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Ax-In-Hand Guitar Specialists
4.8 ★★★★★ 73 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in DeKalb, Illinois
Music shop offering a variety of guitars, basses, and other instruments, plus repairs.
Plan your visit
- Repairs & setups a repair bench comes up in reviews and the store's own info — call ahead for turnaround, since good techs run a queue
- Lessons lessons come up in reviews and the store's own info — call about openings, instruments taught, and rates before the first visit
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (815) 758-8898
- Website axinhand.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“The guys here kindly adjusted the action on my acoustic for a measly $15 and didnt try to upsell me or employ any high pressure sales tactics.”
“Bought an Ovation Acoustic/Electric which I'm very happy with.”
“Took a bass to get fixed for a messed up volume knob, turns out it was dirty.”
“Very inviting atmosphere and the guitars they sell are all very well picked, lots of vintage guitars to choose from.”
“I had an issue with my guitar so I called the store and they walked me through some simple repair ideas.”
“They have all sorts of used and new equipment, do open mics, have lessons.”
“They know their stuff well, and helped me understand my banjo better.”
Brands they deal
“Nice owner and good deals but I found their selection to be limited to mostly Fender guitars which isn't a bad thing at all but some folks don't prefer Fenders.”
What players say again and again
“They did an amazing repair job on my broken Taylor guitar neck.”
“Wesley is extremely knowledgeable, and have his merch priced to be competitive with other online retailers.”
“Nice owner and good deals but I found their selection to be limited to mostly Fender guitars which isn't a bad thing at all but some folks don't prefer Fenders.”
From the reviews
Fixed a pickup issue for me that another store couldn't, bought my old guitar at a fair price, and seriously saved my bacon by helping me out with a box to ship a guitar that I didn't have the original packing materials for. Greatly appreciated.
Good prices and friendly help. Wesley is extremely knowledgeable, and have his merch priced to be competitive with other online retailers. Wesley is also a outstanding guitar technician. He is also willing to work with customers, that want things done sooner. And are willing to pay to have things done sooner.
I've been coming here for the past year or so for strings, picks, etc. I had an issue with my guitar so I called the store and they walked me through some simple repair ideas. When it proves to be beyond my skill, I took it in and they fixed it quickly and for little cost.
Nice owner and good deals but I found their selection to be limited to mostly Fender guitars which isn't a bad thing at all but some folks don't prefer Fenders. Bought an Ovation Acoustic/Electric which I'm very happy with. Otherwise, you'll have a good experience here and they offer layaway which is great.
Lessons at Ax-In-Hand Guitar Specialists
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Ax-In-Hand Guitar Specialists. If you're signing up a beginner (or restarting yourself), a quick call ahead answers the three things that matter: which instruments they teach, whether the schedule has openings at the time you actually need, and what a first lesson costs. There's no wrong first guitar — a good teacher will happily work with whatever you walk in with, and a shop that teaches usually keeps affordable starter instruments on hand for exactly this reason.
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