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Guitar Stores in Crystal Lake, IL
Crystal Lake has 5 guitar stores — including 2 with lessons, 2 vintage specialists, and 1 with repair shop. 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.
Big Al's Trading
4.8 ★★★★★ 198 reviews
Friendly sellers of jewelry and musical instruments plus used electronics such as computers.
AbleLight Thrift Shop
4.4 ★★★★☆ 241 reviews
Organized store featuring clothing, furniture and housewares, plus toys and books.
Evolve for Inner Peace
4.6 ★★★★★ 129 reviews
Spiritual shop featuring books, crystals, instruments and incense, plus psychic readings.
Piano Trends Music Company
4.7 ★★★★★ 53 reviews
Music store stocking instruments for sale or rent, and offering lessons and repairs.
Crowley's Guitar Shoppe
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
Good to know in Crystal Lake
1 of the 4 shops with posted hours are open on Sundays.
For a setup or repair work, the shop with a bench here is Piano Trends Music Company.
Hunting vintage? AbleLight Thrift Shop and Evolve for Inner Peace are the vintage & rare specialists in town — evidence from the shop's own site or player reviews.
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.
- Evolve for Inner Peace ★★★★★ 4.6 (129)
- Piano Trends Music Company ★★★★★ 4.7 (53)