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Guitar Stores in Arlington Heights, IL
Arlington Heights has 4 guitar stores — including 2 that buy used gear, 3 with lessons, 3 vintage specialists, and 2 with repair shops. Listings are ranked by what players say (rating weighted by review count) and show live open-now hours and who buys used gear, so you can pick a shop and go.
Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 1,508 reviews
Music store offering a large selection of musical instruments and related gear.
Quinlan & Fabish Music Company
4.5 ★★★★★ 258 reviews
Store for musical instruments, including rentals, offering repairs, and assembly services.
Guitar Center Lessons
Good to know in Arlington Heights
2 of the 4 shops with posted hours are open on Sundays.
For a setup or repair work, the shops with a bench here are Guitar Center and Guitar Center Lessons.
Hunting vintage? Guitar Center, El Rey Music Center and Guitar Center Lessons are the vintage & rare specialists in town — evidence from the shop's own site or player reviews.
Selling or trading gear?
These shops buy or trade used gear — evidence from the shop's own site or player reviews, not a guess. Bring in the one you don't play; store credit usually beats the cash offer, and calling ahead with the make and model saves everyone time.
- Guitar Center ★★★★☆ 4.4 (1,508)
- Guitar Center Lessons
Getting started?
These stores offer lessons — for kids, adult beginners, and players knocking off rust. There's no wrong first guitar: rent or buy the instrument, get it set up, and book the teacher in one trip.
- Guitar Center ★★★★☆ 4.4 (1,508)
- El Rey Music Center ★★★★★ 5 (17)
- Guitar Center Lessons