Wayne is very knowledgeable & friendly. I was able to get the equipment I needed (bass rig cabinet) for my concert and it worked out perfectly! I wish I wouldve found this place sooner. They have so much to offer with great prices. Highly recommended!!

THEY GOT SOME GREAT INSTRUMENTS IN THERE WITH GOOD PRICES. LOVE THE GUYS THAT WORK THERE. GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

I really like to place the stuff is OK very helpful. In my case first guitar in my life👌Very good location close to the irving park easy to find.Lotta options to choose price is affordable definitely recommend

Extremely friendly & helpful. Great Prices & Lots of GoodsDefinitely my go to shop now

I loved this place! If youre a guitar player you have to check it out. They also have basses, some ukes and mandolins, a ton of amps, some vintage keyboards and synths and a good amount of pro audio gear (eqs, compressors, preamps). The prices are great and theres a good mix of used gear at different price points

Bought a guitar and Orange combo(for under $200!) back in march. Love it!I wore the nut down and brought it in for repairs. Tom was awesome and was able to fix it in 10 minutes. And put some 8s on, couldn’t be happier!

Drove over here for the shop to be closed on Wednesdays since nothing on their site or on maps has been updated. I’ll update this review if I’m able to go but please keep your stuff up to date so you don’t have people spending time only to have to turn around.

Great place, the last old school guitar shop in Chicago

Fair prices. Extremely knowledgeable staff

They are absolutely the best Krazy Eddie!

Wonderful italian cuisine. Try it. You’ll never eat at home again. Even breakfast. You’ll say to your spouse take these eggs and cram them up your. Well yhere are cjildren around. Little pitchers have big eats go eat some pasta. Whatsa mayya you!

Amazing store with extremely fairly priced equipment. The guys there are very helpful and on many occasions, go out of their way to test parts right in front of you to make sure your satisfied!

I HAD THE BEST EXPERIENCE HERE. The staff was so nice to a beginner like me. I got me a used guitar. They helped me pick what I was looking for. I was going for metal vibe and they helped me pick the best one for me. I got a free cord, the shoulder thingy(I forgot what’s it called😭) and like 5 picks. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE YALL. Way better then guitar center chile💀

I normally dont write reviews but Midwest Buy & Sell is awesome, and took care of me. I purchased a 2017 SR655 5-string Bass which was in awesome condition not only my bass arrived in perfect conditions, it arrived on time well packed not even a scratch on it. If I can give Midwest Buy & Sell more than five stars I would. Every time Ive contacted or emailed Midwest Buy & Sell they replied fast answered all my questions all around very professional, reliable, knowledgeable, and very respected by me now I recommend everybody using Midwest Buy & Selllook forward to purchasing more equipment from Midwest Buy & Sellthanks guys

Their gear and prices are good. I saw a few used Les Pauls going for good prices. I also saw a Rockerverb and a Dual Rectifier. However, their store needs to be renovated and their website needs more detail. There is barely anything on their web site. It is time to upgrade. I could have saved a trip, if it had its inventoey online. I would give it five stars, if it was renovated and had a more detailed web site.

Place is awesome, people who work there are so nice and super helpful. Great prices, great selection of everything a musician of any level will need. Really a perfect slice of the midwest, will definitely be returning there in the near future.

This place is amazing. No pressure when shopping. They are very knowledgeable about their inventory. I totally recommend if you are just not sure of the type of instrument that best suits your needs.

Lots of good vintage gear, reasonably priced.

Pretty good place to buy some vintage equipment and those hard to find amps, guitars, effects and various musical instruments. Definitely a must when youre in the mood to pick up a new (used) musical instrument. Ive been here several times and they have a great selection.

This has been one of Chicagos finest outlets for used instruments for years. Ive happily recommended it to many other musicians and never heard of anyone having a negative experience. The proprietor, Wayne, is committed to selling collector-quality gear at player-friendly prices. Thus, while collectors sometimes go to other boutique-oriented stores, working players go to Midwest. Ive bought gear there and recommend it highly.

The owner is a great guy who pays really well for trade ins. He works with you on the price of whatever you’re interested in and has a great selection.

Excellent service, excellent pricing. I highly recommend them for your diamond needsThank you Midwest Diamond 💎

Excellent work was performed on my broken axe. They got my guitar to work as it was intended. This level of set-up & repairs is rare & reasonable.

Creative to purchase awesome musical equipment. The staff has extensive knowledge of all their products. Great prices.

Best place for guitars. No doubt.

If your looking for a great local place to purchase your musical instruments this is it!Very knowledgeable about all of the equipment.I am a first time guitar owner and I was able to try many guitars before making my decision.I really liked the fact that I was not pushed into buying something expensive or something I wouldnt like.I will go back for all my needs and upgrades.

The only store I will buy equipment from in Chicago. Wayne and Tom are super helpful. Great sales staff, very fair pricing for the vintage market, unique selection, great deals, and the staff does great repair work. I cant not tell enough people about this store. You must stop here music lovers!

I have been dealing with Wayne at Midwest for years! Nicest and most fair guy you will ever meet! You can find just what you are really looking for there! Trades are welcome too! Forget the big chain stores and do yourself a favor and stop in and check it out!

Great shop. Best place to get used gear for good prices. Always stocked with interesting and unique guitars. Go here and skip guitar center.

I love this store. Wayne and Rich make you feel at home and dont pressure you into anything you dont really want or need. They have great advice and knowledge of the inventory in stock. What more can you say but this place is where you should buy your next guitar, bass, amp, pedals or mic. Last of the small music stores, give them a visit and you wont be disappointed.

Cant beat these prices!

Great service and prices for guitar setup. Tom does fantastic quick work. This store is a gem in our neighborhood. Rich is super friendly and helpful. You can find your sought after vintage dream axe here or just browse and enjoy the vast collection of guitars.

A good mix of odd used guitars / gear and bizarre service. The prices are better than average. Although they know what they have and what its worth, the gear isnt generally in pristine condition. This may keep the prices and negotiations simpler. Far enough away from the Guitar Center experience to really make it worth the drive from central Chicago.

This is the best gear shop in chicago. if you dont think so you are a fool. best prices and best attitude. been coming here almost 10 years now.

They did an excellent job on the set up of my guitar. I also got a square deal on a used amp. Definitely a good spot for guitars and amps.

Wayne and the guys always have something cool to check out. Always a good selection of vintage instruments.Repair guy on site.

What a find I had an electric Mandolin setup same day great price. Run into and old coworker in the shop. He and his friends have be going there for years with the best service and pricing. Large inventory. 5- ****** all day long.

Vintage gear at great prices and a friendly staff; Ill be back

Great prices, very knowledgeable owners and sales, small but great access to anything you need..Great place for new Guitarists

This place is amazing. They help you and dont try to charge an arm and a leg. I will definitely keep coming back for anything we need.

Greetings, this is the place to shop for music gear. I bought 2 gibson les pauls, gibson explorer, marshall cab., and a few pedals from here. Great prices, wayne and rich are fantasic guys. Thanks🤘

Friendly staff that helps you play the guitars. Lot of boutique instruments at boutique prices, however there is not much info on them other than a price. Know what you are getting. Honest folks. Buy and sell quality gear.

They are amazing and very helpful! Prices are very good. As a woman musician I always feel very comfortable and welcomed. I often feel threatened, nervous, or unable to ask questions in many traditional music stores, but never here!

Staff is cool, kind, knowledgable and bargains are fair.

Wished they had a better selection of lefty guitars, which is to say, I wish they had ANY lefty guitars for sale. However, I cant imagine they have a lot of demand for them so you cant blame them and I havent found other stores being more accommodating so whatever. Very friendly and approachable people with no pressure to buy anything and theyll give you great advice.

The best place for affordable vintage guitars and amps. What really sets them apart is the staff. Theyre always friendly, helpful and full of expert info.

Wayne and his helper where great,they helped us select a guitar for my daughther. Wayne was very friendly gave us advice as beginners showed us the different styles of guitars and recommended us guitars that she might want to start with. He also gave us a good price tuned the guitar and a gift. Thank you very mutch Wayne and associate at Midwest

Old school music store

These guys are the best ... Very helpful and very reasonable ... Frequent shopper, Jimmy ....

I go here first before I buy all my equipment which is not too often unfortunately but even if its been years they always remember my face and what I last bought. Never been to a place with such appreciation of customers.

Great guys running a Legitimate guitar shop. Let me wonder around with my neck cranked back to take in all the guitars and basses that are hanging all around the building. so many great vintage tube amps, you could spend days playing though all the amps to find your hidden gem. I eventually settled on a Epiphone Sheraton after playing around with a Gretsch and a telecaster. Never felt pressured or rushed and, they threw in a soft case and strap, even knocked a little off the price. Ill be back, would rather spend my money here, beats the hell out of guitar center

Best music store in Chicago land. Specialize in guitar, but a little of everything at the least

Service was awesome.They ensured I got what I was looking for.Good vibes.Just go.

I usually go here to find used pick ups or see if they have any crazy vintage gear that big shops like guitar center doesnt have.The guys here really appreciate the music equipment and will usually clean it up before selling. I cant say the same for the amps. But they might clean em if you buy it.They dont have a lot but you might find something worth buying. I check every week to see if they have anything interesting.

One of the coolest guitar stores in Chicago. Great staff and great selection of guitars,amps, and pedals.

Very cool guys! Theyre not pushy, and they know their stuff. Theyre prices were surprisingly good too. I thought for sure theyd be more expensive but they werent at all. They have my business for a while.

Best guitar shop in chicago for vintage amd used gear. Nicest guys around. One of the last TRUE local music shops left.

Outstanding service, selection and prices. Wayne is an icon of serving the Chicago Music Scene for decades.

This is an awesome place with great guys that will do anything to help people get what there looking for and give them great deal on music gear.

Best prices and best attitude!

A great customer friendly chicago style. Gutiar and musical instrument shop

Anything thats rare and awesome you will find it here. I have bought guitars, cabs, heads from here and these guys are very fair and easy to work with

Great independent music shop with cool folks. Avoid McGuitar Center and come here instead.

This place has a great selection of gear with very good prices. The staff is always friendly and makes you feel welcome.

Best mid-sized guitar store in chicago. and ive been to a lot of them in 20 yrs of playing.ive bought mostly intermediate and entry level gear here and the prices are always fair. selection is OUTSTANDING for the size of the place.they do have an outstanding selection of high end vintage instruments and tube amps as others have said. great place for strats, les pauls, and rickenbackers. they also usually have a few less known classics like hagstroms, danelectro/silvertones, etc.also they always have funky vintage mics--PA mics, old army mics, that kind of thing. super fun stuff to experiment with.

Been going here and buying and trading gear for over 20 years now...bought my first real guitar there when I was about 17 and its still my favorite place to go when I want new gear. As other reviewer said, the equipment might not be pristine, but you wont pay pristine prices either. Theyre always willing to work with you.

Very very friendly people, very helpful, they gave my 7 year old some pointers.. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Great selection, great prices...by far the friendliest staff.

Disappointed that they closed earlier than what is writen on the door. Drove through traffic for nothing. Call first before coming if its 2 hours before closing. 2 stars because I wasted my time. Decent prices though. Youll never know what you can find.

Got a 90s fender bass with soft case for a good price

Friendly owners, able to talk and negotiate. Neighborhood music store, need more like it.

Very understanding, welcoming, and helpful staff. Good selection and pricing on fender and gibson

Excellent selection of vintage instruments and amplifiers, and a knowledgeable staff to back it up!

Love Wayne and Midwest. Great shop, great prices. ROCK ON🤘

Total pros, great gear, fair prices. My favorite shop in North Chicagoland.

The nicest guys selling equipment in Chicago for the best prices. You truly cannot beat this store.

Wayne, Ritchie and the gang are great guys. They know their stuff and dont bs ya. Ine of the last real local guitar shops left. I hope they stay around for good. Been a customer for over 10 years and they still dont disapoint. Theres somethin for every muaician to be found there.

Rich was a cool guy. Real helpful

This used to be my favorite spot. I bought a Riviera there a few months ago, a G&L ASAT about a year before that and a 70s Twin Reverb there a couple years ago. Loved the place, cool down to earth rock and roller types who dont mind stopping in back for a smoke. They actually MOVE gear too, it wont be the same pieces every time you drop in! Now, Im the type of guy who almost has his mind made up before stepping in the door so I just stop by for a few minutes specifically to buy something with cash in hand, not a tire kickin small talker, perfect customer, right?Well, not anymore, not after what happened today.I went in two days ago and found a synthesizer (cz3000) and made up my mind to buy it. But, I figured Id see what theyd give me on a trade in for a nice keyboard I dont use (Roland D50) and asked. One of the fellas said yeah, we used to sell those used for 4 to six hundred but you have to come back Monday when the owner is hereCool, so I extend my rental car one more day, grab a few hundred bucks out of the ATM so I can buy the Casio even if they dont want the D50, and make the trek up from West Town. I walk in, the same fella points me towards the owner. He says are you looking to sell? I dont really do these keyboards anymore ...even though theres about 10 in the store. I say well maybe a trade in or cash He instructs me to put the keyboard on an amp to show him then says, naturally, How much you looking for ...well, its 2015 and the only way to gauge market value of synths is eBay so I casually said um, they go for 4 to 600 on eBay expecting to reply with the standard I can only sell it for such and such low ball offer, which would have been okay with me cause I liked the place.His response: I dont want to even look at it, get it out of here walks away and yells I wont give you ten ****ing dollars then continues Im ****ing sick of this eBay ****.I didnt ask for that, didnt even commit to selling, I really just wanted the Casio at the slightly high price they had on it so I wouldnt have to risk craigslist or shipping damages from buying online. So I just picked up my heavy D50 and walked out without playing his juvenile whos the bigger man type of game. Im upset I always recommended this place all my musician buddies but oh well, it is what it is.

Super cool place with lots of inventory.

Great guitar shop!

Great place, great prices!!

Amazing staff and selection!

Great deals

Great staff

This place rules!!!

WAYNE!

In mid-October, I bought my jazz bass. Friendly, hospitable and helpful peoplethose ready. I was happy to stay.Thank you!Thanks you!