If you love old, classic guitars you owe it to yourself to check this place out. The place is tiny; basically what you see in the display window is most of what they got. Go inside and it's like dropping in to a friend's apartment, albeit a tiny apt. But it's cool; Dan and whoever else is there are just hanging out. If you need help, they're glad to do it but if you just want to hang, they'll give you space. They let me put a lot of time in with the guitar that I eventually bought and also let me play an incredibly expensive guitar just so I could see what it felt like.

But what I really like is that they're just regular, no BS kinda people who obviously love old guitars for their character. Some of what they've got is collector-level expensive but I bought an awesome Japanese tele copy at a really reasonable price. So whatever your budget, I suspect they have a guitar to fit it.

- Chelsea Customer

New Friends

I came here to look for a guitar for my dad. he's a self taught guitarist and it's one of his passions. I wanted to get him a new guitar for his birthday and I remember always walking past Chelsea Guitars. This place had a wide assortment of different guitars, it was actually very impressive. Dan was also very helpful in helping me choose the right guitar for the price I wanted to spend and also for the type of music my dad likes to play. All in all, I had a great experience here. I would definitely come back here for my next guitar purchase.

- Chelsea Customer

Billy Corgan, Billy Crudup, and the Hives come to this rock-star hangout for the huge selection of discount vintage and used guitars (e.g., an original, TV Yellow Les Paul circa 1957, or a 1954 0-18 Martin). But owner Dan Courtenay is also known for nurturing beginners, selling starter kits with an electric or acoustic guitar, bag, pitch pipe, and other goodies.

- Chelsea Customer