The Burst Brothers, individually known as Dave
Belzer and Andrew Berlin, bring years of experience
to the table, not just in buying and selling but in
playing as well.  Dave has a degree in Music
Performance, owned his own music store back in
New York and has played with bands from coast to
coast.   Drew was guitarist for Little Richard for a
number of years, has numerous credits as a player
and songwriter with many bands and has spent a
good deal of time on the road.  Over the years they
have traveled the country, bought and sold
thousands of guitars and have become two well-
known names in the vintage industry.  

Dave and Drew met at the Hollywood Guitar Center
and did their first  guitar show in Santa Monica, CA
in 1995.   The Hollywood Vintage Room had just
been built, and Drew had been selling to them.   
Eventually, Guitar Center offered Drew a job in the
Vintage Department, realizing that his experience and
network would be an asset to the growing Vintage
business.  The first week he was working for there,
Dave and Drew did a deal for a sunburst 1959 Les
Paul Standard and realized that they shared the same
love for “Bursts”.  They teamed up from then on, and
within a year had become known as “The
Burstbrothers”.   They also discovered they had
musical tastes in common, and starting performing
together in a small club in Beverly Hills as the house
band.

Blackie goes to
Hollywood!  The
Burst Brothers talk
about the
Crossroads Guitar
Auction at Christie's.