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Empire Guitars

Name: Empire Guitars
Address: 1283 N Main Street, Providence, RI, 02904, US
Telephone: (401) 383-0880
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.7

"Empire Guitars is the best place to buy used and vintage guitars in the RI area by far. Greetings and welcome from all of us at Empire Guitars! See you soon!!!
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I got my main stage and recording guitar there at a fair price and it's my favorite axe." -Duke Robillard Owner Jeff Keithline has been a professional musician for 40-plus years and an avid participant in all aspects of music making. When he and business partner, Michael Goldstein opened a new Empire Loan location in 2006, Jeff saw an opportunity to expand Empire’s modest vintage guitar retail bus

iness into the store he had always dreamed of. Jeff and manager Mike Samos have created a space that’s not just about selling instruments, but also about knowledge sharing and community; a place where guitar experts and guitar lovers congregate and musicians come to discuss the tools of their trade. Since its humble beginnings, Empire Guitars has grown into one of the best vintage and used instruments stores in the New England area. Our guitar experts specialize in vintage instruments from the turn of the century to the 1960′s and quality used instruments from the 70′s to the present. We are always buying, selling, and trading fine instruments between the hours of 10am-7pm Monday thru Friday and 9am-6pm Saturday here in Providence, Rhode Island.

06/22/2026

With Damnation Audio’s new DIRTRIPPER, the idea is simple. You can mix two of your favorite signal chains in parallel with 3-band EQs, a polarity switch and a simple on off footswitch for each. And if you really feel like you’re missing some dynamics or fundamental, there’s a dry signal you can add which can also be low passed (a third channel perhaps?). The possibilities are (almost) endless!
C’mon in, online, instore, and check it and all the other latest greatest gear around out.

06/16/2026

EarthQuaker Devices HalfLife is designed to represent the core front end chain used by Sunn O))) during the sessions for the Life Metal album to drive the tubes of the band’s multiple vintage Sunn O))) Model T amplifiers into overload ecstasy. EarthQuaker Devices and SUNN O))) have brought the sound to life, ready for you to get lifted.
Check it out, online and in store, along with all the latest and greatest gear at Empireguitars.com

06/13/2026

Welcome the LAPS from Puremagnetik -
an experimental recorder, inspired by tape music and modular gear!
A looper, a tool for expansion, c’mon in, online and instore, to check it and all the latest and greatest gear !

06/10/2026

Just in, this amazing 2024 Music Man St. Vincent Velveteen! So beautiful, so versatile, comfortable and easy to play!
Come on in and see it, online and in store.

06/02/2026

The freshest just landed here at EMPIRE!
Signature models from and , along with what will be your future signature model. C’mon in, online or in store and check them out, along with all the latest and greatest gear!

05/21/2026

This stunning Magnatone Twilighter 2X12 STEREO! in NAMM Teal is just amazing, with its 22 watts of pure glory and the variation vibrato circuit is just nuts! C’mon in and check it out, online or in store, along with all the latest and greatest gear!

05/18/2026

BSRI Geometry Stacks is a new analog BBD fl**ger design with a unique footswitchable extended delay time mode for dramatic fl**ge effects on the fly. In traditional BSRI fashion it also features flexible controls for adjusting the voice of the fl**ger effect and the mix polarity to cover a wide array of classic modulation effects and some new ones too.-

C’mon in and check it and all the latest and greatest gear out!

05/16/2026

Nonhuman Audio Regrets is a resonant reverb pedal designed to capture the intangible. Born from a desire to translate the feeling of nostalgia and longing into a circuit, the Regrets moves beyond standard echoes to provide a lush, textured atmosphere that feels familiar yet obscure.

Whether you need a subtle, utilitarian “room” sound or a deep, haunting wash for ambient exploration, the Regrets scales effortlessly. It features intuitive controls for Decay Time, Dampening, and Mix, but adds unique resonant “tricks” that alter the emotional weight of your signal.

C’mon in and check it and all the latest and greatest gear out!

Address

1283 N Main Street
Providence, RI
02904

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 6pm

Telephone

(401) 383-0880

Website

http://empireguitars.com/

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