Although he bought, traded and sold guitars out of his home in the early years, it wasn’t until 1982 that Dave Rogers rented a 400 square foot space in a vacant dental office in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Dave’s Guitar Shop was born. Armed with a love of guitars and a knack for business, Rogers moved the shop to a few other locations as the business grew, but settled at its current location (1227 S. 3rd St.) in 1993. The facility was expanded to nearly 21,000 square feet in 2000. Now, with over 2500 guitars in stock, Dave’s Guitar Shop is one of the largest independently owned guitar stores in the Midwest, and still growing. 2007 marked Dave’s Guitar Shop’s twenty-fifth anniversary.