Guitar Stores in Ithaca, NY
Ithaca has 3 guitar stores — including 1 with lessons, 1 vintage specialist, 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.
Hickey's Music Center
4.6 ★★★★★ 239 reviews
Musical goods retailer stocking instruments, strings, sheet music and accessories.
Ithaca Guitar Works Musical Instrument Store
4.7 ★★★★★ 187 reviews
Pristine guitar store selling new and used models and amps alongside banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, and music gear.
Good to know in Ithaca
For a setup or repair work, the shops with a bench here are Hickey's Music Center and Cayuga Music Shop.
Hunting vintage? Ithaca Guitar Works Musical Instrument Store is the vintage & rare specialist in town — evidence from the shop's own site or player reviews.
Getting started?
This store offers 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.
- Hickey's Music Center ★★★★★ 4.6 (239)