The Knoxville stops so far are two Kingston Pike shops, plus a boutique guitar and effects shop up in Powell and a Martin room on the Sevierville parkway.
714 W Emory Rd, Powell 37849
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Phone: (865) 724-5915
A boutique guitar and effects shop in Powell, just north of Knoxville, built around pedals, premium amps, and new and pre-owned guitars. Stock runs to builders like Nash, JAM Pedals and Benson Amps, and the shop also sells through Reverb as a Preferred Seller. It is closed Wednesdays and Sundays.
1050 Winfield Dunn Pkwy, Sevierville 37876
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Phone: (865) 453-1031
A family-owned Sevierville store on Winfield Dunn Parkway, the road in toward Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, in business for more than 50 years. It is an authorized Martin Custom Shop dealer whose showroom, with its Martin Guitar Room, the shop says holds over 100 Martins. Taylor, Gibson, Fender and Eastman round out the floor, along with banjos, mandolins and dulcimers, a repair department and consignment. An acoustic player’s stop on a Smokies trip.
8426 Kingston Pike, Suite 102, Knoxville 37919
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Phone: (865) 281-5874
A West Knoxville shop on Kingston Pike carrying Suhr, Charvel, Taylor and Yamaha electrics, acoustics from Taylor, Gibson and Cole Clark, and Collings and Kentucky mandolins, with amps and pedals. It runs its own repair bench with published setup prices. The shop sits inside Open Chord, a live music venue with a bar that books touring bands.
6709 Kingston Pike, Knoxville 37919
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Phone: (865) 474-9408
Owner Rik Asher’s Kingston Pike shop has bought, sold, traded and consigned guitars for more than 20 years, with used and older instruments like a 1987 Gibson ES-335 on the featured rack alongside new stock. Repairs, setups and fretwork are done in-house, and the shop also installs and repairs sound systems, with backline through an affiliated company.