Dusty Strings Music

Dusty Strings Music The PNW's premier music store, repair shop, and school. Welcome to the legendary Dusty Strings Music Store & School in Seattle, Washington! We’re here to help!
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For forty years, we've been the Pacific Northwest’s premiere dealer of high-quality acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, amps, pedals, folk harps, hammered dulcimers and mountain dulcimers, accessories, books, and much more. Our instrument and accessory lines are thoughtfully curated and represent the highest quality in artisanship at fair and affordable prices. Every instru

ment is hand inspected by deeply knowledgeable staff before it is listed for sale. We also have a bustling music school - online! You can book private, one-on-one lessons with our professional and experienced teachers. Whether you’re an existing student or have been thinking of starting online lessons, it's always a good time to start! You can view our full list of teachers here. For more about our company, including our harps and hammered dulcimers, please click here! Every day, we come to work passionate and enthusiastic about helping every customer with their needs. If you have a question at any time, email us directly at [email protected] or give us a call at (206) 634-1662 and a real, live human being will respond as quickly as possible. Thank you for shopping with us, and enjoy our fine selection of new, used, and vintage instruments!

After a visit to the repair shop for a fresh neck reset and re-fret, our 1948 Martin 000-28 is back on the floor and abs...
05/30/2026

After a visit to the repair shop for a fresh neck reset and re-fret, our 1948 Martin 000-28 is back on the floor and absolutely dialed in! This is a gorgeous guitar with a Goldilocks neck that plays and sounds just the way you want it to…

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Next week we have five great workshops! How to Practice with Jonathan Shue, two on fingerstyle guitar with Grammy winner...
05/21/2026

Next week we have five great workshops! How to Practice with Jonathan Shue, two on fingerstyle guitar with Grammy winner, Mark Hanson, and two on clawhammer banjo with Molly Tenenbaum. Start your summer with some new skills or sharpen the ones you already have! Links for more info and to register in the comments.

Join us this weekend for two workshops with Scotland's own Rachel Hair and Ron Jappy! Rachel will guide harpists through...
05/06/2026

Join us this weekend for two workshops with Scotland's own Rachel Hair and Ron Jappy! Rachel will guide harpists through some much-loved tunes from the Scottish tradition while Ron will help guitarists explore new ways to accompany other instruments. Links to register in the comments!

Time to revisit ! We are chock full o’ so many different styles of whammy bars/vibratos/tremolos/wiggle sticks, if movi...
05/06/2026

Time to revisit ! We are chock full o’ so many different styles of whammy bars/vibratos/tremolos/wiggle sticks, if moving in and around pitch is your thing, we got you covered…

05/03/2026

Keep a hand on your wallet, The Pickockets are in the shop! Catch ‘em tomorrow, May 3rd, at Hidden Hall with The High Seagrass () and our friends Hemlock Revival ()…

Journey to the Nash Pole…
05/01/2026

Journey to the Nash Pole…

New Arrival Alert! Our first Collings “Ladybird” is here and if you don’t come and get it soon I will not be held respon...
04/29/2026

New Arrival Alert! Our first Collings “Ladybird” is here and if you don’t come and get it soon I will not be held responsible for the damage inflicted on my relationships with my coworkers if I keep it for myself. 

The Ladybird is a bit of an odd duck — poplar laminate body, poplar neck, super-short 24-1/8” scale length, Righteous Sound “Cathedral” pickups envisioned as a combination of “Charlie Christian, Teisco, and Hofner pickups,” and flat-wound strings standard — but it unlocks something in your playing that you can’t really reach with other guitars. The combination of the light and lively body, the lower string tension coupled with the longer reach, the depth and chime of those pickups… it might not be for everyone, but it’s worrisome how much we dig it here.

Video soon, if it lasts that long…

Come on down for our (occasionally) annual Spring Sale, May 21st - 23rd, featuring our lowest prices of the year on fact...
04/28/2026

Come on down for our (occasionally) annual Spring Sale, May 21st - 23rd, featuring our lowest prices of the year on factory second harps and select instruments throughout the store!

Limited to stock on hand, in-store only.

Behold! The first of only four “Fremont” archtop guitars built exclusively for Dusty Strings by the incomparable Steve A...
04/17/2026

Behold! The first of only four “Fremont” archtop guitars built exclusively for Dusty Strings by the incomparable Steve Andersen is back in the shop. Stunning to behold, a pleasure to play, and easy on the ears, boy howdy, speak now or forever rue the day!

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There’s no such thing as a perfect circle, but we got a handful of new and vintage ovals that ought to suffice!
04/15/2026

There’s no such thing as a perfect circle, but we got a handful of new and vintage ovals that ought to suffice!

Address

3406 Fremont Avenue N
Seattle, WA
98103

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 6pm
Thursday 10:30am - 6pm
Friday 10:30am - 6pm
Saturday 10:30am - 6pm

Telephone

+12066341662

Website

http://linktr.ee/DustyStrings

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