Guitar Stop

Guitar Store Authorized Dealer: Fender, Yamaha, Cordoba, Gretsch, Guild, Squier, Washburn, Roland & Boss.

Private Music Lessons: Guitar, Bass, Piano, Ukulele, Voice, Mandolin, Banjo Guitar Stop® is a family owned & operated retail musical instrument store located in Cambridge, MA since 1962. Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Basses, amplifiers, Ukuleles, Banjos, Mandolins, music accessories, music books and replacement parts are available to purchase securely online or at our retail store. We offe

Cohen’s Hallelujah fragment performed by Salomé Sandoval 06/09/2024

Guitar Stop is pleased to announce that Salomé Sandoval has joined our teaching staff! Salomé teaches Private Guitar, Voice, Piano & Ukulele lessons at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call 617 876-0687 or www.guitarstop.com/lessons
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Cohen’s Hallelujah fragment performed by Salomé Sandoval Salomé Sandoval teaches Private Guitar, Voice, Piano & Ukulele lessons at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call 61...

The Cup Song Anna Kendrick 05/22/2024

Wonderful Day of Music at the Guitar Stop Student Recital held at the Somerville Arts at the Armory on Sunday May 19.
The recital gave a chance for students, teachers, and families to enjoy over 30 songs played by Guitar Stop students.
Along with sharing the music, the recitals are a chance to gather together the people that help to support and encourage these musicians. We are so proud of our Students, Teachers, and families and thank everyone who participated.

The Cup Song Anna Kendrick Guitar Stop Student Sadie and Teacher Tali Freed The Cup Song Anna Kendrick Private lessons are available at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more informati...

Brother to Brother Solo Performed by Logan White 01/27/2024

Guitar Stop is pleased to announce that Logan White has joined our teaching staff! Logan teaches Private Guitar, Bass, Piano & Ukulele lessons at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call 617 876-0687 or https://guitarstop.com/lessons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBCbP5Avclg&list=PLDuA_Wal9wmqNKG_f5eUnfgj85lJmTyhc

Brother to Brother Solo Performed by Logan White Logan teaches Private Guitar, Bass, Piano & Ukulele lessons at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call 617 876-0687

12/31/2023

We wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year! Guitar Stop is closed New Year's Eve and Monday New Year's Day

12/22/2023

We wish everyone a Happy Holiday!

Guitar Stop Holiday hours:
12/22-23 Friday & Saturday 10:00-6:00
Xmas Eve Sunday 10:00 - 3:00
Closed Xmas Day, New Year's Eve & New Years Day

12/09/2023

Cambridge Holiday Stroll The Copley Cats Carolers in front of Guitar Stop

12/09/2023

Guitar Stop Holiday SALE Saturday 12/9/23 10:00am -6:00pm
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Join Cambridge local businesses for the Saturday Holiday Stroll,
Caroling, Treats, and Holiday Specials Mass Ave South of Porter

Participating Stores:

Cambridge Clogs, Clothware, Guitar Stop, Herbwell, Honeycomb Creamery, Made By Me, Nomad, Susanna, The Abbey, The Lucky Pup, University Wine Shop, Wardmaps, We Thieves

11/30/2023

Join Cambridge local businesses for the Saturday Holiday Stroll, December 9th from 10:00 am -6:00 pm. Caroling, Treats, and Holiday Specials Mass Ave South of Porter Square!
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Participating Stores:
Cambridge Clogs, Clothware, Guitar Stop, Herbwell, Honeycomb Creamery, Made By Me, Nomad, Susanna, The Abbey, The Lucky Pup, University Wine Shop, Wardmaps, We Thieves

11/29/2023

Guitar Stop Fall Recital was held on Sunday November 19. Thank you to all who participated. We are so proud of our students and teachers! Performance videos may be seen at this link https://guitarstop.com/recitals
Private lessons are available at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call 617 876-0687 or check out this link https://guitarstop.com/lessons

Guitar Stop Fall Recital 2023 All Ages Student Recital at The Armory Cafe, Somerville MA

11/25/2023

Guitar Stop Our Black Friday & Shop Small Saturday Deals extended 11/24/23-11/27/23
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11/24/2023

Guitar Stop Black Friday & Shop Small Check out our Black Friday & Shop Small Saturday Deals
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11/24/2023

Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you to all our customers, friends and family for supporting our business for the last 61 years! Guitar Stop will be closed Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving. We will be open regular hours Friday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Have a Happy Holiday!.
Please check out our Black Friday & Shop Small Saturday Deals
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Guitar Stop Fall Recital 2023 All Ages Student Recital at The Armory Cafe, Somerville MA 11/21/2023

Guitar Stop Fall Recital was held on Sunday November 19. Thank you to all who participated. We are so proud of our students and teachers! Performance videos may be seen at this link https://guitarstop.com/recitals
Private lessons are available at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call 617 876-0687 or check out this link https://guitarstop.com/lessons

Guitar Stop Fall Recital 2023 All Ages Student Recital at The Armory Cafe, Somerville MA
https://youtu.be/k2K6kqbwq80

Guitar Stop Fall Recital 2023 All Ages Student Recital at The Armory Cafe, Somerville MA Guitar Stop Students Sadie - Teacher Tali Freed & Robert - Teacher Travis PullmanPrivate lessons are available at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more ...

11/17/2023

Guitar Stop is thrilled to announce that we are now an Authorized Yamaha Dealer. Yamaha Guitars are in store stock!. Yamaha Guitars may be purchased at Guitar Stop 1760 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA or securely online https://guitarstop.com/shop/ols/categories/yamaha-guitars

Yamaha FG Acoustic Guitars 11/10/2023

Guitar Stop is thrilled to announce that we are now an Authorized Yamaha Dealer. Yamaha Guitars will be in store stock soon. Yamaha Guitars may be purchased at Guitar Stop or securely online https://guitarstop.com/shop/ols/categories/yamaha-guitars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnAeeNCrFgw&list=PLDuA_Wal9wmpfvlfraaUiYtkoWxzkOQmK

Yamaha FG Acoustic Guitars Guitar Stop is an Authorized Yamaha Dealer. Yamaha Guitars may be purchased at Guitar Stop or securely online https://guitarstop.com/shop/ols/categories/yam...

09/07/2023

Please help the Arts At the Armory! Our Guitar Stop All Ages Student Recital is held at the Cafe twice a year.
LAST CALL TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD VIA OUR PETITION! This Friday, Sept. 8th we're closing out our 30 day petition window to refocus the City of Somerville's Armory Master Plan. We're about 100 signatures short of our goal of 1,000 signatures. If you haven't done so already, please sign the petition and circulate to people you know. Thank you in advance for your support. If you need more context about this petition, please visit our webpage: https://artsatthearmory.org/about/armory-master-plan/

LAST CALL TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD VIA OUR PETITION! This Friday, Sept. 8th we're closing out our 30 day petition window to refocus the City of Somerville's Armory Master Plan. We're about 100 signatures short of our goal of 1,000 signatures. If you haven't done so already, please sign the petition and circulate to people you know. Thank you in advance for your support. If you need more context about this petition, please visit our webpage: https://artsatthearmory.org/about/armory-master-plan/
Petition link here: https://fm.addxt.com/form/?vf=1FAIpQLSfCkLv9Ak9V_maJzh9zch3oB9RCXW-668pZQllJkJ3Ky3rpZg

Yankee Doodle 05/22/2023

Guitar Stop's Spring Recital was held on Saturday May 20. Thank you to all who participated. We are so proud of our students and teachers! Performance videos may be seen at this link
Private lessons are available at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call 617 876-0687 or check out this link https://guitarstop.com/lessons

Guitar Stop Spring Recital 2023 All Ages Student Recital at The Armory Cafe, Somerville MA

Yankee Doodle Guitar Stop Student Zora & Teacher Tali FreedPrivate lessons are available at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call ...

03/26/2023

Catherine Capozzi is available to teach Guitar, Bass, & Ukulele, Online Lessons for more information about our Online lessons please call 617 876-0687 or check out this link https://guitarstop.com/music-lessons

For our next announcement, please help us welcome an incomparable Composer, Catherine Capozzi!

Catherine Capozzi is an award-winning film composer, guitarist, and producer. Her genre-bending musical style provides a base for composing innovative scores for films.Her compositions have received Best Score awards at film festivals, including Renegade Film Fest, GenreBlast, Boston Underground Film Festival, Women in Horror, and the Sanford International Film Festival. After being selected by Queen’s Brian May to win his famed “Red Special” guitar, Catherine founded Axemunkee to highlight her original guitar-based compositions.

Crowdfunding campaign launches tomorrow morning! March 24th! Make sure to check it out early as some incentives have quantity limits!

Grab an incentive and support here:
www.seedandspark.com/fund/stillshortfilm

Photos from Guitar Stop's post 03/26/2023

Squier Classic Vibe 50’s Tele purchased from presented to the Boss in Boston Bruce Springsteen at the

03/04/2023

Fender American Performer Tele purchased from Guitar Stop and played by Steve N. Steve says 'It is a great sounding Telecaster, sounds Great playing Jimi Hendrix!'

FauxMenco perform SwallowTail 02/28/2023

Catherine Capozzi is available to teach Guitar, Bass, & Ukulele, Online Lessons for more information about our Online lessons please call 617 876-0687 or check out this link https://guitarstop.com/music-lessons

FauxMenco perform SwallowTail Written and performed by Catherine Capozzi and Rafi Sofer2023 NPR Tiny Desk Contest EntryVideo by Kelly Davidson - https://www.kellydavidsonstudio.com/Audio ...

02/19/2023

Guitar Stop is pleased to announce that Marina Gomes has joined our teaching staff! Marina teaches Private Guitar, Bass, Piano & Ukulele lessons at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about our lessons please call 617 876-0687 or https://guitarstop.com/lessons

02/17/2023

Please understand what NOT using cash is doing. Why should we pay with cash instead of a card?
- Imagine I have a $50 bill in my pocket. I go to a restaurant and pay for dinner with it. The restaurant owner then uses the bill to pay for the laundry, the laundry owner then uses the bill to pay his barber and the barber uses the bill for shopping. After an unlimited number of payments, it will still remain $50, which has fulfilled its purpose to everyone who used it for payment and the bank is left dry from every cash payment transaction made...
- But if I go to a restaurant and pay digitally - with a card, the bank fees for my payment transaction charged to the seller are 3%, so around $1.50 and the same $1.50 fee charged for each further payment transaction afterwards (owner to laundry shop, barber etc.) Therefore, after 30 transactions, the initial $50 will remain only $5 and the remaining $45 became the property of the bank thanks to all the digital transactions and fees.
When this is put into perspective, imagine what each retailer is paying on a monthly basis in fees at 3% per transaction through their machines. If they have, for example, $50,000 in sales & 90% are by Card, they are paying $1500 in fees in ONE Month. $18,000 in a year.
Especially use cash when paying your hairdresser, massage therapist, small business owners, etc. They rarely charge a card processing fee, yet they pay high fees to the card companies.

01/05/2023

Guitar Stop is pleased to announce that Yami Forman Schwartz has joined are teaching staff! Yami is available to teach: Private Guitar, Bass, Piano or Ukulele Lessons at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA. We are offering In- Person and remote lessons. For more information about our lesson program please call 617 876-0687 or check out this link https://guitarstop.com/lessons

12/30/2022

Guitar Stop wishes you a Happy New Year!
New Year’s Eve
Saturday Decmber 31
10:00-3:00

Closed:
New Year’s Day Sunday January 1
Monday January 2

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Guitar Stop

Guitar Stop® is a family owned & operated retail musical instrument store located in Cambridge MA, 3 miles from Boston, since 1962. For three generations we have been a full service neighborhood music store; selling guitars, accessories & offering lessons and minor repairs. Guitar Stop® is an authorized guitar dealer for Cordoba®, Fender®, Grestch®, Seagull, Squier®, Traveler® and Washburn®; and an authorized amplifier dealer for Fender® and Roland® .

We sell music books, method books, strings and accessories. We have a selection of child sized guitars, travel guitars and left handed instruments. Minor repairs are done at Guitar Stop® 7 days a week; which includes: restringing, set-ups, intonation and neck adjustments. Electrical and major repairs are done at Guitar Stop® by appointment on Sundays from 12:00 - 6:00.

We offer individual Music Lessons 7 days per week for Guitar, Bass, Piano, Mandolin, Ukulele and Banjo. Our instructors have degrees in music, and are professional working musicians. The instructor gears the lesson towards the needs of the individual student, teaching a basis of theory in the style of music the student is interested in.


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We wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year!  Guitar Stop is closed New Year's Eve and Monday New Year's Day
Cambridge Holiday Stroll The Copley Cats Carolers in front of Guitar Stop
Guitar Stop  Fall Recital 2023  Student Recital at The Armory Cafe, Somerville MA
Fender American Performer Tele purchased from Guitar Stop and played by Steve N.  Steve says 'It is a great sounding Tel...
Marina teaches Private Guitar, Bass, Piano & Ukulele lessons  at Guitar Stop in Cambridge MA for more information about ...
Yami Foreman Schwartz has joined Guitar Stop's Teaching staff is available for Private Music Lessons
Guitar Stop is pleased to announce that Natalie Shindler has joined are teaching staff! Natalie is available to teach: p...
Guitar Stop Saturday 25, 2022 Jam
Guitar Stop private guitar, piano, bass, and ukulele lessons is accepting students as young as 5 years old
Today’s serenade Guild X175 played thru a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
Hurdy Gurdy player in Boston
Eric teaches Private lessons for Guitar, Bass, Piano, Mandolin, Banjo, and Ukulele.   for more information about our les...

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1760 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
02140

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

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