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Guitar Stores in Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth has 4 guitar stores — including 3 that buy used gear, 2 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.
Bull Moose
4.7 ★★★★★ 828 reviews
Retail chain carrying music, movies & video games in a variety of formats, plus books & gifts.
Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 294 reviews
Chain carrying electric and acoustic instruments from top brands, along with lessons.
Gary's Guitars
5 ★★★★★ 71 reviews
Longtime, independent music store offering a range of instruments, accessories, and repairs, plus lessons.
Guitar Center Lessons
4.6 ★★★★★ 29 reviews
Good to know in Portsmouth
3 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? Bull Moose, Guitar 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.
- Bull Moose ★★★★★ 4.7 (828)
- Guitar Center ★★★★☆ 4.2 (294)
- Guitar Center Lessons ★★★★★ 4.6 (29)
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 ★★★★☆ 4.2 (294)
- Guitar Center Lessons ★★★★★ 4.6 (29)