Guitar Stores in Kansas City, MO
Kansas City has 13 guitar stores — including 3 that buy used gear, 6 with lessons, 4 vintage specialists, and 11 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 ★★★★☆ 621 reviews
Music store chain carrying guitars and other instruments, plus recording and DJ equipment.
Big Dude's Music City
4.7 ★★★★★ 227 reviews
Wide selection of musical equipment from guitars to keyboards, plus repair services.
Fountain City Guitarworks
5 ★★★★★ 138 reviews
Acoustic and electric guitar repair and setup shop with friendly service.
Heritage Music Repair
4.9 ★★★★★ 133 reviews
Long-running business with attentive staff that fixes musical instruments (including guitars, trumpets and bass guitars) and synthesizers, plus offering restoration.
Meyer Music - North Kansas City
4.3 ★★★★☆ 145 reviews
Music shop carrying a range of instruments, plus lesson programs and repairs.
Rent My Instrument
4.7 ★★★★★ 94 reviews
Store offering a nationwide rental service for band and orchestra instruments, with rent-to-own options.
BAC Musical Instruments
4.7 ★★★★★ 72 reviews
Knowledgeable staff, plus brass and woodwind instruments for sale and rent.
Guitar Center
4 ★★★★☆ 149 reviews
Bill's Violin Shop
4.9 ★★★★★ 45 reviews
Shop selling and servicing violins, offering repairs, bows, and strings.
Brookside Guitars
4.6 ★★★★★ 44 reviews
Laid-back studio teaching guitar for all ages, along with piano and ukulele lessons.
Seuf Guitars
4.8 ★★★★★ 33 reviews
Music store specializing in guitars, plus repair services.
Clever Clarinetist, LLC
5 ★★★★★ 11 reviews
Good to know in Kansas City
3 of the 11 shops with posted hours are open on Sundays.
For a setup or repair work, the shops with a bench here are Guitar Center, Big Dude's Music City, Fountain City Guitarworks, Heritage Music Repair, and 7 more.
Hunting vintage? Guitar Center, Heritage Music Repair, Seuf Guitars and Revival Audio 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 (621)
- Rent My Instrument ★★★★★ 4.7 (94)
- Clever Clarinetist, LLC ★★★★★ 5 (11)
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 (621)
- Big Dude's Music City ★★★★★ 4.7 (227)
- Meyer Music - North Kansas City ★★★★☆ 4.3 (145)