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Joshs Guitar Shop
4.9 ★★★★★ 82 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Pekin, Illinois
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
- 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 (309) 620-9123
- Website joshsguitarshop.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“Joshs Guitar Shop was able to accommodate me, somewhat late on a Saturday afternoon, when I needed a quick fix to my Martin acoustic.”
“I brought in my Gibson Les Paul which had been sitting in its case for years and played like a 'clunker.”
“I dropped off my amplifier six days later it was finished and ready to go and for a prize that was very reasonable.”
“Josh and Damian are wonderful staff and very knowledgeable on guitar setups and work and are top notch and very wonderful guys and Damian is a wonderful guitar teacher”
“Friendly and professional service with one of the best guitar instructors in the area.”
“I’m incredibly grateful to Josh and his team for restoring my family’s 170-year-old violin.”
Brands they deal
“I brought in my Gibson Les Paul which had been sitting in its case for years and played like a 'clunker.”
“Joshs Guitar Shop was able to accommodate me, somewhat late on a Saturday afternoon, when I needed a quick fix to my Martin acoustic.”
What players say again and again
“Josh and Damian are wonderful staff and very knowledgeable on guitar setups and work and are top notch and very wonderful guys and Damian is a wonderful guitar teacher”
“Josh and Damian are wonderful staff and very knowledgeable on guitar setups and work and are top notch and very wonderful guys and Damian is a wonderful guitar teacher”
“They also fixed an amp head for me, very quickly and reasonably priced.”
From the reviews
So much friendlier than the other music store in town. They did an amazing job of setting up my guitar. They also fixed an amp head for me, very quickly and reasonably priced.
I’m incredibly grateful to Josh and his team for restoring my family’s 170-year-old violin. For decades, it sat broken, passed between homes, until I—a violinist of 33 years—worked up the courage to find someone worthy to repair it. A trusted friend recommended Josh’s Guitar Shop, and I quickly saw why.
One of the best guitar repair, amp repair, luthier shops in the country. Highly recommend!
Awesome luthier in Central Illinois, the best around. I always make the trip out of town to get my guitars set up. They are aware that people travel from all over so they often post on Facebook in case they are closing up early, etc.
Lessons at Joshs Guitar Shop
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Joshs Guitar Shop. 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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