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Festus Music World
4.5 ★★★★★ 145 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Festus, Missouri
Music store offering instruments for sale, lessons, rentals, and 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
- 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 (636) 937-1600
- Website festusmusicworld.com
Hours
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“Have taken several instruments there for repair including my bass and my daughters clarinet and they have always did an excellent job.”
“They're willing to trade and give fair trade-in prices moving one piece of gear for another.”
“The staff has always been friendly and helpful whether it was replacement reeds for my son's clarinet or equipment for my guitar set up.”
“They have drums, ukeleles, guitars (electric and acoustic), basses, violins, and even kazooos.”
Brands they deal
“They have stuff from a Dean MLX to a Steve Vai Signature to a 5 String Ibanez Bass.”
What players say again and again
“Knowledgeable staff who offer friendly and fast service for guitar maintenance needs!”
From the reviews
The guy at the front desk was super nice and was willing to let me try anything in the store that i wanted to. The guitar selection was jaw dropping for a place that isn't a big chain like Guitar Center. There isn't much in cheap guitars here but you definitely get your money's worth.
Best little shop around! Better than the big name stores. Have taken several instruments there for repair including my bass and my daughters clarinet and they have always did an excellent job.
The staff has always been friendly and helpful whether it was replacement reeds for my son's clarinet or equipment for my guitar set up. They're willing to trade and give fair trade-in prices moving one piece of gear for another. A nice store to have in southern Jefferson County!
Caleb was very friendly & knowledgeable...he made buying my guitar a great experience and I like the family environment with the owner present...I will go there again
Selling or trading gear at Festus Music World
Festus Music World 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 Festus Music World
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Festus Music World. 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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