Elderly Instruments

Elderly Instruments Family-owned since '72, we're a music store w/ a global reputation for quality instruments & service.
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Elderly Instruments is a musical instrument retailer in Lansing, Michigan that specializes in new and vintage fretted instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, ukuleles, banjos, basses and mandolins. We maintains a selection of odd and rare instruments and we are known as a premier repair shop for fretted instruments, as one of the larger vintage instrument dealers in the United States

. Industry publications, music retail trade, and bluegrass music journals have featured articles about the Elderly shop and the repair staff. We also provides consignment services for rare and vintage instruments. Since its founding in 1972, Elderly has undergone two major expansions: into mail order in 1975 and then into Internet sales in the 1990s. Today it is recognized internationally for its services and products.

Check out the beautiful Hawaiian Koa on this Taylor Gold Label 814e!https://www.elderly.com/products/taylor-gold-label-8...
05/31/2026

Check out the beautiful Hawaiian Koa on this Taylor Gold Label 814e!
https://www.elderly.com/products/taylor-gold-label-814e-koa-acoustic-guitar-case-gl814ek?variant=44046378860735
This top-of-the-line Taylor introduces players to a new kind of sound inspired by the classic sounds of the vintage era. This model features a body shape called the Super Auditorium, which resembles Taylor's Grand Auditorium but with slightly wider contours that help coax out more volume and greater low-end presence.

Clapton fans, this one's for you!https://www.elderly.com/products/fender-custom-shop-eric-clapton-stratocaster-30u-22369...
05/29/2026

Clapton fans, this one's for you!
https://www.elderly.com/products/fender-custom-shop-eric-clapton-stratocaster-30u-223696?variant=45493326217407
This Custom Shop Eric Clapton Stratocaster features an alder body with a bolt-on maple neck and fingerboard. Equipped with three vintage noiseless single-coil pickups, Fender's TBX circuit (master tone #1), and an active mid-boost (master tone #2). Hardware includes vintage-style split-post tuners and a bent-saddle tremolo bridge. A feature unique to Clapton's Artist Series Model is the factory-blocked bridge, with 5 springs installed, but no tremolo bar included.

ON SALE NOW We've got a stunning Taylor 514ce!https://www.elderly.com/products/taylor-514ce-acoustic-guitar-case?variant...
05/28/2026

ON SALE NOW We've got a stunning Taylor 514ce!
https://www.elderly.com/products/taylor-514ce-acoustic-guitar-case?variant=41982940414143
A Grand Auditorium guitar featuring back and sides of Urban Ironbark, the 514ce delivers a sweet, muscular sound that combines rosewood's high-fidelity voice with mahogany's warm and punchy midrange and spectrum-wide sonic balance. Paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top for a played-in, mature sound and V-Class bracing for improved volume and sustain, the 514ce yields power ideal for heavy strummers, along with touch sensitivity that gives it a wide dynamic range that's great for fingerstyle players.

"Wish You Were Here" to play this David Gilmour Strat!https://www.elderly.com/products/fender-custom-shop-david-gilmour-...
05/28/2026

"Wish You Were Here" to play this David Gilmour Strat!
https://www.elderly.com/products/fender-custom-shop-david-gilmour-relic-30u-223704?variant=45496226087103
This 2014 Custom Shop David Gilmour Relic Stratocaster is made from a solid alder body, with a bolt-on maple neck. Equipped with an array of custom shop and Seymour Duncan single-coil pickups (Duncan SSL-5, Custom-Wound Strat, and Fat '50s Strat), split-post tuning machines, 6 bent saddles, and a beveled tremolo bridge with short arm. Make use of the Gilmour Mod switch to add the neck pickup to the 1st and 2nd switch positions. A faithful recreation of Gilmour's own Black Strat, with a factory relic job to match years of playing wear. Original custom shop case with green embroidered lining included.

Address

1100 N Washington Avenue
Lansing, MI
48906

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 7pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+15173727880

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