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Guitar Junkyard & String Instrument Museum
4.8 ★★★★★ 92 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in La Salle, Illinois
Store specializing in new and used guitars and other stringed instruments, as well as 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
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (815) 223-2005
- Website guitarjunkyardlasalle.com
Hours
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 12–5:30 PM |
| Friday | 12–5:30 PM |
| Saturday | 12–5:30 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“Terry is a great guy with lots of cool stories and rare instruments and merchandise to look at while you wait.”
“There's this cool luthier dude named Terry that does fantastic work on guitars and other stringed instruments.”
What players say again and again
“There's this cool luthier dude named Terry that does fantastic work on guitars and other stringed instruments.”
“Terry is a very knowledgeable musician & seasoned luthier, & can repair or order anything you might need.”
“This guy does great, affordable work, and the shop is full of really interesting relics that I haven't seen anywhere else.”
From the reviews
The Junkyard is not your local guitar center big box store.....its soooo much more than that. To local musicians the junkyard/terry is a place they can go and know they will be treated like an old friend and get the best help there is when it comes to instruments.
I've taken several guitars to Terry at Guitar Junkyard and every time my guitars come out sounding and playing so much better. It's really remarkable. I live over an hour away from Lasalle but it is well worth the trip. This is the absolute best place to go for work done on a guitar or anything with strings.
I cant say enough about this place. Terry is an awesome guitar tech and the vintage relics and guitars he has in there can keep you busy all day. Also usually there are local musicians hanging out and the music related conversations at guitar junkyard is a great experience as well.
Very friendly and accommodating. Didn’t have the exact picks that I was looking for so he made great recommendations to an alternative while making sure to put in an order for what I was looking for. I might replace my strings more often just because I enjoyed my experience enough to look for a reason to come back!
