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The North American Guitar
4.8 ★★★★★ 38 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Nashville, Tennessee
Guitar store specializing in handmade, boutique, custom, and vintage instruments, plus 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
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (615) 383-8947
- Website thenorthamericanguitar.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–4 PM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–4 PM |
What's on the wall
“The store has a very unique lineup of mostly acoustic guitars and other acoustic or acoustic/electric/instruments but a handful of carefully selected electric guitars as well.”
“The store has a very unique lineup of mostly acoustic guitars and other acoustic or acoustic/electric/instruments but a handful of carefully selected electric guitars as well.”
“I place them in the top three vintage guitar shops in Nashville and you probably already know the other two out there on 8th Ave.”
“I've been a customer for over 40 years and through many changes, still the best guitar store on the planet and they have pretty fine mandolins and banjos too”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“There is a good reason why they are growing so much and gaining more and more customers - they provide a fantastic service and great deals.”
From the reviews
I have been a customer of Cotten Music since 1996. In that near quarter century I have been overwhelmed by the genuine warmth, graciousness, honesty, and painstaking attention to the needs of customers. This customer has become much more than a customer.
Over the past several years I've purchased several mandolins from Cotten Music. They've been kind enough to ship them to me if I was out of town, etc, and they've always taken care of my needs. They communicate well.
This place had a very nice selection of mandolins and guitars when I went. I played several mandolins of which all we're very unique and high-end at a fair price. I haven't seen too many music stores that had great customer service and such quality instruments to choose from like this one!
Extremely knowledgable with excellent servive. Some of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen. If you purchase the dragon Breedlove acoustic, you are my new hero!
Selling or trading gear at The North American Guitar
The North American Guitar 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.
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