Uptown Music Exchange

We are a locally owned business! Buy/Sell/Trade/Consign Musical Instruments in our Uptown Store! We carry a broad range of music accessories and gear.

10/18/2023
08/30/2023

Check out this 1997 Gibson Les Paul being played through a 1970’s vintage Music Man HD 130 head and a Marshall Cab. All this sweet gear is available for sale in the shop. Come check us out!

08/25/2023

Need a band instrument for your student? Come get one from us hassle-free! We’ve got great prices and every instrument has been professionally serviced. We are a small locally owned business!

07/16/2023

You can only pick one favorite 🤔🤔🤔

Photos from Uptown Music Exchange's post 07/07/2023

Looking for some cool new gear??? Come check us out!!! A couple of pics from our current inventory!

05/14/2023

Here’s a vintage Silvertone 604 looking for new gigging buddy! This beautiful 60s era guitar is priced right and ready to play!

05/13/2023

Did you know that in the 70s the Harmony Guitar company made a high-end guitar line to compete with Martin? Check out this beautiful American handmade Harmony Opus! Perfect for gigging or for collectors. Come check it out!

05/12/2023

Fabulous Republic Resonator available in the shop! Come check out this Delta Blues machine!

12/26/2022

If Santa thought you were naughty, you can still be nice to yourself 😉

Photos from Uptown Music Exchange's post 12/10/2022

Naughty or Nice…this one owner 1977 Fender P-Bass wants to be under the 🌲!

08/28/2021

We got Ida on our minds and will not be open today! Please be safe and we will see you after she blows by!

07/31/2021

Absolutely drooling over this MiniMoog Voyager Electric Blue 💦💦💦

07/24/2021
05/08/2021

⚡RARE⚡Fender only made these hollowbody fretless basses between 90 and 91. It features a piezo pickup under the bridge in addition to the regular p bass pickups! Come by to check her out before 4 today 🧡

05/01/2021

Pig Hog cables are our go to. Tough, durable, and consistent - no need to worry about your cable failing you on the gig! ⚡🐷

04/30/2021

A lil somethin for everyone! 🦋🦋🦋 Got a couple ukes left on the wall, check out some tambourines and horns while you're at it! Open til 5 today!

04/03/2021

A few new things going up today! refurbished Lefty Fender and a pristine Yamaha Student trumpet. Find some nice wax while you're at it with the good ppl at ✨ Shops open til 4 today

04/02/2021

We love seeing banjoleles come thru the shop! This Eddy Finn just went on sale and is aching for a new home 🪕

03/27/2021

We've never had a fretless banjo in the shop before and this vintage (1910s!) beauty is exciting for us to have up on the wall next to this workhorse of a Kay! 🪕🪕🪕

03/26/2021

This 1960s Teisco with a tulip body is the giving us spring vibes 😌😌😌

03/19/2021

Just came into some new money??? Buy yourself something a little older 😉 👴👵🧓 1910s fretless banjo and 1970s marshall lead combo on the floor!

03/13/2021

Beautiful 1960 Selmer Paris Series 9 clarinet going up in the shop! Recently serviced and returned to mint condition by our very own 🤗 open 11-4 today for admirers 😏

03/10/2021

Stop by before 4:30 today, y'all!

03/06/2021

This Gretsch Electromatic is an electro-cutie in our book ✨⚡☺️

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Our Story

We are so New Orleans! We are your local music shop where you will find everything you need to make that sweet local music. We stock, brass woodwinds, percussion and guitars and all the lagniappe you need to go with them. We have a full repair shop to fix your horns and make sure you are gig ready. We rent instruments too. Come SHOP LOCAL with us!

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Check out this 1997 Gibson Les Paul being played through a 1970’s vintage Music Man HD 130 head and a Marshall Cab.  All...
Fender SRV Signature guitar plus a 1968 Fender Deluxe Reverb amp! Serviced and played by JK Grooves Guitar & Amp Works 🎸
Looking for some cool new gear???  Come check us out!!!  A couple of pics from our current inventory!
Looking for some cool new gear???  Come check us out!!!  A couple of pics from our current inventory! JK Grooves Guitar ...
Here’s a vintage Silvertone 604 looking for new gigging buddy!  This beautiful 60s era guitar is priced right and ready ...
Did you know that in the 70s the Harmony Guitar company made a high-end guitar line to compete with Martin?  Check out t...
Fabulous Republic Resonator available in the shop!  Come check out this Delta Blues machine!
Uptown Music Exchange - come check out your local New Orleans music store! #neworleansmusic #neworleansmusicians #neworl...
About to check out the vendor floor of NAMM today!!! #summernamm #allthethings

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739 Octavia Street 2nd Floor
New Orleans, LA
70115

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 5pm
Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm

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