Carter Vintage Guitars Scraper — Inventory & Prices

Scrape the full live inventory of Carter Vintage Guitars, Nashville's famous vintage and used guitar shop. Search by keyword or browse the whole catalog and get clean, structured data for every listing: title, brand, model, year, condition, price, availability, SKU, images and product URL.

Great for vintage guitar price tracking, dealer inventory monitoring, cross-shop price comparison (vs Reverb / Norman's Rare Guitars / Chicago Music Exchange), collection research and market analytics.

What it does

• Queries the store's public product API directly (fast JSON — no HTML parsing, no browser, no proxy needed).
• Covers the entire catalog: electric, acoustic, archtop and bass guitars, amps, mandolins, banjos, pedals, accessories and more (~2,000 listings).
• Supports keyword search, category filter, brand filter and price/date sorting.
• Optionally enriches each listing with the full description, country of origin and body/neck/fretboard woods.

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Keywords to search (e.g. "Les Paul", "Stratocaster", "1959"). Leave empty to browse the entire catalog.
category	string	Category filter (Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Amplifiers, …). Any = all.
brand	string	Exact brand filter (e.g. Gibson, Fender, Martin, Gretsch).
inStockOnly	boolean	Only in-stock listings (default true). Turn OFF to include sold/on-hold items for price research.
sort	string	LISTING_TIME_DESC (newest, default), LISTING_TIME_ASC, PRICE_ASC, PRICE_DESC, DEFAULT.
maxItems	integer	Max listings to return across all queries. 0 = unlimited (whole catalog). Default 100.
scrapeDetails	boolean	Also fetch each item's description, country of origin and materials. Slower — one extra request per item. Default false.
proxyConfiguration	object	The backend is open; no proxy is used by default.

Example input

{
  "searchQueries": ["les paul"],
  "category": "Electric Guitars",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Browse the whole catalog:

{ "searchQueries": [], "maxItems": 0 }

Output

Each dataset item looks like:

{
  "title": "Gibson Les Paul 1954, Gold Top",
  "brand": "Gibson",
  "model": "Les Paul",
  "year": 1954,
  "yearRange": "1954",
  "condition": "USED",
  "price": 75000,
  "originalPrice": null,
  "currency": "USD",
  "availability": "In Stock",
  "isAvailable": true,
  "stockLevel": 1,
  "sku": "GS11234-A",
  "handedness": "RIGHT_HANDED",
  "localPickupOnly": false,
  "tags": [],
  "listedAt": "2026-08-14T16:01:56.654Z",
  "listingId": "3H0Pe8QbKQXEn8HglRnBHfDSImB",
  "itemId": "3H0PeBR849LVt7QAm8b9WMJX4u3",
  "url": "https://cartervintage.com/shop/gibson-les-paul-1954-gold-top/3H0PeBR849LVt7QAm8b9WMJX4u3",
  "image": "https://backend.cartervintage.com/sized-images/.../productThumb.jpeg",
  "images": ["..."],
  "searchQuery": "les paul",
  "category": "Electric Guitars",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z"
}

With scrapeDetails: true each record also includes:

{
  "description": "This 1954 Les Paul ...",
  "countryOfOrigin": "United States",
  "materials": { "body": "Mahogany", "neck": "Mahogany", "fretboard": "Rosewood", "top": "Maple", "back": null }
}

Field reference

Field	Description
title	Full listing title (usually includes model, year and finish)
brand / model	Normalized brand and model names
year / yearRange	Year of manufacture (e.g. 1959) and displayed range (e.g. 1959-1960)
condition	Store condition flag (USED, NEW, BSTOCK, …)
price	Current asking price
originalPrice	Pre-discount price when the item is on sale (else null)
availability	In Stock or Sold / Unavailable
sku	Store SKU
handedness	RIGHT_HANDED / LEFT_HANDED
listedAt	When the listing went live (ISO date)
url	Direct product page URL
image / images	Product photo URLs

Pricing

This actor is billed pay-per-result: a small fixed fee per listing returned plus a tiny actor-start fee. You only pay for the data you get.

Notes

• Prices are USD and reflect the live Carter Vintage inventory at scrape time.
• Set inStockOnly: false and sort by LISTING_TIME_DESC to research recently sold pieces.
• This is an unofficial scraper and is not affiliated with Carter Vintage Guitars.