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Dan's Chelsea Guitars
Billy Corgan, Billy Crudup, and the Hives come to this rock-star hangout for discount vintage and used guitars.
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224 W. 23rd St.
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Chelsea
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East Village Music Store
Pros and novices alike come to this low-key shop for new, used, and vintage electric and acoustic guitars.
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21 E. 3rd St.
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East Village
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First Flight Music
Village guitar shop with retro electric models, repair services, and lessons.
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174 First Ave.
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East Village
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Gradoux-Matt Rare Violins
At this famous shop you can buy a fiddle for $1,500 or for $3.5 million.
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31 E. 28th St.
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Murray Hill/Kips Bay
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Guitar Center
Restless high-school kids across America know the multifarious recreational potential of musician superstore Guitar Center, and the Manhattan branchthe largest on the East Coast and the second-largest in the whole chainis no exception.
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25 W. 14th St
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Union Square
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Guitar Man
High-quality, mostly electric guitars from smaller manufacturers.
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116 E. 7th St.
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East Village
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Joseph Patelson Music House
A storied sheet-music shop across the street from Carnegie Hall
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160 W. 56th St.
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Midtown West
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Keshav Music Imports
East Village native Keshav opened this eponymous Eastern instrument shop in 2002, offering an impressive collection of Mukta Das’s tablas (Indian drums) and shruti boxes, one-chord accordions popular for Shabbat services.
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67 E. 4th St.
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Ludlow Guitars
This clubby neighborhood fixture has new and used vintage guitars and amps to test out.
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164 Ludlow St.
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Lower East Side
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Pizzazzz Toys
This Cobble Hill toy store is packed with stuffed animals, board games, party favors, and more.
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281 Court St.
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Cobble Hill
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Rivington Guitars
A tiny Lower East Side guitar shop with a big-name clientele.
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73 E. 4th St.
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East Village
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Rudy's Music
Rudy’s Music in midtown, whose clientele over the past 32 years has included Mick Jagger and John Mayer, expanded to Soho in December 2009.
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461 Broome St.
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Soho
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Southside Guitars
Rare and remarkable vintage guitars.
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303 Grand St.
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Williamsburg
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Turntable Lab
Turntable Lab, a skinny hall of a store on a quiet stretch of East 7th Street, attempts to live up to the implied promise of its name: one-stop shopping for D.J.s.
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120 E. 7th St.
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East Village
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Warwick and Framus Custom Shop
This East Village custom-guitar shop is the renowned German brand’s first New York location.
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76 E. 7th St.
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East Village
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