# Carter Vintage Guitars Scraper - Inventory & Prices (`lulzasaur/cartervintage-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Carter Vintage Guitars (Nashville vintage guitar shop). Get title, brand, model, year, condition, price, availability, SKU, images and URL for every listing. Filter by keyword, category, brand or price sort. For vintage guitar price tracking, dealers and collectors.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/cartervintage-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 listing scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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# README

## Carter Vintage Guitars Scraper — Inventory & Prices

Scrape the full live inventory of [Carter Vintage Guitars](https://cartervintage.com), 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

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

Browse the whole catalog:

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

### Output

Each dataset item looks like:

```json
{
  "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:

```json
{
  "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.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search the inventory (e.g. 'Stratocaster', 'Les Paul', '1959'). Leave EMPTY to browse the entire catalog.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Filter by category. Leave as 'Any' to include all categories.

## `brand` (type: `string`):

Filter by exact brand name (e.g. 'Fender', 'Gibson', 'Martin', 'Gretsch', 'Rickenbacker'). Leave empty for all brands.

## `inStockOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return listings currently in stock. Turn OFF to also include sold/unavailable listings (useful for sold-price research).

## `sort` (type: `string`):

How to sort results.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listings to scrape across all queries. Set to 0 for unlimited (walks the whole catalog).

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each item's detail record to add full description, country of origin and materials (body/neck/fretboard/top/back woods). Slower — one extra request per item.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. The Carter Vintage backend is open and works with NO proxy by default. Enable a proxy only if you hit rate limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "category": "Electric Guitars",
  "brand": "",
  "inStockOnly": true,
  "sort": "LISTING_TIME_DESC",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "scrapeDetails": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [],
    "category": "Electric Guitars",
    "maxItems": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/cartervintage-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": [],
    "category": "Electric Guitars",
    "maxItems": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/cartervintage-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "category": "Electric Guitars",
  "maxItems": 25
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/cartervintage-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/cartervintage-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/RSfoIksIZqLILOlwT/builds/EDqwrDyQPMYGEBkqZ/openapi.json