Our resident repairman, pro guitar player, vocalist, and vintage gear expert Mike Vaughan loves this product. We can’t keep them in stock because every time we get a shipment in so we stocked up this time.
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Repair Shop Miracles: Gibson Mandolin
This is a Gibson Style 2 mandolin from 1918. A customer brought it into our luthier for a rebuild, and we’re pretty proud of the results!
The building! Just the building!
For those of you who may have seen the headline in the Daily Star, we’d like to say that the old Chicago Music Store building may become a CVS. Just the building! Chicago Music Store is staying a music store, and we’re right around the corner on 6th Avenue and Broadway!
Eastman Guitars 20% Off in June
Committed to a high standard of quality, Eastman Guitars use of premium tonewoods and fine appointments, alongside the talent and accomplishment of its designers, craftsmen, and company philosophy continues one of the most fascinating musical traditions the world has known. For the month of June, Chicago Music Store is excited to offer these fine instruments at 20% off of our already unbeatable prices!
Our Own Damon Barnaby, Trotting the Globe
Our East Side store manager Damon Barnaby has been on tour in Germany with Rich Hopkins, so now is a great time to stop in for some great deals — what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him! Here he is singing like a bird with Lisa Novak.
Just In: Takamine GD30CE 12-String
Fresh in the store and ready to play! The GD30CE-12 is a stage-worthy acoustic/electric dreadnought 12-string guitar that features solid-top construction, a soft Venetian-style cutaway and a superior-sounding Takamine electronics system. Keep reading …
Just In: Fender Sergio Vallin Signature Model Guitar
We are thrilled to receive the Sergio Vallin Fender guitar!
Electrifying Mexican quartet Maná is the world’s biggest Latin rock band, thanks in no small part to the masterful guitar work of Sergio Vallín. Fender and Vallín have now collaborated closely on the Sergio Vallín Signature guitar model, one of the most distinctive instruments in the Fender Artist series. With a brand-new offset body shape, tonally versatile HSS pickup layout with special switching, and other special appointments, it’s a bold new Fender design loaded with pure Vallín sound, personality and playability.



