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Bluebond Guitars
4.6 ★★★★★ 62 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Small store offering new and used guitars and basses, as well as lessons and repair services.
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
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (215) 829-1690
- Website bluebondguitarshop.com
Hours
| Monday | 12–8 PM |
| Tuesday | 12–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 12–8 PM |
| Thursday | 12–8 PM |
| Friday | 12–8 PM |
| Saturday | 12–8 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“Mark helped me with all my acoustic guitar needs, toured me around the shop, and just shot the breeze like we were old friends the first time I walked into the store.”
“I recently visited the store and got my Fender Strat fixed & adjusted.”
“I will defintely be back with my other basses and guitars.”
“I came to sell my vintage classical guitar, for which they offered a very good price.”
“And all for the cost of less than most any other luthier I've used.”
“I just needed something simple, a basic string change, set up, and a binding for a piece of my Yamaha acoustic that was coming off.”
“I stopped here because I needed an acoustic guitar repair and decided to sign up for guitar and singing lessons.”
Brands they deal
“I just picked up my Fender Precision from Bluebond and I was not expecting what I saw.”
“Brought them a Gibson semi-hollow which was having severe neck problems, they did a treatment for it and it has been a solid performer for 10 years+.”
What players say again and again
“I just needed something simple, a basic string change, set up, and a binding for a piece of my Yamaha acoustic that was coming off.”
“I came to sell my vintage classical guitar, for which they offered a very good price.”
From the reviews
I just picked up my Fender Precision from Bluebond and I was not expecting what I saw. Not only did they set it up and restring it, but they polished it up and cleaned the fretboard which was badly needed. And all for the cost of less than most any other luthier I've used.
What a fantastic job Mark and Rich did on my PRS. I wanted a bone nut, trem block and setup done as I was having tuning issues and an obnoxious G string. When I took it home to practice, my guitar sounded awesome. No more G string or tuning issues.
I just needed something simple, a basic string change, set up, and a binding for a piece of my Yamaha acoustic that was coming off. The service was excellent and the quality of work on my guitar was superb.
Mark helped me with all my acoustic guitar needs, toured me around the shop, and just shot the breeze like we were old friends the first time I walked into the store. The personal service was only topped by their guitar work. Thanks for the help!
Selling or trading gear at Bluebond Guitars
Bluebond Guitars 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 Bluebond Guitars
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Bluebond Guitars. 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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