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Bills Music House
4.8 ★★★★★ 1,572 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Catonsville, Maryland
Instrument store where you can buy, rent and repair a variety of guitars.
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
- Buys & trades used gear they buy, trade, or consign used instruments — bring the case and any original parts, and expect trade credit to beat the cash offer
- Lessons lessons come up in reviews and the store's own info — call about openings, instruments taught, and rates before the first visit
- Instrument rentals rentals mentioned — the usual route for band & orchestra season; ask about rent-to-own credit
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (410) 747-1900
- Website billsmusic.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“If you’re looking for a guitar I highly recommend checking out their fine selection of acoustic and acoustic/electric guitars.”
“:) One previous time I was here, they had changed my strings on my electric guitar and the guy even took time to clean and oil the fingerboard on it without me asking.”
“This was all bought from bills most recent and their stock is always amazing quality, even the used items such as this Ibanez 5-string bass.”
“While I was browsing around looking for an amp to try out a guitar on, Christian asked if I needed any help, thankfully I did as I was a bit lost.”
“This was all bought from bills most recent and their stock is always amazing quality, even the used items such as this Ibanez 5-string bass.”
“I went in looking for an electric guitar set up for my son for Christmas and I know next to nothing about the subject.”
“I’ve gotten my ‘ukuleles fixed here and their used stuff on the daily is awesome.”
Brands they deal
“I recently had my Fender Jazzmaster and Stratocaster repaired and received outstanding service!”
“This was all bought from bills most recent and their stock is always amazing quality, even the used items such as this Ibanez 5-string bass.”
What players say again and again
“I went in looking for an electric guitar set up for my son for Christmas and I know next to nothing about the subject.”
“They also appraised and made me a very reasonable offer for an acoustic I wanted to trade in.”
“Then after gathering essential knowledge, he uses his preexisting knowledge of said topic, and combines what he just learned.”
“The staff were very helpful and took quite a bit of time to show me options and give really helpful advice.”
From the reviews
I love this place. They are one of my go-to music shops. They always have deals on things and the staff are always so helpful. This was all bought from bills most recent and their stock is always amazing quality, even the used items such as this Ibanez 5-string bass.
CHRIS At Bills Music in Catonsville is an awesome member of their team. He’s the reason why I keep coming back there. SUPER friendly dude that’s easy to open up and talk to about specific musical needs. And he’s always great at pointing you in the right direction. Even if it’s something he may not know too much about.
While I was browsing around looking for an amp to try out a guitar on, Christian asked if I needed any help, thankfully I did as I was a bit lost. I told him I wanted to purchase a guitar and needed an amp but didn’t know which one to decide on.
I had a great experience shopping for a guitar at Bills. I played many beautiful Taylor’s, Gibsons and Martins among other brands eventually finding my dream guitar!
Selling or trading gear at Bills Music House
Bills Music House comes up for buying and trading used gear — confirmed on their own site. Two things make the trip go better. First, bring the whole package: the case or gig bag, the original tremolo arm or bridge parts, the paperwork if you have it — a complete rig is worth real money more than a bare instrument, and it saves the back-and-forth of "can you bring the case in?" Second, know that trade credit almost always beats the cash offer, usually by a healthy margin — if you're upgrading anyway, price your old gear as a trade against the new one before you take cash. Either way, expect the offer to be below what the gear sells for on the wall; the gap is the store's margin for setup, warranty, and sitting on it until the right buyer walks in.
Lessons at Bills Music House
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Bills Music House. 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 and rentals on hand for exactly this reason.
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