds of thousands of stickers over the years, making him a familiar face well beyond Port Townsend. That level of ambient brand presence takes decades to build and can't be bought.
Our footprint
60-foot corner storefront
Across from Saturday Farmers Market
Jefferson County, WA
Cross-peninsula traffic driver
Clallam County, WA
Peninsula-wide advertising network
We advertise throughout the broader Olympic Peninsula through community partner networks and invest $1,000 per month in targeted Google advertising reaching local and national buyers.
Industry credentials
Our media reach
We are an active content and marketing operation — not just a store. When you partner with Quimper Sound, you reach an audience that is already engaged, local, and spending.
Partnership tiers — in-kind exchange only
All partnerships are in-kind. We offer genuine marketing reach in exchange for value that supports our business, our team, and our community — tickets, recognition, booth space, or reciprocal promotion. No cash sponsorship is requested or expected.
- Flier placement in store
- 1 social post (Meta)
- Instagram story mention
- Dedicated email to 50,000 subscribers
- 3 posts across Meta channels
- Window & entry display
- Website blog mention
- 2-email campaign (50,000 subscribers)
- 6+ posts across all channels
- YouTube video mention
- Storefront display
- Google Ads co-mention
- Named on our website
Flier & display policy
Our storefront windows are open to the community. Priority placement goes to confirmed in-kind partners. We also welcome fliers from local nonprofits, music teachers, and community events as a free service, space permitting. Window space is also available to rent for event promotion and short-term campaigns — a local permit may be required depending on scope. Contact us to discuss availability.
We're here to build the community, not bill it.
Our goal isn't to profit from partnerships. It's to use in-kind trade to bring greater authority, visibility, and audience presence to everyone involved — our partners as much as ourselves. When a local event, nonprofit, or organization succeeds, Port Townsend succeeds. When Quimper Sound reaches a wider audience, so do the people we work with. We believe the strongest communities are built by institutions that show up for each other — and we've been showing up here since 1974.
Reach out and let's talk.
Tell us about your event or organization, what you're hoping for, and what you can offer in return. We respond to all genuine partnership inquiries.
Quimper Sound Records and Guitars · Est. 1974 · 1002 Lawrence St., Port Townsend, WA 98368 · Brocante Mall, Port Angeles, WA · quimpersound.com · Incorporates the legacy of The Guitar Store (Seattle, est. 2011) · Guitar World Top 10 US Guitar Stores · Northwest Magazine Best of Western Washington — 3x Winner · Member, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) · Reverb.com Top 100 Dealer · Largest independent PRS dealer west of the Rocky Mountains · Authorized Gibson Custom Shop, Paul Reed Smith, Mesa/Boogie, and Soldano dealer · Keeley Electronics exclusive products · Owner James Schultz cited by Premier Guitar, Vintage Guitar, Guitar World, CBS World News · Vintage guitar appraisal and consultation available · We buy records, CDs, and guitars — cash paid for collections and estates of any size