Used classical guitars in Perth, Western Australia typically sell for A$77 to A$345 (about $54 to $240). Classical guitars are bought on top construction and action, so say whether the top is solid cedar or spruce or a laminate, and give the string height at the twelfth fret.
Selling a classical guitar in Perth
Perth is one of the most isolated large cities in the world, and that isolation is the single most useful thing to know about buying here. Freight from the east coast is slow and expensive, so the local second-hand market is deeper and better-valued than the population alone would suggest.
The resources industry brings people in on contracts and takes them out again, and a worker leaving at the end of a contract usually sells a whole household rather than shipping it. Those clear-outs are where the best-value listings come from.
Almost everything is collected by car and the city is built for it, so distance matters less here than in the eastern capitals. The coastal suburbs run a long way north and south, and it is worth naming a suburb rather than saying Perth.
Perth has around 2.1 million people in Western Australia, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Bunbury, Geraldton and Busselton are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Perth
Australia is a pre-launch market, so it is worth saying what a seller here should expect when it does open. Distance dominates everything: interstate parcels cost several times a metro delivery, and bulky items effectively only sell within a city. Most trade concentrates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and buyers in those cities expect to collect rather than wait. Seasons run opposite to the northern hemisphere, so listings that follow UK or US timing arrive exactly half a year out of step — warm weather items want September, not March, and winter gear moves from around May.
What classical guitars are worth
What lifts the price
- Solid cedar or spruce tops
- Straight necks with comfortable action
What pulls it down
- Laminate tops, which sell for far less
- Cracks in the top or sides
Working out what yours is worth
- Look into the soundhole at the edge to see if the top is solid
- Measure the string height at the twelfth fret
Getting it ready
- Establish whether the top is solid wood or laminate by looking at the grain at the soundhole edge.
- Measure the action at the twelfth fret and sight the neck for relief.
Photograph
- The soundhole edge, showing whether the top is solid or laminate
- The neck sighted down its length, plus the headstock
Put in the description
- Whether the top is solid wood or laminate, and which wood
- Any cracks, bridge lifting, and whether a case is included
Lifts in September as lessons start and before Christmas. Student sizes sell fastest in those windows.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Western Australia)
Common questions
Where can I sell a classical guitar in Perth?
List it free and agree the handover with the buyer between you. Almost everything is collected by car and the city is built for it, so distance matters less here than in the eastern capitals. The coastal suburbs run a long way north and south, and it is worth naming a suburb rather than saying Perth.
What size is it?
Say full, three-quarter or half. Parents buying for a child filter on this before anything else.
How much is a classical guitar worth in Perth?
Most used classical guitars change hands for A$77 to A$345 (about $54 to $240). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a classical guitar across Australia, what classical guitars are worth, everything second hand in Perth, or Music & Instruments in Perth.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.