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Jim's Music & Teaching Center
4.8 ★★★★★ 188 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Marquette, Michigan
Guitar shop with musical instrument and repair, recording and rental equipment for musicians.
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 (906) 226-2053
- Website jimsmusiconline.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | 12–4 PM |
What's on the wall
“From awesome employee personnel to all the cool gear and gadgets from vintage to state-of-the-art.”
“Went to Jim’s looking for a good electric guitar setup.”
“Jessie Budzinski recommended lessons for my husband and I and we are very excited to try out a free month!”
“I really enjoyed my Ukulele lessons 10/10 would go there for all my music needs.”
“Grabbed drum sticks for friends and a guitar stand for my mom, very affordable.”
“This is the best shop you'll find in the UP, they have brass and great guitars and just about everything.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Went to Jim’s looking for a good electric guitar setup.”
“I was helped by Jack who was very helpful and clearly a subject matter expert as he helped me find exactly what I was looking for in no time at all!”
“Huge building, loads of beautiful instruments plus they offer lessons. Great hometown music store.”
“Prices are reasonable, very friendly staff with a wealth of knowledge of their products.”
“Grabbed drum sticks for friends and a guitar stand for my mom, very affordable.”
From the reviews
I don't even know where to start with this place... From awesome employee personnel to all the cool gear and gadgets from vintage to state-of-the-art. Super helpful employees all around. If there's one person that can't answer your question there's another that likely specializes in whatever you're inquiring.
Went to Jim’s looking for a good electric guitar setup. I was helped by Jack who was very helpful and clearly a subject matter expert as he helped me find exactly what I was looking for in no time at all! Thankful for my serendipitous meeting of Jack, I will shop here again!
Jim's Music is where it's at for all your musical needs in the Marquette area. Good prices, great people, and a nice lineup of musical goodies in stock. Check 'em out!
Grabbed drum sticks for friends and a guitar stand for my mom, very affordable. Helpful and friendly staff. Huge building, loads of beautiful instruments plus they offer lessons. Great hometown music store.
Selling or trading gear at Jim's Music & Teaching Center
Jim's Music & Teaching Center 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 Jim's Music & Teaching Center
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Jim's Music & Teaching Center. 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.
