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Guitar shops worth the trip in Michigan

9 shops across 5 areas.

The scene runs through Detroit, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and more. Every entry is researched and carries the date it was last verified.

• Detroit

  3 shops

  Metro Detroit's high end sits on Woodward in Royal Oak, north of the city, with a full-line stop out in Macomb County's Fraser.

• Kalamazoo

  2 shops

  Kalamazoo — Gibson's old hometown — keeps a luthier's workshop on the Mall and a vintage room over on Lake Street.

• Lansing

  2 shops

  Lansing is home to one of the best-known fretted-instrument stores in the country, with an independent stop northeast in Owosso.

• Ann Arbor

  1 shop

  The Ann Arbor area's walk-in floor sits just southwest in Saline.

• Grand Rapids

  1 shop

  Downtown Grand Rapids picked up a serious vintage room in 2024.