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West Music Dubuque
4.2 ★★★★☆ 45 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Dubuque, Iowa
Store offering a range of musical instruments for sale, plus repair services and rentals.
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 (563) 583-7333
- Website westmusic.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–4 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–4 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–4 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–4 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–4 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“good selection of pianos and keyboards.”
What players say again and again
“The staff is always ready to help you, and they are very knowledgeable about the store merchandise.”
“Helpful and very friendly staff make this a good place to go for music and instrument needs”
From the reviews
Cool music store. Quite the selection of instruments. From didgeridoo's to cow bells even steel drums. They even let you do your best Tommy Lee impression. They all so repair instruments as well. Pretty knowledgeable and friendly staff as well. Have Some Pretty SWEET gutairs As well.
very helpful knowledgeable staff. good selection of pianos and keyboards. best store in area for pianos and keyboards.
The staff is always ready to help you, and they are very knowledgeable about the store merchandise.
Helpful and very friendly staff make this a good place to go for music and instrument needs
Selling or trading gear at West Music Dubuque
West Music Dubuque 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 West Music Dubuque
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at West Music Dubuque. 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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