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The Wildwood Flower & Jake Wildwood

5 ★★★★★ 61 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Rochester, Vermont

Vintage specialist Repairs & setups

Cozy, vintage, friendly store offering new and used stringed instruments, plus repairs, setups, and sales.

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 (802) 230-8161
  • Website jakewildwood.com

Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 11 AM–5 PM
Wednesday 11 AM–5 PM
Thursday 11 AM–5 PM
Friday 11 AM–5 PM
Saturday 11 AM–5 PM
Sunday Closed

Hours can shift for holidays, clinics, and lesson schedules — worth a quick check before a special trip.

What's on the wall

Instrument and gear categories at The Wildwood Flower & Jake Wildwood, confirmed in players' own reviews and the store's own info — not guessed from the sign out front.

🎼 Acoustic Guitars 2 mentions

“There was a range of acoustic guitars and amplifiers too.”

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🎸 Electric Guitars 2 mentions

“Cool shop, homey, friendly people, interesting electric guitar collection, including a few nice vintage pieces - especially for a small, out of the way (to me) place.”

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🔊 Amps & Pedals 2 mentions

“There was a range of acoustic guitars and amplifiers too.”

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🏆 Vintage & Rare 12 mentions

“Cool shop, homey, friendly people, interesting electric guitar collection, including a few nice vintage pieces - especially for a small, out of the way (to me) place.”

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♻️ Used Gear 2 mentions

“Three years ago we discovered that the head stock broke right off in the case (working theory is that the cat used the case for a bed and her weight broke off the head stock).”

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🔧 Repairs & Setups 21 mentions

“I'm right now looking at a beautiful corner cupboard we bought from him years ago, and I've had numerous instrument repairs done, as well as sales, swaps and purchases.”

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🎓 Lessons

“The wildwood flower is the best place in Vermont to get vintage instruments of all shapes, sizes, iterations, classes, colors, scents, sounds and vibes repaired.”

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🪕 Ukulele, Banjo & Folk 7 mentions

“He is a walking encyclopedia of musical knowledge particularly about guitars, mandolins, banjos, fiddles, ukes, tiples, etc.”

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Brands they deal

Brands players name in their reviews of The Wildwood Flower & Jake Wildwood — the fastest way to tell what's actually hanging on the wall before you drive over.

🏷️ Fender

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🏷️ Gibson 2 mentions

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🏷️ Epiphone

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Brand mentions are mined from reviews and the store's own info — they tell you what's on the wall, not formal authorized-dealer status. If warranty coverage matters, confirm dealer status with the store or the brand's own dealer locator.

What players say again and again

The things reviewers bring up again and again across 61 Google reviews — with their own words as proof.

🔧 expert setups & repairs 6 mentions

“It had been so difficult to play for years and it took a few months- but Jake rebuilt it and did a new set up and it plays like new.”

🧠 knowledgeable staff 10 mentions

“He is a walking encyclopedia of musical knowledge particularly about guitars, mandolins, banjos, fiddles, ukes, tiples, etc.”

From the reviews

The entire vibe and atmosphere in Jake’s family shop is warm and inviting, but most importantly- so is the man himself! He keeps a neat collection of unique, vintage, and a few units of not so rare gear. Has gone well out of his way to help me every time I go in with symptoms of “gear acquisition syndrome”.

★★★★★ — Noah, Jun 2024

I can’t say enough about Jake and the Wildwood Flower. Any guitar player lucky enough to enter Jakes little Vermont wonderland will not only encounter a continually changing array of interesting acoustic and electric guitars for sale, but the knowledgeable and chatty owner himself, always ready to help out with…

★★★★★ — Robert, Aug 2021

Jake Wildwood is the genius savant of vintage string instruments. He is a walking encyclopedia of musical knowledge particularly about guitars, mandolins, banjos, fiddles, ukes, tiples, etc. from my favorite musical era, early 1900s through the 1940s.

★★★★★ — Paul, Aug 2021

Going to the Wildwood Flower is always an adventure. I have bought vintage clothing, home goods, furniture, and most importantly, musical instruments! Jake is a wonderful luthier and imaginative and creative in his work. He also has an encyclopedic knowledge of music and instruments.

★★★★★ — Kathy, Aug 2021

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Where to find The Wildwood Flower & Jake Wildwood

645 Vermont Rte 100 S, Rochester, VT05767

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