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Detroit Guitar
4.6 ★★★★★ 165 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Royal Oak, Michigan
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 (248) 540-9900
- Website detroitguitar.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“I bought a Gibson Custom '59 Les Paul Standard Reissue Dirty Lemon Burst Murphy Lab Light Aged from Detroit Guitar.”
“Looked at a Carr amp but ended up with an Amplified Nation from Sweetwater.”
Brands they deal
“Great selection of classic Fender and Gibson electric guitars, as well PRS and some Guild.”
“Great selection of classic Fender and Gibson electric guitars, as well PRS and some Guild.”
“Great selection of classic Fender and Gibson electric guitars, as well PRS and some Guild.”
What players say again and again
“Charlie runs an excellent boutique - stocked with the finest instruments available, knowledgeable staff and always receptive to discuss a possible transaction.”
From the reviews
A guitar purchase is a significant investment and the wrong choice of instrument will be more costly than the dollars you spend acquiring it. Purchasing the wrong instrument, for new musicians, may result in giving up rather than benefiting from a lifetime of enjoyment.
Absolute top notch shop! Owner goes out of his way to answer my questions and messages. Great selection of guitars at all price levels. Extremely fair on trade-ins. Will work with you to make the deal happen. Nothing but positive vibes has been my experience!
Charlie runs an excellent boutique - stocked with the finest instruments available, knowledgeable staff and always receptive to discuss a possible transaction. This is where the action is!
I'm in my 70's. Been playing Gibson's since the middle '60's. The 50's and 60's Gibson's feel and sound 'real' to me. I have a several of them that I bought long ago. Got a super nice '52 no serial but no LP with humbuckers.
Selling or trading gear at Detroit Guitar
Detroit Guitar 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 Detroit Guitar
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Detroit Guitar. 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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