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Guitar Stores in Traverse City, MI
Traverse City has 5 guitar stores — including 4 with lessons, 2 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.
Traverse City Guitar Company
4.8 ★★★★★ 261 reviews
Low-key store offering guitars, amps, ukeleles, banjos and basses.
Marshall Music Company
4.5 ★★★★★ 216 reviews
Retailer offering a range of musical instruments & gear for sale or rental, plus lessons & repairs.
Strings By Mail
4.8 ★★★★★ 67 reviews
Henderson Imports, Ltd
5 ★★★★★ 47 reviews
Well-regarded shop for bagpipes and kilts, plus accessories, service, rentals and repairs. Friendly staff and helpful staff.
Good to know in Traverse City
1 of the 5 shops with posted hours are open on Sundays.
For a setup or repair work, the shops with a bench here are Traverse City Guitar Company and Marshall Music Company.
Hunting vintage? Traverse City Guitar Company and Marshall Music Company 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.
- Traverse City Guitar Company ★★★★★ 4.8 (261)
- Marshall Music Company ★★★★★ 4.5 (216)
- Henderson Imports, Ltd ★★★★★ 5 (47)