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The Music Den
4.9 ★★★★★ 1,171 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Randolph, New Jersey
Indie dealer offering guitars and other instruments as well as repair service and lessons.
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 (800) 479-1189
- Website themusicden.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 | Closed |
What's on the wall
“I was looking to trade an older electric bass for a gently used acoustic guitar.”
“I was looking to trade an older electric bass for a gently used acoustic guitar.”
“I also bought a used Fender amp, and they threw in the cord.”
“We live in south central NY and have been looking for a used professional trumpet for our granddaughter who will be attending college for music in two years.”
“As we ended up getting a fantastic deal And the father and son that helped set up the guitar or also Very knowledgeable and helped us set up the guitar The right way.”
“I had previously taken my son to a different place locally for guitar lessons and it was definitely not on the level of Music Den.”
“The whole entire upstairs of the store is filled with guitar, basses and drums!”
“We live in south central NY and have been looking for a used professional trumpet for our granddaughter who will be attending college for music in two years.”
Brands they deal
“Michelangelo replaced my ( John ) sj200 saddle a previous “ so called “ repairman took out of my 2 year old Gibson jumbo guitar.”
What players say again and again
“As we ended up getting a fantastic deal And the father and son that helped set up the guitar or also Very knowledgeable and helped us set up the guitar The right way.”
“As we ended up getting a fantastic deal And the father and son that helped set up the guitar or also Very knowledgeable and helped us set up the guitar The right way.”
From the reviews
The Music Den is an hour from where Ib live, and there are a number of closer music shops with a similar large inventory of acoustic guitars (what I was shopping for), but the great reviews combined with the availability of the guitar I was interested in made the hour drive worth it.
Needed a new box of reeds for son's instrument. Young man at the store was knowledgeable, courteous, professional, patient and kind. He was able to look up my prior purchase in their computer, which was so helpful, because I wasn't sure if these came in different sizes, and I didn't know what we needed, and they had…
The Music Den is a large family owned music store located on Route 10 in Randolph, New Jersey. The owner, Jerry, is an EXTREMELY FRIENDLY man who has decades of experience fixing instruments! The Music Den has been in business since 1984! Both Tyler and Chris are AWESOME employees!
I’m very glad I found the Music Den, an independent, full service music store. My first experience was purchasing an acoustic guitar. Their well stocked and humidity controlled room will blow you away. I had a list of 7 guitars that I wanted to try based on what I saw was available via their web site.
Selling or trading gear at The Music Den
The Music Den 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 The Music Den
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at The Music Den. 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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