Missouri City resident Steve Eller has been playing guitar for 35 years. He turned what had been a passion and a part-time hobby into his full-time livelihood when he opened Smack Guitars in 2006, selling instruments and providing lessons.
“I called it Smack Guitars because it’s smack dab in the middle of Fort Bend County,” Eller said.
The original store Eller opened was ambitious, he said. The 4,000-square-foot facility was located on Hwy. 6, also in Missouri City and employed 12 people. Eller, who also does recording work, decided keeping up such an operation was more work than he wanted. So in 2013, he moved Smack Guitars to its current spot, a storefront in Township Square at 3434 FM 1092 in Missouri City.
“After six years of working seven days a week, I decided to downsize,” Eller said. “We had two or three of everything for sale.”
