Best Instrument Shops In Minneapolis Near Me

4worldlovers:
Chad runs a great store and caters to all musical levels, beginner to professional. His knowledge is expansive and he helped me find the perfect amp for my needs. Great to support a local store in Uptown.

Chad has been running this store for almost 30 years and he knows his art! He's a no nonsense type of guy, who I get but some don't because he cuts through all the BS that goes with the music industry, and will be honest about the fact that he needs to make a dollar too, in order to keep the doors open on his shop, that he loves! Anyway, he's always been fair with me, and even will throw you some great wisdom as far as buying gear, if you pay him the respect he deserves! Lastly he always has some sweet, old beautiful vintage guitars available for purchase, but dont expect to get them for free, as he knows the real market! Highly recommended!

I bought some of my favorite gear at Encore over the years. Chad is always full of helpful insight that you don't often get other places and he spends as much time with you as you need to understand the situation. I also have my amps repaired there and it's super reasonable. There is so much cool gear there go check it out.

4worldlovers: We ask that you make an appointment to play instruments. To relax in our acoustic room or main floor without 20 other people mingling is a joy you will want to experience. You get to really listen without the big store chaos. No appointment is necessary for strings, accessories or repairs. Quick walk-throughs are available if no appointments are in progress.

We also buy used American guitars and sometimes consign high-end collectibles. The history of American Guitars is our specialty. We are internationally known experts in vintage guitars. We will try to accommodate touring bands for repair emergencies. For online orders we have personal videos available and have safely shipped guitars all over the world for 35 years.

Willie’s is known for selling professional and investment-grade equipment. A tool of the trade, yet luxury items for most. We also remind everyone that we musicians are usually the first to answer the call to help. We will endeavor to offer a few impromptu free micro concerts on Facebook live. It is our hope that these little “treats” remind us all to offer help to those that struggle. The pandemic hit lower-wage earners the hardest. Please support you local food shelves wherever you live. Locally we support 2harvest.org We’ll offer up some more musical treats as a thanks.

4worldlovers: Welcome to the Hoffman Guitars Web Site. I hope that you share our love of guitars and will explore this site to learn more about us and perhaps pick up some useful information along the way. Of course, we would love it if you also decide to do some business with us.

Since 1971 Hoffman Guitars has provided a full range of services to guitar players nationwide. We have always worked to provide the finest in instrument repair services and handcrafted guitars. We provide a full range of repair services, including factory authorized warranty service for C.F. Martin, Gibson, Guild, Fender, Taylor, Jim Olson and others. I (Charlie Hoffman) have built over 600 individually handcrafted guitars, which are (or have been) played by such players as Leo Kottke, Tim Sparks, Dakota Dave Hull, Ann Reed, Jerry Rau, Charlie Maguire and others. In addition, we carry a fairly complete range of accessories for guitar players (strings, picks, capos, pickups, cases, etc, etc.). In this day and age it may seem a bit anachronistic but we really believe in customer service and strive to provide the very best.

The various pages of this site cover both our repair work and the guitars I make, and include both descriptions and prices. I also cover a variety of other guitar related subjects of interest to me (and, hopefully, to you too), particularly an extensive section on how I build guitars.

Many customers who order guitars love to come in and see their guitar in progress and have me explain what I am doing. So....., I thought I would put some of that here. The Current Production section provides a way for customers who can't visit the shop every week to get a glimpse of their guitar as it is being built.

For those interested in exploring guitars on the web I have included links to a variety of pages which I find interesting. Perhaps you will too.

If you have any comments about what you see in this web site, we would love to hear from you. Our E-Mail address is below. Of course we are particularly anxious to talk to you about our repair services or our handcrafted guitars. But -- don't let that limit you. We would love to hear your ideas about any guitar related topic. (One such e-mail led to the harp guitar project) We WILL respond, generally quite soon. If you have a question that you would like to see addressed in our Q& A page, let us know. Our E-Mail Address is: hoffmanguitars@qwestoffice.net

You may write to us at: 2219 East Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. 55404. Our phone is (612) 338-1079. (Same number for fax) Our business hours are 9:00 am until 5:30 pm on weekdays and from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm on Saturday.

A Note About Navigation in this site: All of the internal pages have a general navigation bar at the top of the page and a page specific navigation bar at the bottom of the page. If you have trouble finding what you want, try the Site Map.

Need a repair done? Give us a call. We have great news!

My guitars show up from time to time on Youtube. Here is a list of some of them.

Acoustic Guitar Magazine recorded some video interviews with builders at this summer's Healdsburg Guitar Festival. The one they did of me (which features one of my 12 string guitars) can be seen here: http://www.acousticguitar.com/Features/Healdsburg-Guitar-Festival-2013/Hoffman-Guitars-at-Healdsburg-2013

Apparently I am a bit of a media hog. WCCO, the local CBS affiliate has a weekly feature called Finding Minnesota and this week they did a piece on me. It also featured Nikki. Look for it here: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/02/05/finding-minnesota-charles-hoffmans-handmade-guitars/